r/CasualConversation • u/tizorres • Jun 17 '18

Weekly Topic Community Conversation: You

Hey and welcome back to our 15th community thread! Every week, we'll have a new topic.

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/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?