how would i be, indeed?

[keryx]

The possibly positive impact of my current work situation (summarizable as ARGH) and a conversation I had with the SSWB at lunch today have me thinking a lot about what I want to be when I grow up.

And you know what? I don't know. Nor do I even remember what it was like to have a plan, to be a long-term-planning kinda person. This is really odd for me. A lot of you haven't known me since my deeply planful days, but some of you can remember.

So I wonder about y'all.
[Poll #955225]
Bonus question... what do you want to do when you grow up?

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[suzy-hendrix.livejournal.com]

I think I'll have to check my livejournal entries from 5 years ago to be sure my answers are right (how freaky is it that I can do that??)

When I was really really little, I wanted to be a "dress designer." In elementary school, even preschool, I drew dresses all the time. And I replayed the parts in disney movies where dresses were being made (cinderella, sleeping beauty).

Then I decided that fashion design is shallow and lame and unimportant so I was going to be a doctor, a forensic scientist, and an astronomer (I really really liked geology/astronomy class) Then I fucked up at school and took a year off to go to the coffee shop every day.

I have ideas about how I want my professional life to go in the next 5 years, but it completely clashes with what I want for my personal life.

So... Not that I digressed or anything... What I want to be when I grow up... besides not wanting to be a grown up, is to be designing in New York, probably for someone else and doing my own thing on the side, like an online store. I would also like to be married and starting a family while also being primary breadwinner in the house.