A couple of years back when one of my younger brother’s and I used to go out hitting on chicks at the bars/clubs we came up with conversation starters so we could get to know the girls a little better for the short period of time. I never used this question, but heard my brother use it a couple of times. The girls would laugh and they would talk about their problems at work and what their real dreams were. My brother had his already memorized, so he had no problem trying to impress the girl and also letting the woman know that he was doing something with his life. I still think of that very question now. I know what I want to do and am taking steps to make it a full time reality, but now I think about it for other people.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
When we were kids we were asked this question multiple times. From our parents, relatives, teachers, and whoever else who was atleast 15 years older than us. As I sit in my cube I see and hear people who are not doing what they want to do. People complaining about the best time of the work day is lunch and when they go home, when it is monday wanting it to already be friday, thinking of ideas so they can do those full-time, and simply not wanting to be there in the office because it is the ‘same ol’ same ol’‘. So now it is the beginning of another not-much-different-work-week; a week that starts off shitty (monday), gets better through ‘hump day’ (wednesday), and the best day of the week (friday). But during the week is what drains the life out of our souls and all we want to do is get home to sleep, drink some beer, watch some crappy tv, and think about what we really want to do.
What do you want to be when you grow up?