>wanted to be an astronaut when I was 8 years old
>thought i would have a wife and kids
I wanted to marry my teacher when I was 8.
>>36056640
>thought I'd have lightning powers
>had dreams of running a zoo and being a friend to the animalsespecially the lions
>it's a anon daydreams during class that he's saving his classmates from a school shooter and earning their admiration episode
>wanted to be a doctor
>pursuing shitty community college education instead
>i thought i was special
>>36056673
Saaaaamme!
All my other dreams came true though...Kinda.
>I wanted to be like Superman
>>36056640
>Wanted an easy life of doing nothing except play vidya and watch tv.
Guess I got what I wanted huh.
>>36056805
>looks back at highschool
>now he dreams of being the shooter
>dad watched 2001: A Space Odyssey
>in a theater
>as a kid
>when it first came out
>Grandpa told him 2001 was pessimistic, we'd be in space sooner
>dad's now a retired baldfat alcoholic in his 60s kekk'ing at allahu ackbars and off duty cops on liveleak
>I live in his house
kill me
>Wanted to be a girl
>wanted to be a hero and save people
>all I do is hurt people
You can still sign up to go to Mars and never come back
>>36056838
But you are anonjust like everyone else
>wanted to play video games all day
>>36057078
Is it what you thought it would be?
>>36057078
That's kind of sad, poor values are the worst
>>36056640
>Wanted to be an anesthesiologist to help people feel okay and not be in pain
>Parents convinced me that I wasn't cut out to be a doctor
>Now I work a soulless salarycuck job
>I'm always in pain
>elementary school me assumed I would have a job and a wife and kids at this age
>>36056805
>when you realize you've gone from imagining yourself saving people from a school shooter to being the school shooter
>>36056805
>be me in high school
>have a buddy that was mormon, so he wasn't exposed to violence much in movies or shows
>his dad let him watch the Dark Knight series though
>he became fascinated with scary-smiley man and the Mask
>one day we were outside waiting for school to start
>he casually mentions to me,
>"what if we set bombs up around the school...and trigger them like the joker did to that hospital?"
>a fiendishly devilishly grin consumed his face
>started laughing
>I laughed too becasue I fantasized about blowing up the school before that moment
>>36056640
>wanted to run a comic store when I was 10.
Did it, sick of autists.
>wanted to work online so I dion't have to deal with irl autisms.
Currently doing it, selling random shit, actually a hell of a lot easier than expected and one of the most interesting things I've ever done.
>weebed out as a kid/teen, want to live in Japan because my country is fucking dire.
Start my course in Sept, get to study there a year on the government's dime.
Just go do stuff, seriously. Don't get caught up worrying about how hard it is before you even start.
>that kid that unironically said he wanted to be a hobo
>always used the "I didn't try" excuse
>it's true, I've never tried
>don't know if I even could try if I wanted to now
I was afraid my potential was lower than I expected, now I know it is
>tfw I wanted to be a bus driver
>can't even drive
>>36057546
even a menial job like this seems so far and out
>my dreams and hopes went down the older I got
>now I just wanna be a janitor
>>36056640
>wanted to be an aerospace engineer, with kids before I was 25, when I was a child
>barely graduated aerospace, and can't get a job now
>no gf
>25 is coming in 2 years
>>36056640
>be me in preschool
>for halloween they told us to dress up as what we wanted to be when we grew up
>everyone picks typical stuff like policeman or firefighter
>i go up to the mic in my superman costume
>even had abbs on it so i thought i looked rad as shit
"I wanna be superman!"
>everyone in the room d'awwwwwwwwwws
>am confused thought they werent taking me seriously
>am 31 now
>now i know why
>wanted a friend when I was 8 years old
I wanted to be an actor or an opera singer.
Now I'm gay, and I think that only way I'll ever get a good life is if I bag a rich man.
Why's life so hard, anons?
>when I was 7-10 I said I was going to be someone that worked on planes
>all through teenage years wanted to be something different
>mcdonalds worker?
>some other retail shit?
>teacher?
>unemployed fag that bums off unemployment benefits?
>be now
>27
>am aviation mechanic
What did kid me do to affect me now, about 20 years later?
>wanted to be famous
>>36057843
navy/af or civvie?
>>36057186
Pure original Pottery
>Dreamed of preforming my favorite song in front of all my classmates, forming a band with my friends
>>36058062
navy fag, and enjoying it honestly
> wanted to be an artist when i was 8
still trying tho
>>36056805
Fuck, this whole time I didn't know everyone thought this way. This means I'm not special either. I thought I had some sort of unique fighting spirit, but I have nothing.......... time for the helium.
>wanted to be zookeeper when I was about 7
>bro said I'd have to clean up shit
>"Guess I'll just watch them instead"
>now aspiring zoologist and studying in Japan age 17
Just do what you want mate
>>36058565
>studying in Japan age 17
incoming banhammer
>thought I'd be the kind of man my younger self would look up to