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What did you want to be when you were a kid? (pg. 7)
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| PETRAN |
| Anyway, like many other kids in the world i was fascinated by space and sci-fi stuff. As a result, it came naturally that i wanted to be an astronaut (what a novelty). When i realised that this could not be the case, i was deeply traumatised, something that made me pursue a degree in psychology. Whilst im still in the process of self-cognitive-therapy, i also have a research question. Why all bloody kids in the world want to leave earth!?:wtf: |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by PETRAN
Why all bloody kids in the world want to leave earth!? |
They see movies and documentaries about it, and it all seems like an awesome adventure to them. Also, kids have a lot of limitations placed on them, so maybe going to space represents the ultimate freedom and lack of limits in their minds. |
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| pmoisse |
I didn't really know then and I still don't know now.
I mostly wanted to do something technical (car design, aircraft engineering etc) but I did the square root of all in highschool and achieved barely enough to get by. I regret not applying myself more, because looking back on things, I didn't have enough fun to justify slacking as much as I did.
Having said that, I think I now prefer having more interests and hobbies instead of a job I love. I really like my job, I'm good at it and I like my company. But it's just a job. I've always gone at work with full commitment but I don't get too attached to them. They're just sources of income which allow me to do other things I love.
I guess my fear would be landing a job that matches my dreams more, then working at it and it ruining my happy hobby (if that makes sense) |
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| PETRAN |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
They see movies and documentaries about it, and it all seems like an awesome adventure to them. Also, kids have a lot of limitations placed on them, so maybe going to space represents the ultimate freedom and lack of limits in their minds. |
You are right. There is an answer actually stating that daydreaming (which invloves excessive imaginary "simulations")enhances the cognitive and social processing that occur duting development.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...and-explore-ide
I just wanted to create some suspense with my question and you ruined it with your adult logical thinking :whip:
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| d-miurge |
| Clown-fireman (like in Dumbo), then président de la République, and finally rentier. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| A monster truck. |
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| stren |
at first I wanted to be a train
then I wanted to be a plane
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| Halcyon+On+On |
So then why'd you settle? :p
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| stren |
I'm not a maluch i'm a
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| EgosXII |
lessee...
lawyer, zoologist, teacher, writer (creative and philosophical), artist, musician, then probably settled on teacher at some stage cause i can do a bit of everything but avoid the crippling agony of having to be so involved in something that i have to commit suicide in a tragically ironic way... ;)
pretty sure those are in order too... pretty much thought about 'working' in every creative field, but i really hate the politics of 'creative' scenes, cause i do it for enjoyment, and can't be ed dealing with wankers who just care about image and money... i get enough out of them to not have to be paid for em anyway :) |
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| Dervish |
| 1) Wanted to be a pilot. FAILED |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by ********
haha the only thing I can remember ever saying as a kid was when I was like 7 or 8 years old and my dad asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I said a cop... ha ha. my gosh I have no freaken clue what I was thinking then.
how the world turns. |
What do you want to be now? |
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