What do you want to do when you grow up?

Chad · 04-30-2016, 07:47 PM

My career is perfect, I am living the dream. As for the growing up part I am still working on that. No matter how old I get there is a young guy in my heart and in my smile.

C0LLETTE · 04-30-2016, 08:05 PM

I'll be 71 this summer. I'm thinking that in about 30 years I might want to start a family, have a few kids, maybe buy a bungalow.

MasterfulButch · 05-18-2016, 03:25 AM

It made me smile to see this thread as we've currently got an advertising campaign running where a celebrity sits down with all manner of people and asks them what they want to be when they grow up. Most laugh at him initially, particularly the white-haired ones, but then they realise he is quite serious and you see their reaction change. It's left me pondering the question too as well as my assumption that it no longer applied to me.

I feel like like there's a sense of finality to that question, as though you're trying to reach one particular goal and then you're done. It puts a lot of pressure on making sure that goal is the right one and that you're taking a suitably direct route to get there. It also fails to take into account how you may change as you journey through life.

My current thinking is about changing the question rather than trying to answer it. What about if instead of 'what do you want to be when you grow up' we just said 'great, what next'?

04-30-2016, 07:47 PM	#1
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05-18-2016, 03:25 AM	#3
MasterfulButch Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: Charming the love of my life. Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Here, for now. Posts: 141 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 286 Thanked 598 Times in 125 Posts Rep Power: 9572902	It made me smile to see this thread as we've currently got an advertising campaign running where a celebrity sits down with all manner of people and asks them what they want to be when they grow up. Most laugh at him initially, particularly the white-haired ones, but then they realise he is quite serious and you see their reaction change. It's left me pondering the question too as well as my assumption that it no longer applied to me. I feel like like there's a sense of finality to that question, as though you're trying to reach one particular goal and then you're done. It puts a lot of pressure on making sure that goal is the right one and that you're taking a suitably direct route to get there. It also fails to take into account how you may change as you journey through life. My current thinking is about changing the question rather than trying to answer it. What about if instead of 'what do you want to be when you grow up' we just said 'great, what next'? __________________ "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." Ralph Waldo Emerson

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04-30-2016, 08:05 PM	#2
C0LLETTE Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Depends on the day. Preferred Pronoun?: "I" and "we" Relationship Status: Very good. Thank you for asking. Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 11,501 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,676 Thanked 15,172 Times in 4,340 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	I'll be 71 this summer. I'm thinking that in about 30 years I might want to start a family, have a few kids, maybe buy a bungalow.