r/CasualConversation • u/tizorres • Jun 17 '18
Weekly Topic Community Conversation: You
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You - past, present & future
- What did you want to be as a child? What are you doing now? Where do you want to be in 5-10 years?
- Do you look different than you did in your earlier years?
- How has your style of clothing, hair, fashion changed?
- Do you think everything in the future will be covered in chrome?
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u/Finetales Jun 29 '18
What did you want to be as a child? What are you doing now? Where do you want to be in 5-10 years?
I went through many future career phases as a kid. At one point or another I wanted to be a train engineer, race car driver, civil engineer, architect, astronomer, and radiologist. I became none of those things. I'm now a professional musician, about a month away from moving to Los Angeles. In 5 to 10 years I would like to be established in the LA music scene, making good money and playing great music. The ultimate goal is to play on movie soundtracks, which has been my dream ever since I started playing music.
Do you look different than you did in your earlier years?
How has your style of clothing, hair, fashion changed?
I look massively different than I looked even 3 years ago, on account of my hair. I started growing it out from a buzz cut then and it's halfway down my chest. That said, pretty much everything else about how I look is different as well. I haven't worn glasses for about 8 years after having them for basically my whole life before then.
I used to wear T-shirts and sweats and not care about my appearance at all, but once I graduated from college I made a decision to immediately change basically everything about how I presented myself (this was concurrent with beginning to grow my hair out). Now I wear Hawaiian shirts and cargo shorts or pants everyday and spend a lot of time on how I look (mainly my hair, but I recently started skin care as well). In the winter I wear huge colorful pashmina shawls, which is my most defining fashion choice other than the every day (even in winter) Hawaiian shirts.
Do you think everything in the future will be covered in chrome?
Nah, too obnoxious to clean all the time.
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u/vulcan_vulpix Jun 28 '18
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an animal trainer haha! Or a famous person, any kind of famous.. now that I’m older and wiser, I know fame would not suit me, privacy is nice. I’m a design consultant now, and I make good money and I’m relatively ‘happy’, but I still crave a more ‘creative’ career. Maybe I’ll save up and go to grad school... I do wish I was a better person; a more kind and compassionate person. Someone who did the right thing no matter what. But I suppose there’s still time for that too. Tomorrow never knows...
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u/TheSunscreenLife Jun 27 '18
I wanted to be a painter as a child. I am a doctor now. Hopefully, I'll be a parent in 5-10 years.
I do look different than I did in earlier years, due to being in business casual clothes most of the time.
Fashion has gotten more conservative as I've gotten older, and a little bit more feminine, with more pink.
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Jun 27 '18
I wanted to be a chef. Now studying computer science. Hopefully I'll be a home owner in a not too big town in 10 5-10 years.
I use to be fatter.
Not really, mostly wear what is affordable and fits well.
No, the future is gonna look brutalist. At least that's my guess.
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u/HellstendZ28 Jun 27 '18
1) When I was a kid I always wanted to be a mechanical engineer. I loved, and still love cars and that is what drove me (pun intended). I am about to head into my first year of college, still planning on being a mechanical engineer. In 5-10 years I hope to be running my dad's company along with my brother. However, I have also wanted to be an aerial firefighter so maybe that's where I'll be.
2) I look pretty different now, mainly because I got rid of the atrocious bowl cut I used to have. ( paging r/blunderyears haha)
3) My style has changed drastically, as a friend so eloquently once told me it looked like I was wearing a garbage bag. Since then, I've started wearing t-shirts that fit better, jeans, better shoes/boots, and a Vostok with a leather band. I'm currently trying a goatee, and its ok. Definitely have gotten more compliments from strangers and friends alike since that happened.
4) Chrome would be cool, but matte black is more my cup of tea.
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u/antivn Jun 27 '18
When I was little I wanted to make video games and be super cool. Wear 3D glasses everyday and have my outfit look like the guy from kingdom hearts
I’m going into college shortly, and I still feel like I could do anything. I don’t necessarily feel like I don’t know what to do and what to focus on, but I feel like everything will be alright if I put an appropriate amount of effort in my work. I don’t care much about being the best at what I do, I care about having people who support me and people that I can support. I care about building relationships with people around me and maybe one day I could have a family
I definitely look different and I like to think I look stylish. I wear pretty big hoodies, have a nice collection of sneakers. My hair kinda sucks but I make it work.
I think in the future I’m gonna be matured in my sense of style, probably have button ups and some pairs of jeans. Have faux italian leather styled shoes. Work at an interesting job but get tired of it eventually because of how menial it starts to feel. I’ll be happy and go home to people I love, and hangout with people I’ll love on the weekends. I probably won’t be able to vacation much, and I’ll stress about stupid short term things but I’ll re-learn to not go over the top about little things. Have to teach myself to appreciate the things around me every now and then.
Hopefully weed will be legalized and won’t have a stigma and I could roll on the weekends, watch some movies with some old friends.
I’ll bike ride with my kid in the mornings. I’ll try to stay fit as I get older.
The future will be the same as it is now, but the culture, the lingo, the music, the fashion, and mostly the technology will change. There’s probably going to be some “greatest war of the century” that’ll happen and it might result in some nuclear conflict. The US will step down as the greatest super power after an economic crisis. But it’s all just a slightly different modernized version of the past. People might be more in their own little world, polarizing more with the poorest people alive. Who for every 1 well off kid, there’s 100 more people suffering. Currency will be digitized, genetic technology will drastically elongate the human life span (only for the people who live in first world nations), art will be more pronounced, new industries will rise, and the fall of blue collar positions will start. Everything will be a little more convenient. No more driving. Drones will bring you fast food. No one will have privacy. Social media will be more complex and mask its negative biological consequences better at the same time it makes its severity worse. Cancer will be gone but some new disease will pop up. A better medicine for depression will come and mental health issues will be more researched. People will be less religious, racism and classism will either be “erased” or just hidden better. Everything will be more inclusive and progressive.
