What were you dreaming about when you were this age? I don’t remember if it started this young, but by the time I hit Junior High, I was dreaming of becoming a scientist who wore a white lab coat at work every day. It finally distilled out into wanting to be an agronomist. I spent 3 1/2 years at Purdue in their wonderful agronomy program and actually worked in a university research lab for a while before giving it up to become a mom. Now, 31 years later, will I find my spot in agronomy, or at least in the field of research? I wonder…….
denisekaylink said,
February 23, 2012 @ 10:23 pm
I love that the white lab coat was the concrete part of the dream, and the actual job was secondary! That is SO how it works, isn’t it?
My primary dream when I was young was to be married and have children. I would have wine with dinner (surely the ultimate in sophistication), a giant house and servants. And I would run into a HS crush when we were both guests on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Exactly what I did to earn a spot on The Tonight Show was always a bit hazy.