At what age did you learn what it was you wanted to do for the rest of your life?

[oiprocs]

This is not necessarily job. You may have realized at age 12 that for the rest of your life, you would be content with sorting spoons on a leather sofa.

Please post your age and any of the following:

a) what you knew you wanted to do
b) if you haven't found it, please state so
c) if you know it, but aren't doing it, please state so


I'm 22 and while I think acting could be really fun, I also tend to think that about a lot of careers. Sometimes I wish I had a clear cut path to call my own.

 

[her209]

Two chicks at the same time.

 

[S Freud]

Around 20 when while I was majoring in something else. I knew the major I had chosen at the time wasn't right for me and changed. Now I am headed down the right path to have a career in what I want.

 

[zerocool84]

I'm 24 and I still don't know. I'm sure there are people older than me that don't know.

 

[jlee]

19. I'm not planning on doing this for the rest of my life, though..haven't got that far yet.

 

[PrinceofWands]

I'm currently 37. Sometime between 12 and 14 I decided the only things that mattered in life were love, family, and friends. I've been in love (late 20s to early 30s), though not currently with anyone. I treat my friends and family well, and receive love in return. Overall I'm more or less on track.

 

[Jeff7181]

I'm going to be 28 in July. Around age 25 I realized I could go to school for the rest of my life if I could get paid to do it, or at least cover living expenses. I'm working in IT right now and plan to stay there. I think I want to focus on network/security.

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: zerocool84
I'm 24 and I still don't know. I'm sure there are people older than me that don't know.

wow your 24, i thought you were older.

 

[Mo0o]

20-21ish

 

[JakwoW]

Kindergarten. I wanted to be a world-changing scientist.

Yeah, not doing it. After entering college, my goal progressively morphed into "become a college graduate."

I did.

Lower expectations FTW.

 

[DaWhim]

age 25, found it with my current internship

 

[sandorski]

It was late June or early July 1977/78. We lived far north and though it was 10 pm and my bedtime, the sun still shone. Didn't want to sleep, but had nothing to do. My mind turned to Girls and this "Sex" thing I had recently learned about. One thing lead to the next.....

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
age 25, found it with my current internship

Don't lie man! Or was your boss behind you staring at your screen?!!!!!

25, I know I want to work in finance and I am doing so. Not the exact position I want but I'm working towards it.

I suppose I first found that I wanted to work in Finance when I was 23. I knew when I was about 13 that I wanted to do a CS degree.

Koing

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: her209
Two chicks at the same time.

/thread

 

[IronWing]

8 or 9.

 

[BW86]

I'm 22 and still don't really know

 

[meltdown75]

i'm 33 and have been at the same job for 10 years now. i worked here for a few years before i decided that i would love to be here until retirement. the first couple years i was on contract. when they showed me the full-time love, i began to put a lot more into my job and have excelled as a result. i've moved up respectably through the ranks and i love my job a lot now.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

8 or 9 I decided I wanted to be a computer programmer before that I wanted to be a school teacher. Currently doing what I set out to do.

 

[vi edit]

31 and still haven't. Don't get me wrong, I like the work I do, it's interesting, well paying, and offers a lot of future options. It's just not something I see myself doing for another 20 years.

 

[rbV5]

I'm 49.5 and quite content with being a father and husband for the rest of my life :thumbsup:....everything else is up in the air at this point until I get it figured out

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: AyashiKaibutsu
8 or 9 I decided I wanted to be a computer programmer before that I wanted to be a school teacher. Currently doing what I set out to do.

are you teaching computer programming in school?

 

[skyking]

Which time??
I'm still flexible with that.

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: her209
Two chicks at the same time.

Pretty much. This is what I said back in Kindergarten in the "My Dad does... and I want to be like him" days.

 

[amdhunter]

I wanted to be a gynecologist since elementary school.

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: zerocool84
I'm 24 and I still don't know. I'm sure there are people older than me that don't know.

wow your 24, i thought you were older.

heh his username wasn't a giveaway eh sherlock