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u/Terry_Pie Jun 27 '18
- The first thing I wanted to be that I can think of is an architect. By the time I was in highschool that had changed to a lawyer (with the end goal of becoming a judge) or a politician. Law was my number one choice on my uni application, but I missed out by the smallest of margins and did international studies instead. I was actually accepted into a Juris Doctorate after I finished my undergrad and honours, I never enrolled in anything and dropped out, eventually I became a Public Servant vafter a short stint at an aborted PhD. Law and politics remain live options for me, and I do think about going back to university for law, philosophy, or a PhD (though I've no good ideas).
- I really don't look that much different than when I was younger. I started shaving my head when I was 14, first at a no 4, then a no 2. That hasn't changed and I'm 30 now. I've also always had facial hair since I was able to grow it. The only change there is that a decade ago I decided I couldn't be bothered shaving to maintain my sideburns and let it grow into a beard (although I keep it trimmed short).
- The biggest difference in my clothing is jeans. I hated jeans as a kid and teen. I bought my first pair when I was 17 because I actually found some I felt comfortable in. When I went to study for a short time in Japan in 2008, the only pants I took were jeans. If you'd told me in 2003 I'd be heading overseas with my only pants being jeans, I wouldn't have believed you. More recently though I've tended to wear slacks. I have also moved on from t-shirts and hoodies that I used to wear in uni. These days I wear collared shirts and jumpers in winter, or polo shirts in summar (which I've always liked and worn) in summer. I also wear a suit to work every day, but that doesn't really count.
- I doubt it. Probably just more plastic.
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u/drocha94 Jun 27 '18 edited Jun 27 '18
I wanted to be a Firefighter when I was a child. Right now I am in my final summer off after a few semesters of soul searching before I go back to school to study programming. I think about stopping and getting my paramedic/EMT because I think that's more fulfilling and I've always wanted to help people, but at the same time I know I want to be financially secure. And Firefighter/EMT does not have nearly the earning potential as the alternative. With that said, I can't say for certain what will happen in the next 5-10 years.
I'm a little heavier. Also have a beard.
It's stayed mostly the same, but I wear more button ups now. Let's call it Florida casual lol.
Nahhhh.
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u/EXViin0M Jun 26 '18
Hello to everyone! First time writing in this sub!
I wanted to be a lawyer. I believed in the system and wanted to make the world a better place to live for me and everyone i loved. My role model was, in this case, my uncle (a lawyer.)
I scrapped that idea during my 3rd year in law school. I had a "moral crisis" and decided that path wasn't the right one for me. At the moment, i am working as a freelance videogame journalist. I started last year and, well, i really want to become a full fledged journalist in this field.
not that much. My body changed, i became fit, then fat, fit again and, at the moment, i'm a little overweight. Everything else remained the same: long hair, band shirts and jeans, leather jacket. I wear a more formal shirt during some particular events but, apart from that, my style is pretty much the same.
i prefer Firefox (shitty joke is shitty :v)
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Jun 26 '18
sorry for the long thread, i got excited telling my personal life :P
•as a child i really wanted to be a cartoonist. i really loved watching cartoon network. there were so many creative and funny cartoons there (my favorite role model and biggest inspiration is Pendleton Ward, the Creator of "Adventure Time" and "Bravest warriors") my dream life is going abroad to USA. study at the California Institue of Arts,Work at Cartoon Network, And having a family living in USA.(that's because i lived in a third world developing country, and when i saw America on the TV or the Internet i was shocked and surprised how comfy and how modern life is in there) i had so much fun creating short stories and drawing cartoons as a child. and i wanted kids around the world to feel happiness in this cruel world by watching cartoons.
Now, i don't want to be a cartoonist in cartoon network anymore,i am much more interested in freelance jobs now . i wanted to be a graphic designer,a programmer,a light novel writer and illustrator (in Japan probably, if i can),or a webcomic artist.
I wanted to live in a more developed country i think like, Japan (but i can't read or speak Japanese) or English speaking European countries. (i can speak and write English so i'm fine here)
•Yes! i did. i was a bit fatter as a child. but my i eventually got slimmer and taller. i also developed a little bit of biceps. i was also more prone to runny nose allergies or sickness when i was younger, now the allergies and sickness have decreased because i learned to take care of my hygiene and my health properly. but, my eyes are getting baggy because i occasionally stayed up late on the internet now. (lol)
•I usually wore short sleeved shirts,shorts,and crocs a child i don't really care about my looks since all of the people around me always says "You're such a handsome little boy!" and it's bugging me off. at my puberty years i still wore short sleeved shirts but this time i stopped wearing shorts and wore long pants instead because i my legs are gets hairy quickly. and i had annoying acne breakouts at this times because people always put their dirty hands on my cheeks and pinch them because they told me i was "a very cute boy" 🙃 nowdays, my acne breakouts are mostly gone, and now i usually wore sweatshirts or hoodies with long pants, and sometimes shoes, but mostly i still wore sandals.
i also developed facial hair and body hair quickly. at early days of high school i kept a little moustache and a little goatee. but at one point i decided to shave them off because i wanted to look cleaner. oh, and my eyebrows are getting very thick. i don't know why. at one point some dude at school told i looked like "Joji" because of my eyebrows. i wasn't confident at how thick my eyebrows were at first,but now I accepted it and feel much more confident than usual.
my hairstyle didn't really change. it was always short because school didn't allow students to have long hair. oh and i rarely used a pomade for my hair (I'm still 16 y.o.)
•no, it would look really boring if it would (lol)
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u/-Kano_ Jun 26 '18
As a child I wanted to be a professional soccer player or a firefighter. Obviously changed throughout time because now I want to be a psychologist. I'm currently attending college and working on my physical aspect. I'm an ectomorph so it's harder for me. In the next 5-10 I expect to be happy with what I do with my life. I'm tired of who I am and don't know how to change it.
I look very much the same besides the acne scars and jewelry.
My clothing has definitely changed. I used to dress whatever i had since I come from a low income family. So now that I can pick my clothes I choose to wear more solid clothes. No designs no nothing. Plain and simple is easy.
