Childhood ambition

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What did you want to be when you were young?

What jobs have you had?

How close did you come to your goal


Astronaut, architect, physicist, structural engineer, author, psychologist

Minimum wage slave

As far away as it gets

teacher-writer-hermit-shepherd-wildlife ranger

became a stay at home/ mother wasn't on the list, but i did enjoy that
moved country and became peasant(small farm) with sheep & somewhat service for land to pasture, with all the hassle and admin that really should be a service to pay for, bc in the end people are always ungrateful for 'free work' done

As a small kid I wanted to be a footballer, spaceman, spy, etc.

As an older kid I never had any ambition. As a 'bright' kid, most of my energy was spent fighting for the right to a normal childhood. I was never given any career guidance or advice. It was simply assumed that I was going to become an academic superstar. This caused me considerable damage later in life.

Where I am now: computer geek. I blundered into it more or less by accident. I'm very happy doing what I do.

I wanted to be a millionaire and later a billionaire when I was a kid.still do.I am well on my way towards my goal of becoming a self-made millionaire.I should conservatively have a net worth of 1 Million within the next two decades or less.I should become worth millions of dollars in my lifetime.My goal is to have a net worth of 1 Billion by age 100 or my death.

I wanted to be a entrepreneur as a kid.Thats what I am doing now.I have never had a full time job but I did have a part-time one briefly working for 15 dollars per hour so at least it wasnt for min wage.I wanted to be a oilman as a kid and thats what I am now with my dad although we are just small fries as far as oilmen go.I also wanted to be a church of Christ pastor which is what I am doing now on the side with my church plant.My ultimate career goal is to make on the Forbes 400 as Number 399 or better by the time I die.I wanted to be on the Forbes 400 since I was a kid and I am nowhere close to being a billionaire but I am not too far from being a millionaire generally speakingI wanted to be the founder and owner of a publicly traded company that traded shares on the stock market.I came kind of close to doing that because we almost did business with a guy who said he could take us public.I briefly became a millionaire my first year out of college through a small oil deal but I lost it pretty much all of it because the basin was leased up.All my money is in the trust fund.