Well...
When I was little, I variously wanted to be:

A vet (i like animals)

A mechanic (until I was enormously disappointed. Swinging on the front gate I excitedly waited for my father to bring me home a puncture repair kit. Imagine, when he turned up with a small tin, not the unimaginably snazzy overalls I was expecting that would have made me look like the boys in Grease)

A teacher, until I realised that that was what I thought I should do, rather than what I wanted.

A brain surgeon (until I relised that science wasn't my way.

I at no point dreamt of sitting in an office in front of a strange plastic box all day, ruining my body and on some occasions will to live.

However- I then realised that YOU DO NOT STOP GROWING UP! You don't have to do the same thing forever, and in fact it's much more fun to have 2-3 jobs that you find really exciting. So, having been lucky enough to fall into a job I currently love, I can now say (with the full knowledge they'll all happen)

When I grow up next I will be:
- an internal communications consultant, and lecturer on same
- a holistic massage therapist
- possibly a life coach
- own my small, un-lucrative but incredibly good for the soul small knitted wierdness business
Possibly some stuff to do with conservation/animals, haven't decided yet.

And in about 10 years I fully hope to release ClapperCareer 3.0 and change it all again!

I think I'm the only person at work to have a very honest personal development plan that has 'leaving the organisation' as a clear and positive step:)
(clapper, Mon 2 Apr 2007, 12:57, Reply)