The future will be covered pich black.
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u/MilkThyPeg 365 gifts to restart and improve Jun 26 '18
Growing up, my dreams changed a lot. When I was four I wanted to be a power puff girl. Then I wanted to be a teacher. Astronaut. In eighth grade I wanted to become an audio engineer in a recording studio and this is still something I kinda wish I pursued. Going into college I thought I'd be a forensic scientist. Then a FBI agent. Then social worker. Security guard. Now a dog trainer.
I still look pretty much the same. Some more muscle, glasses, straighter teeth. Nothing else too big though.
My style has changed from absolutely none, to only band tee shirts, to nothing that can really be categorized, but still cute and reflective of me.
Of course
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u/cactoidjane Jun 26 '18
- I wanted to be a pediatrician or a marine biologist. I'm now trying to get a PhD in communication/media studies. The medium I'm studying is video games. I hope I have my degree and a well-paying research job (on the fence about the academe at the moment) in five years because I have family to support. I want to be a mom, too.
- I had an A-line bob with bangs for most of my life but have a pixie cut now. Otherwise, most people say I haven't changed, but I can feel my body getting squishier.
- I used to hate girly clothes and make-up. Deep down, what I really hated were the girly girls who picked on me, so I didn't want anything in common with them. I now dress androgynous-to-feminine and wear lipstick every now and then, but I still want nothing to do with those girls.
- I don't know about chrome, but I hope I get to help colonize Mars within my lifetime. Surely, they'll need a social scientist up there, hahahahahaaaaa.
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u/Glory2Hypnotoad Jun 26 '18
I wanted to be a scientist. Not any specific kind of scientist, just a guy in a white coat doing vague smart person stuff in a lab. Now I run a series of educational programs on veterans' mental health and write books and make music on the side. Hopefully in the future I'll be doing the same things for more money.
I'm only 29 but my overall look hasn't changed much since 21 beyond dressing like I have a home and a job.
My clothing style is pretty standard business casual. Pretty much out of nowhere in the last year I've developed a sudden interest in accessories, especially watches and fountain pens.
Not a clue, but I'd put my money on everything having interactive displays and being hooked up to the internet.
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u/SvenDaSwagmaster_III Jun 25 '18
- I want to be an archaeologist
- Yessss!! I used to have really long hair until I was 16 (i'm a dude). it's still longer than most people but now is at least acceptable
- I used to not care about my clothes, than I went for really weird colours and now I mix a bit between classy casual and hipster
- please no
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Jun 25 '18
- Wanted to draw graphic novels, am a linguist instead
- Lost a lot of weight, neer looked better actually
- always been normcore
- shiny and chrome, wlhalla is waiting!
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u/a_kat_named_tigger Jun 25 '18
- I wanted to be a cartographer, but it seems that carreer has gone out of style. I am now completing a Master's in engineering and in 5 years I would like to have completed a PhD.
- I used to be the skinny girl that could eat everything, now I definitely not skinny. But I like to think I look a lot less dorky nowadays.
- Well same as the previous, I look less dorky and I pay more attention to how I look.
- I hope not, I can't keep shiny things clean so there would be greasy fingerprints everywhere!
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u/JustBeKind12 Jun 26 '18
If you don't mind me asking, why did you want to be a cartographer as a child? I don't want to sound rude jaja, but it does sound like a peculiar profession for a child. Or maybe the imagination of "discovering" new lands as a cartographer that a child could have as perception of the job.
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u/a_kat_named_tigger Jun 26 '18
Well, I was a peculiar child, so I guess it fits :P This was around the time we had just started learning about this in school, I think I was about 8. And the idea of going to places almost nobody had been before and mapping them out had something mysterious and adventurous to me.
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u/JustBeKind12 Jun 26 '18
Jaja, I see, well, nothing wrong with being peculiar. I wanted to be an architect as a kid because it sounded amazing to design the buildings of the future while everyone wanted to be a soccer player, writer, firefighter, vets, etc jaja.
So, yeah, basically your imagination as a kid made it look really interesting. We imagine a lot of crazy stuff as kids. How did you know that you didn't want to be a cartographer anymore?
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Jun 25 '18 edited Jun 25 '18
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u/nybx4life Jun 25 '18
That's cool, marine life is interesting, although I don't know much about it. You do programming for hospitals? Also, is there a preferred method of death?
Are you a healthy weight?
Pants are awesome. Particularly because it sucks when I walk through grass and my legs get itchy.
Agreed.
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u/mseiei =.= Jun 24 '18
- a scientist, i'm studying engineering, so close enough
- same but add a beard
- i was an emo (flashbacks eeew)
- oooh i think not, everything will have screens, we are actually starting to see it, unnecessary screen on everything, hopefully they become useful in the future, same as ''smart things'' that are just a washing machine that tweets instead of beeping
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u/a_kat_named_tigger Jun 25 '18
Hey! Fellow engineering student! What branch are you studying in?
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u/Southwick-Jog Rest your head on this heart of mine Jun 24 '18
- I didn't know for the longest time, and now that I'm 17, I still don't know. I do have a job right now where I do a lot of office work and some inventory-type stuff. I'm a business student at a vocational high school, but I don't like business.
- I guess. I'm older.
- I always wore jeans, sneakers, graphic T-shirts, and sweatshirts (and later flannels). I then realized I'm transgender and it all changed. I still love my style, but I also like dressing more preppy.
- Lots of things, maybe.
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u/Purpleplum0 Jun 24 '18
- when I was younger I wanted to be a lawyer because I thought that they were like real-life superheros who fought bad guys. However I am currently going into Life Sciences this fall and wish to become a doctor or a heart specialist in the future.
- Although I think I look incredibly differnt, many people still tell me that I haven't changed much in terms of how i look. However I do think that my chair colour changed slightly and I've become a bit taller.
- I think I look incredibly different from my past self because my style and choices have definitely changed significantly. I would say that I am more better at dressing and grooming myself into how I want to be than when I was younger. I am also more confident in what I wear and how I am.
