What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up???
I remember when I was in second grade and was asked what I wanted to be when I grow up. I immediately knew I wanted to be a scientist. What kind of scientist or what exactly did that entail? I had no idea. When we’re that young we may say we want to be a fireman or a musician or maybe even a professional athlete. In reality at that age we don’t yet have a true concept or understanding of what being those things entails.
As I grew and up and experienced different things, I no longer wanted to be a scientist. Honestly all through high school I had no idea what I wanted to be but there was always a strong push towards engineering. Growing up I was one of those kids who loved building planes and cars with legos, creating paper airplanes, and yes I even had an Erector set. My guidance counselor, teachers, and classmates all said that this is what you should be and to me it seemed like the logical career choice for me to take.
So what happened? I made it to college, stayed on campus, made some friends, and then I left. I hated it. I realized when I got there and my back was up against the wall that I didn’t want to be an engineer. It’s funny how when you’re somewhere you don’t want to be you immediately are able to figure out where you should be. And at that moment I set forth a plan that if you were to connect the dots would ultimately lead from that moment 10 years ago to me writing this post.
When asking the question, what do you want to be when you grow up, we all immediately think that it’s only a question you ask a child. What i’ve come to learn is that it is a question you will ask yourself at different points in your life. Sometimes when you reach your goals and have fulfilled that question, you have to ask it again. That is where I am at in life right now, still in my 20′s and asking myself once again the timeless question. And once again I am setting forth plans to get me there. And who knows, 3 years, 5 years, 10 years from now. It may be time to ask the question once again.
What did you want to be when you grew up and how is this different from where you are today?
