The "Time vs. Money" thread got me thinking about the path that my life had taken both professionally and personally. It brought back thoughts of what I wanted to be growing up and almost became when I finally grew up.
I remember as a little kid wanting to be a police officer (what 8-10 year olds don't want that?), then eventually wanting to be an NFL player until I realized that I possessed limited athletic abilities compared to many of my peers. Then in high school, I wanted to become a marine biologist but instead settled on becoming a Marine instead my senior year. But if I could be anything in life when I really grow up, I would love to be a teacher or even a college professor. I've taught a few college courses as an adjunct professor, and it was just really rewarding.
So what did you want to grow up to be when you were a kid? Further, if money was of no concern, what would you like to do career-wise?
Unfortunately, I don't think I have a situation conducive to working towards it at this moment (I feel I need 2 out of the following: time, money, and space)... but after turning 26, I know the clock is ticking on even having one foot in that world, and I'm trying to break my inertia to make some changes.
I'm actually really afraid that if I don't try and do something, I'll always live with this massive regret in the back of my mind.
If I could do whatever I wanted now, I'd be an idle millionaire lounging on a beach.
If I could do whatever I wanted now, I'd be an idle millionaire lounging on a beach.
In diamond studded jorts, I'm sure. That's how the 1%'s do it.
Hey...at least you settled for something just as badass by becoming a Ninja. It could be worse.
Is that you, Art Vandelay?
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I would stay out in the back yard and stare at the moon while we were on a mission to it.
My claustrophobia might have been a slight problem though.
Myers Briggs always said I should be an architect. Or at least I think it was the Myers Briggs test.
For 7 years, I did just that.
Now I drive a PC, and work on avionics software.
A looooong way from delivering cheese in Jersey!
Until the police turn up, of course.
I never wanted to do anything. No aspirations. No goals.
I only went to college because I thought I was supposed to, only picked a major because they said I had to.
Not even sure how I wound up doing what I'm doing, but I definitely don't love it.
but there is no career I feel like I would love and I am compensated well so I do it.
I never wanted to do anything. No aspirations. No goals.
I only went to college because I thought I was supposed to, only picked a major because they said I had to.
Not even sure how I wound up doing what I'm doing, but I definitely don't love it.
but there is no career I feel like I would love and I am compensated well so I do it.
There's a lot of truth to that for me too.
Well...you've come closer to your goal than most people have.
And sort of on a tangent here, but what kind of a moron decided to cancel Law & Order? Probably the best procedural show on TV for the past two decades+...for a POS Law & Order: Los Angelese? WTF?
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I never wanted to do anything. No aspirations. No goals.
I only went to college because I thought I was supposed to, only picked a major because they said I had to.
Not even sure how I wound up doing what I'm doing, but I definitely don't love it.
but there is no career I feel like I would love and I am compensated well so I do it.
There's a lot of truth to that for me too.
I really had no idea what I wanted to do coming out of HS. It was part of the reason I joined the military tbh.
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gen x-er.
I never wanted to do anything. No aspirations. No goals.
I only went to college because I thought I was supposed to, only picked a major because they said I had to.
Not even sure how I wound up doing what I'm doing, but I definitely don't love it.
but there is no career I feel like I would love and I am compensated well so I do it.
There's a lot of truth to that for me too.
Thankfully, I enjoy what I do and get compensated pretty well as well. I stated this in the other thread, but at this point family enjoyment trumps any kind of career enjoyment. If I had decided to wait a few months to start at Quantico (again), I know my wife and I would not have the little family that we have now.
No way...I liked the new crew with McCoy as the DA. Enjoyed the dynamics between Anthony Anderson and Jeremy Sisto along with Linus Roache as the new ADA in the younger Sam Waterston role. And Alana de la Garza was the hottest female co-lead in the show's history.
Don't get me wrong, Jerry Orbach was the man, but the new crew with the latest twists on cases were awesome.
I really wanted to pursue it up until life got in the way. I still day dream about it but it's no longer in the cards.
Wait...so you decided to join after graduating from college? Why enlist? Or were they really restrictive on the officer side of the house (like in recent years)?
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When I graduated college, I had one goal - get out of Virginia. I got a job with a publishing company in LA as junior edior. That was boring as hell and went nowhere, plus I started to hate California, so I left and moved back to parents. Had no idea what to do next, so I joined the Marines. I had a notion that I'd have figured out what I wanted in life when I got out in 5 years....but, no, not really.
Wait...so you decided to join after graduating from college? Why enlist? Or were they really restrictive on the officer side of the house (like in recent years)?
I did the same thing. Funny thing about being "the most educated E-4 in the Army." Nobody gives a fuck. Recruiter said off the street OCS was rare and I was motivated enough that I didn't care, plus I wanted to keep my LSAT scores for my next set of law school applications and they sunsetted after five years so a three-year enlistment made sense.
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When I graduated college, I had one goal - get out of Virginia. I got a job with a publishing company in LA as junior edior. That was boring as hell and went nowhere, plus I started to hate California, so I left and moved back to parents. Had no idea what to do next, so I joined the Marines. I had a notion that I'd have figured out what I wanted in life when I got out in 5 years....but, no, not really.
Wait...so you decided to join after graduating from college? Why enlist? Or were they really restrictive on the officer side of the house (like in recent years)?
Well, that's a bit of a long and personal story. If you actually want to know, I can email you about it.
Ben Stone was made for TNT, McCoy for ABC. It became high drama, for better or for worse, with McCoy. And Ronnie as any first year law student will tell you, it is more than a little procedurally flawed.