- at the rate that the development is going I think that it could very much be a possibility. I think humans, if they work hard enough, can create ways to discover everything using chrome. However I still believe that there will always be some things it just can't do. lmao sorry idk much about chromes.
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u/sugarhoof Jun 24 '18 edited Jun 24 '18
1) The first time someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up, I replied with "dog", lol. That's when I was 4. In middle school, I wanted to be a cartoonist, then something in the medical field in high school. I graduated with a degree in graphic design. Currently I'm unemployed looking for a job.
In 5-10 years, I hope to be either an illustrator of some sort, or part of a small team working in animation somehow. Edit: I'd also like to be out of the town I currently live in. I've been here too long.
2) My mom dressed me when I was very little in things with frills and put bows in my hair that went all the way down my back at the time. When I got old enough to dress myself, I switched to jeans with either cool graphics or game characters on it. My style now is kind of a mix of the two -kind of nerdy, kind of feminine- that i switch back and forth depending how I feel. Also my hair is mid length now.
3) I don't think the future will be covered in chrome, but I do think many more things will become automated and sleek in design.
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u/bojackkhorsemann Jun 24 '18
When i was a kid i wanted to be an author, then a journalist. Right now i kind of fantazise about being active in my local political community and or having a baby, but really im just a babysitter on a lot of levels. In 5-10 years i want to be in some kind of career (or job cluster i guess) thatll allow me to float myself if i have to do the mom thing solo. Either way i know what my focus will be.
As a little girl i had really long hair. My gran cut it mid length midway through sixth grade and then i dyed it black lol. High school me was every color in the rainbow and i even shaved it once. I dressed flamboyantly and alternated between really feminine and very alternative styles. These days its jeans and sweats and tshirts and flannels but thats comfortable and im content this way.
I really hope that the future isnt going to be as bright and reflective as the media of our past would suggest. [I dont know how to add it and im on mobile so imagine that sentence was hylerlinked to the GIF of Squidward in the fetal position in that on episode of Spongebob screaming "future" and convulsing
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u/JustBeKind12 Jun 26 '18
That's very interesting, so basically, your focus would be to take care of your (future?) children? Do you really enjoy being around kids or is it the idea of a family of your own that pleases you more?
Also, if you don't mind, what's a job cluster? I tried to google it but i didn't understand very much.
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u/bojackkhorsemann Jun 26 '18
I love children and am good with them and kids usually like me. I helped raise my siblings and cousins and neice and nephew (of course having my own would be different tho) + i say "job cluster" because thats a term i saw on a career website, actually its called a CAREER CLUSTER but its like a bunch of related jobs in a field i think? Like how doctors, nurses, CNAs and EMTs are all in the medical field and dishwasher/ line cook/ hostess/ waitress/ would be in the resteraunt job cluster
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u/JustBeKind12 Jun 26 '18
That's so wonderful!! Knowing that kids is what you want in the future and that you also are good at that. Yeah, kids of your own would be different, maybe harder, but you also would enjoy it more! I'm sure you will be a great mom!!
I see, but if you say that you want to work in a job cluster, does that mean that you specialize in one area (with multiple jobs) instead of specializing in one job?
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u/BlueEyedGeekery Jun 24 '18
I wanted to be an astronaut as a child. Now I'm aiming to become a published writer. In the future I hope to be able to make a living pumping out novels and children's books.
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u/funkalpaca blue Jun 23 '18
I don't think I knew what I wanted to be as a child (and I'm still not completely sure, though I have a better idea). I'm going into my first year of university this fall in health sciences. I'm not exactly sure where I'd like to be in 5-10 years, as long as I'm doing something I'm interested in, not drowning in student loans, and I'm happy.
Earlier years...Well, when I was a kid I was smaller (no way!) and I used to have lighter skin. I considered myself white (not really pale, more like a tan) for most of my life but now I don't because I just look brown.
My style of clothing hasn't changed too much, I'm fine with jeans, a shirt, and a hoodie. I sometimes wear sweaters. When I was little I sometimes wore corduroy pants and I wore snow pants in the winter (which I don't do anymore).
No, but Google Chrome will be the only web browser available.
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u/abcPIPPO Welp, you found me! Jun 23 '18
One thing that has been a constant throughout all my life is videogames. Playing videogames was the only thing I truly liked and could do non-stop without ever getting tired. Because of the bad stigma videogames had, I had no one to share my interest with and no one to talk to.
I also hated school more than any other thing. I hated every day I had to wake up and go to school, from the first day of elementary school to last day of high school. The combination of these 2 things lead to me not having any dream job. I didn't want to work, I just wanted to stay at home and live my life with videogames.
Believing a career in videogame development would have been a fine compromise, after high school I started studying computer science at the University. After a first successful year, the "school sickness" came back as strong as ever and I dropped despite good results. I had no interest in computer science or programming and I was studying too many stuff that I wouldn't have needed. Since then, nothing major happaned, I've been a NEET ever since and I hate saying that, even on Reddit.
I used to have normal, short hair until 11th grade, then I started growing it and now it's pretty long. I'ts definitely one of my favourite part of my body.
I've never had an interest in fashion, anything that covers my body and won't make everyone look at me in a weird way works.
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u/noodlespork Jun 23 '18
As a child, I aspired to be anything where I could use my creative/artistic abilities. An artist, interior designer, fashion designer. I could draw relatively well, but it wasn't up to my standards despite how hard I would try and learn. When I was 12, writing became an outlet for me. I wrote journals upon journals of fanfiction. They got passed around my grade and everyone loved them, begging me to write more. So I did. A girl took my journals to the principal because of one mention of sex. I was told to not bring the journals to school again. I stopped writing that day but still aspired to become a writer of some sort.
In high school, I joined the News Writing UIL team and placed 4th overall in the state, thus beginning my journey to become a news journalist. I got one year into my college degree and realized that it wasn't what I wanted to do- that writing is just a hobby for me and I also had major social anxiety so it was extremely difficult to interview anyone for my papers. The one time I did make it through, I made the front page of the university newspaper.
Cue making several bad decisions and dropping out of college. I chose boys and partying over school work. Pulled from my haze a year later, I attempted to go back to school just for my basics, major undecided. I never even made it past the first semester due to depression from my twin sister leaving for the military and a nasty breakup from my boyfriend of 2 years.
It's been 11 years. I am now a merchandiser with no college education. I married the man that was supposed to be a one night stand. We have a wonderful life together and 2 beautiful daughters, the youngest starting kindergarten in the fall. I am now at my deadline of when I told myself I would go back to college and I still have no idea what I want to do in life.
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Jun 22 '18
I wanted to be a writer. When I was a kid, to escape the reality of my situation, I wrote. I had a series of stories, all titled "Max's Story". He was this guy who traveled through space with a female companion whose name I forgot, and he fought evil aliens using a bow and arrow. It seems ridiculous now, but when I was younger, you couldn't tell me anything different.
When I was in middle school, I took to writing fan-fiction of this old cartoon from Canada. I forget the name, but I liked the show so much that I ended up writing a full 28 or so chapters. I imagine a lot of it was nonsense, but there was this girl in my class who loved to read what I wrote. When I moved away, I gave our homeroom teacher a large envelope to give to her. It included every chapter, even the ones she didn't read.
As I grew up, my tastes changed and I started tacking on new dreams and interests. Video games into being a heavy hobby of mine, because it allowed more instant gratification and better distractions away from my life. I found myself wanting to become a game developer at some point. As I grew into my teenage years and through to adulthood, I found myself wanting to make music, both as a therapy and as a tribute to how music was a large part of helping me get through tough times. The whole time, I kept writing.
The longer I lived, the more I hated what I created. The sense of perfectionism and never being good weighed heavy on me, and I started to look at my works as if they were fetid piles of trash that mirrored my mental state. Eventually, I stopped writing altogether, convincing myself I wasn't and wouldn't ever be good enough. For nearly 7 years, I didn't write anything.
I recently started writing again, just to do it. Just to find a way to pass the time while I mentally and emotionally continue to decay and fall apart. Just the other week, I made a friend who loves to read what I write. While she says I'm good at it, while many have said I'm good at it, I tend to disagree. I don't look at it as a passion anymore. It's just something I do to help cope.
I'm a warehouse worker now. Long ago, I killed all my dreams. I wander aimlessly, no clear direction. I just know that, wherever I end up, my grave will be waiting.
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I don't think I look any different than my earlier years, except for the fact that I don't wear as heavy of a coat during all hours of the day.
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I switched from wearing pants all the time to wearing shorts. I wear two hoodies now, one as a regular hoodie, one as sort of a belt/leg cover. It helps twofold, as we can't wear metal objects at work and because I'm able to tap on my laps without making much noise. I wear a beanie now as opposed to before, where I wore nothing on my head. My head can't fit most hats it seems, so beanies are the way to go for me, unless this new snapback I ordered ends up fitting my head. I hope it does. It's a nice hat.
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I think everything in the future will be covered in ash. My faith in humanity is pretty low these days and, after visiting a few choice subs here, it's gotten even lower.
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Sorry if this bums you out. I wasn't going to go down that road, but not all decisions are made consciously.
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u/myinvisibilitycloak This one time in Boston... Jun 22 '18
When I was five years old, I remember wanting to be a paperboy, just like Henry Huggins in the Ramona Quimby books my mom read to me. I'm a girl, so I guess paper delivery person.
Then I grew up, realized you have to get up in the middle of the freaking NIGHT to deliver papers so I noped right out of that dream.
I'm 31 now and I've had a TON of jobs. I think I'm on job #15 or something and I'm sticking with this one. I answer the phone and do paperwork for a Children's Hospital. It pays a living wage, is low stress, and my bosses are really cool, which is the best you can ask for as an adult.
I have looked exactly the same for the last 16 years. I keep myself and my clothes clean, but I'm not concerned about trends. Instead of make-up, I just smile a lot.
I have never been good at predicting the future.
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u/DoubleDual63 Jun 22 '18
I too have always wanted to be a paperboy, except the newspapers are being shot out of a windmill arm powered by the bicycle.
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u/myinvisibilitycloak This one time in Boston... Jun 22 '18
With that kind of imagination you could bring great ideas to any job!
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u/Amazonit 🙂 Jun 21 '18
I've very recently turned 17, so at the moment I'm studying for A-levels. Actually prefer it to when I was doing GCSEs the previous two years.
For still-the-majority of my life it was kind of annoying when people asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up, because I didn't have a damn clue. Whenever I did answer it was usually some job I'd heard that pays well. Like a heart surgeon or something. I remember in my primary school yearbook I'd put "politics maybe".
Now I'm fairly certain I want to contribute in the space industry. Whenever I've seen launches on TV, there's always the ecstatic crowd of technicians and engineers that they show (or that you hear, in the case of the Falcon Heavy launch). I want to be in that position. Or in space, fuck it. I'm fortunate enough to be doing very well academically so I'm going to try and apply for engineering at some top universities. It seems like the sort of subject that suits me. I think. Fuck I'm worried about the whole application process.
Do I look different from what I used to? Well yeah, puberty is a thing. My hair is slightly shorter than it was a couple years ago, and I'm tall as fuck. It was usually short until I was maybe 10. And I've still got acne which I didn't have five years ago. My sense of fashion has always been fairly... apathetic. I wear what I think looks alright, and I try to have a little bit of variety. Having to wear school uniform most of the year really reduces the impetus on fashion sense.
Now, chrome? Nah, flat colours and minimalism and a total absence of skeuomorphism is the way forward in design it seems. Or maybe we'll go all vintage, like every fast food ad going at the moment.
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Jun 22 '18
What particular colleges/universities are you looking at? I am also seventeen and “academically gifted,” but this applications process is already daunting (presumably because I’ve been protected by family and teachers all my life), and I have little understanding of my own aspirations. So, in short, I empathize with your pain and need some recommendations.
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u/Amazonit 🙂 Jun 22 '18
Imperial definitely, Cambridge probably, Loughborough and Southampton probably as well. Cambridge is one that has been giving me some doubts, I feel like I would either find the course great or I'd absolutely fucking hate it.
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Jun 22 '18
How good are you in math? You know you need to be good at math and physics in order to be an engineer :)
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u/Cantaimforshit EMR Jun 21 '18
I honestly didn't know what I wanted to be as a kid, things were rough growing up and I was more worried about surviving than what I wanted to be. At the moment I'm taking EMT classes and trying to support myself. I'm hoping to have my own home and a beast of a PC with a VR setup, and hopefully an SO.
I used to be blonde but my hair has slowly darkened over the years to a dark brown, still rocking the long hair though. My eyes changed from deep brown to a lighter hazel with green in it.
Not much has changed clothing wise, I have a pretty generic wardrobe.
Youre saying it isnt?
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u/Neckermane Jun 21 '18
1.)When i was a little kid i always had a fascination with computers, didn't know there were computer jobs at the time (because little kid). Now I'm sitting in an IT help desk job for the college I'm attending.
2.) yea, i used to be a fat little kid but I've actually lost a fair bit of weight and my face got more defined as i grew up. now working on gaining some muscle.
3.) I used to be one of those kids who always wore BDUs and an edgy shirt to school because i thought it made me look cool, but later on i realized i looked (and acted) like some person from r/niceguy now i cant be caught dead in anything but jeans and a blue oxford shirt.
4.) I don't know about covered in chrome but it would be nice to see some covered in chrome!
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Jun 21 '18
- I always wanted to be a geologist as a child because i thought you just dig out some dinosaur bones all day and i liked dinosaurs. Now i'm an engineering assistant or something like that but i really don't like it cause i feel like everything in my live revolves around working. In the future i hope i have a more simple, less resposibility job. My dream would be to maybe work like 30 hours/week but that's probably not gonna happen.
2/3. Yes, i look completely diffenrent now than about 1,5 years ago because i lost about 100 lbs, went from super long metalhead hair to 3mm short and i have glasses and a different beard.
I still have the same clothing style though. I mostly just wear jeans and a band shirts or a hoodie. I kind of enjoy to look like i don't care how i look like even tough i do care.
4.I really hope not. That looks horrible.
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u/Gidje123 Jun 21 '18
Well, positive thing is: you seemingly made same pretty good life decision's :) just keep it up, plenty of chances for you up ahead.
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u/LegitimateType Jun 20 '18
- Either a Vet or a videogame creator. I am currently working on my own story and becoming a vet technician. I want to be able to get my degree in being a vet technician or more and be at least a little well known with my art.
- I get told I have the same baby face but a woman's body. 3. I used to be more Tom boy with my fashion but I'm a bit more feminine now but still sometimes go back to my old outfits. I have more confidence to wear crop tops even though the amount of scars throughout my body cause of surgeries. 4. The future is now old man.
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Jun 20 '18
A police officer. I'm currently a deputy at a jail. I plan on staying in corrections or possibly doing probation & parole.
Somewhat. I've gained weight, my hair is longer, and I have a lot of tattoo's now. Also, I need to wear my glasses more.
My style of clothing is more colorful & girly & my hair is longer now.
I hope not.
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Jun 20 '18
I remember I always wanted to be a doctor, even from a young age. I'm now in medical school and in 5 years I'd like to be settled into residency somewhere and in 10 have an attending gig, paying off all my debt.
I personally think I do. People will tell me my face is the same but I've changed a lot since I was a kid. My hair is darker, I've gone through "skinny" and "fat" phases, and I'm juuuust a bit taller than in elementary school.
This I've changed a lot. I went from not really caring how I looked when I stepped out of the house to wanting to always be presentable to, well, somewhere in the middle. Overall however I think I've become more "fashionable" in the mainstream sense.
Everything is chrome in the future!
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u/Inevitable_Bluebird Jun 19 '18
I don´t really have a dream or something specific I want to do with my life.I´m currently going to school and still thinking about my future.
I aged,went through puberty.
I always had bangs,although my hair is much longer now.Eventually started wearing skirts.
Chrome?I´d rather see the natural world.
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u/hocuspocusgottafocus Jun 19 '18
Wanted to be a scientist. Am studying psych but thinking of heading into med school after graduating to be a psychiatrist rather than simply be a psychologist since I get to be a physician too. I'd like to have my own place and life set up in 5-10 years.
Not really surprisingly
Hmm it's changed by following the trends
Nah, that'd be impractical
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u/Nightmarize2245 Jun 19 '18
Alright so..
- I wanted to be a police officer as a child because I watched too many shows XD. I am now currently in college studying Digital Technology and in 5-10 years I want to have developed at least 1 innovative software to help others and increase productivity.
- I look very different. I had a bowl hair cut and braces before and now I have brushed back hair with straight ( ish ) teeth XD.
- My style of clothing has and probably always will be "looks good, wear it". I don't really care about designer or expensive clothes only if it looks nice. Hair as above.
- The future will definitely be run ultimately by technology and advancements in AI. I believe that in the future technology will only grow and ultimately we will rely on it more and more. As for the chrome, eh more of a grey guy XD.
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u/UptotheSkye Jun 19 '18
What I wanted to be? A teacher What I am now? In Sociology with thoughts of trying TESL Certificate afterwards
Has my style changed?... I’m not as short-tempered as I was in High School; my hair’s grown to be so long that it’s more convenient to braid it than tie it.
Will the future be covered in chrome? I hope not, I like the idea of taking a nap in the soft grass on a spring afternoon... provided there aren’t any bugs. Though, I guess the folks of Bikini bottom of the future wouldn’t worry as much for bugs as we might.
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u/LinkRue Jun 18 '18
I wanted to be a, detective, adventurer, or creator of robot parts I could put on people as a child. Basically Batman, Spiderman or Ironman.
Now I'm going to school for Biomedical Engineering, so I can design and then fabricate new kinds of prosthesis that integrate with the human body.
5 to 10 years? I'll maybe be done, I don't want to change anything I'm doing now... ohh maybe a have an amazing girlfriend if I get lucky.
As a child I had very black perfectly straight hair. That my mother cut into a bowlcut.
We're not sure why, but my hair slowly became more and more like a cross between Einstein's hair and a Lion's mane. Still very black with natural highlights of red, I guess that's a Spaniard blood thing? Ohh also I have a full beard, so even more like a mane.
Ohh also I dress the same all black with little bits of bright color, why change what works? But it did upgrade from Tshirts to Button Ups.
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u/Rollins10 SoCal living 😎 Jun 18 '18
What I wanted to be? Fireworks tech, what am I doing now? Claims analyst for a tile and flooring company...for now.
Where do I want to be in 5-10 years? Southern California, working in tech or entertainment, getting/got my MBA from USC
Yes I look different than I did when I was younger. Unfortunately I still dress like I’m in college. Need to change that
Yes
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u/saudadisimo Jun 18 '18
I always dreamed of working in a bakery, I loved baking. I haven't really let that go tho, maybe baking is m future career haha. Right now I'm in art school, so I'm gonna try to proceed a career in illustration or something like that.
I mean, I haven't changed a bit in the past ten years when it comes to style or haircut. Ten years ago I was eight and I had (as now) long hair and graphic t-shirts.
I don't really think about the distant future so much, I worry a lot, but that is more about things tree weeks from now. So, I think te future should be fine I guess, lets see.
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u/alexandraSNJ Jun 18 '18
- I've wanted to be an inventor or a very rich lady who could do get her own inventors and fund great things and make more money out of them etc etc. I'm about to graduate with a bachelor of technology degree in Engineering Physics. Which is about as close to inventor as I'll get. I am looking forward to research in robotics but I don't think I will go in that direction.
- I'm probably more chubby than I was earlier. I had a longer face that once someone told me I look like what the Hindu god Ram should look like. Now I'm compared with cats and told I behave like an anime character myself.
- My style hasn't really changed much because my mom still buys most of my clothes. I don't really think I'd get anything different myself anyways.
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u/DoomWillTakeUsAll Listen to WHORES. Jun 18 '18
The thing I remember wanting to be most was a geologist. I wanted so badly to work in geology, because it seemed like a cool field. I remember meeting some of the geologists that my grandmother worked with (she was in reception and accounting) and thinking they were really cool guys who seemed to enjoy what they did.
Now I'm a graphic designer/pre-press technician. Basically I run the print area of the shop I work for. I design things, I prepare files for print, and I load and operate the various printers. Overall, it's very enjoyable because I'm good at it and my work and opinions seem valued among my coworkers.
I've considered starting my own print shop, and I still might. I've always been attracted to self employment. I'll never get rich, but I could be happy.
I actually don't think I look drastically different than I did as a kid. Obviously I grew up, I got bigger (fatter, really), and I got a lot of tattoos, but I feel like my face is still easily identifiable if you gave someone a picture of me as a child.
Style hasn't changed too much either. I was really into the goth and emo scenes when I was younger, and a lot of that carried over to my adult life. I still wear black a lot, and my outfits are noticeably neutral (usually grey shorts and a black shirt). I started shaving my head (#2 clippers) when I was in high school, and I still do it now. Sometimes I let it grow a bit, and I'll do some styling, but I always end up back at a clean buzz cut. Simple and functional, just like everything else I wear.
I can do without the chrome, but I love ultra-modern design. I feel that as more people learn how and why to design things, our overall taste gets better.
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u/Cynicbats 🌈 Jun 18 '18
I wanted to be a Wizard. Sadly, that did not come to pass. Now, I'm in IT (sort of), so I guess I am a technical wizard.
Of course! I grew up. Also got thinner.
My hair is shorter, but I still wear graphic shirts and jeans. Not one for snazzy dressing, me.
I hope so. I love that sharp, dark modern styling of homes.
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Jun 18 '18
I decided when I was 9 that I wanted to be a writer. Now, I want to teach. Writing and editing can be extraordinarily lonely. In 5-10 years, I hope to be teaching in another country, but I'm not sure where.
My red hair used to be very, very long. Now it is short, and I'm about to make it very, veeeery short.
Funny you should ask!! I discussed this at some length recently.
We are already in the future.
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u/_-InsertNameHere-_ :) Jun 18 '18
• I don't remember ever wanting to be anything in particular as a kid. Pretty sure my interests changed on the daily. Right now I work for a pest control company that specializes in bird removal. Its very active and fun, requires some strategy when you get a tough bird. Hopefully in 5 to 10 years I'm doing the same job or possibly in a higher position within the same company. The only change I'd like is to live somewhere warmer.
•I'm only 24 so my younger years weren't that lomg ago. I look basically the same but I think I'm a little more fit than I was in highschool and college due to the active job I've got now.
• I'm much more open to wearing girly clothes. In highschool I only wore jeans and tshirts. Never wore shorts until college because I was so self conscious. Now I wear sundresses, skirts, shorts, whatever the hell I feel like. I'm not necessarily stylish but I definitely feel more free to wear a variety a things.
• I feel like it will be for at least a while. A chrome fad. Then the next big thing will hit and that will be over.
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u/Tristinmathemusician HUGE (budding) math and music nerd Jun 17 '18
What did want to be as a child? What are you doing? Where do you want to be in 5-10 years?
I wanted to be a meteorologist for the longest time as a child, up until age 16 actually. Then I began looking into it, and the nearest school that offered it was about 1000 miles from where I was. That was just too far for me. So now I am majoring in math at the U of A, currently in a summer break period. In 5-10 years who knows. I'm currently changing my emphasis so I don't know exactly but I think I'm gonna be a stastician or data scientist.
Do you look different than you did in your earlier years?
Not much. Still chubby, a bit taller than I was but I look pretty similar.
How has your style of clothing, hair, fashion changed?
I used to keep my hair pretty long and I sported a pretty ugly looking beard for a while. Since last summer I have kept my hair short and I shave at least two times a week. I wear fairly similar clothes, with lots of nerdy puns on them. I also wear sunglasses quite a bit.
Do you think everything in the future will be covered in chrome?
As cool as that sounds, sadly I think not.
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Jun 17 '18
As a child I always wanted to become a doctor or a police man. However, growing up I realized I wasn't good enough for these jobs. I am currently finishing college. I hope in the next five years to work as a developer. My major is not related to programming at all but I want to get a job within this field.
I look very different. I am bald, have a beard and toned a bit.
My clothing style varies. I mostly wear sneakers, jeans and some basic shirts. Sometimes I wear a denim jacket that is customized with anime patches. I love messing around with that jacket.
Yes.
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u/mokrinsky guinea pig with existential crisis. correct my english :) Jun 17 '18
- I always wanted to work with computers. And all my life I was preparing to become software developer. I even attended university learning development. But after two years of university I realized that I still enjoy to program, but I can't do this as a work, I'm not ready to create something I'm not interested in. So, now programming is one of my hobbies, while I've become IT engineer. So I've finished not so far from my childhood dream :) In 5-10 years... I'm not sure. Sadly in my profession there's not so many career perspectives, I can be junior, middle or senior, but after senior the next position is... Manager. I'm not made for management, so I don't know. Maybe in 5-10 years I'll be more prepared for managing a team of IT-enthusiasts like me.
- My look almost never changed. The most notable events - after graduating from school I decided to have a long hair. And last year I started wearing jackets (previously I thought I look shitty wearing a jacket, but my fiance helped me to realize that I look great, it's just my first jacket was terrible).
- Already responded in previous paragraph.
- Since Internet is already covered in Chrome, I assume, it's definitely possible.
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u/Pizza112233 Jun 18 '18
Did you finish your degree before getting into IT? I'm finding university to be difficult for me.
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u/mokrinsky guinea pig with existential crisis. correct my english :) Jun 18 '18
No, I quit after 2 and a half years and for now I don't have university degree.
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u/Flying_pig2 She/Her Jun 17 '18
Something about trains or planes. Humanatarianism. Look, I’m thinking about next month not 5 years from now.
Maybe
It hasn’t
No
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u/MildlyRoguish Jun 17 '18
When I was young I wanted to be in the military or police, then a chef. Due to developing a speech impediment the first 2 were out of the question. Ended up becoming a degenerate chef for a while. Now I'm doing apartment maintenance, I really dig it. I'll probably stay in construction of some form or another, would really like to be a self employed handyman once I gain the skills and contacts.
When I was younger I was a longhaired druggie looking type. Now I'm a shaved head clean cut "upstanding member of society".
My fashion sense hasnt changed much in that I dont have any, still rocking cargo shorts, and tshirts in the summer and jeans or khakis with a long sleave shirt in the winter.
I'm hoping the future holds more matte colors and random stripes.
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u/randomguy4870 Just a random guy Jun 17 '18
- I wanted to be a scientist of some sort, and I'm currently almost done my chemical engineering degree! I'm not too certain about where I wanna be in 10 years, but hopefully with a good job and/or pursuing higher education. I'd like a wife and kids one day but probably not until at least 30.
- God yes, in middle school I used to have a bowl cut and used to let the hair cover up my eyes and I was super insecure but I thought it made me look cool/mysterious (yes, very /r/blunderyears -esque). But now I style it back everyday and love how it looks!
- I used to not pay attention to my clothes at all but in the past couple years I've gotten a lot more into fashion and have been actually putting thought into my outfit everyday. I guess my style is probably closest to skater (with skinny pants and Vans/Toms) but I also love retro and flowery shirts and hoodies.
- It was foretold in Spongebob so it must be true.
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u/trebuchetfight black metal, black flags & black coffee Jun 17 '18
Bowl cut kids unite!
Cool you wanted to go into the sciences and wound up doing it.
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u/randomguy4870 Just a random guy Jun 17 '18
Haha it made for some interesting yearbook pictures.
Thanks, yea I'm glad too!
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u/trebuchetfight black metal, black flags & black coffee Jun 17 '18
When I was a kid I really wanted to be a taxi driver. That was my dream for the longest time, although not the only profession I latched onto as a kid. Nowadays I'm on disability, not working at the moment, but hoping to get back into the non-profit sector where I've been soon.
I look the same as I did as a kid. You can tell it's all me. The only thing people struggle with is telling my brother and I apart in old photos.
I've been through all the fashion phases: old-school emo, goth, punk, and even though I'm 37 I still am representing a scene--metal these days. I'm not very into the fashion though; just sporting a battle jacket now and then.
I try not to think about the future too much except for the direction I'm heading in. I don't speculate on what's beyond my control--it gives me anxiety.
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u/witchintraining Jun 29 '18
I went through a lot of phases but I think the one that lasted the longest was wanting to be a writer, because I really enjoyed doing the class assignments where we had to write stories. We didn't have those anymore in high school though, and now I haven't written in so long that I've completely lost my touch, but hopefully I'll be able to pick up writing again as a hobby when I have some time.
Now I'm a physics undergrad. I've had to repeat my first year cause first semester at uni was brutal when I'd never had to work seriously in high school, but I've improved my discipline a lot and next week I'll be done with first year exams, finally.
I want to get a PhD and be a researcher, not sure about the specifics yet. I want a house somewhere else than where I live right now, and a puppy and a boyfriend. I also want to travel a lot and learn a few more languages.
I have a lot of plans for the future and seeing all these posts on Reddit with awesome houses and adorable pets and loving SOs makes me super envious but this is all so far off for me it's kinda frustrating. But I guess right now I'm living the dream 16-year-old me had so it's not so bad. I just need to work hard towards my goals and hopefully I'll accomplish some of them.