<p>This is a spin-off from Northstarmom’s thread about what everyone wants to do before they die. That thread is interesting, but I’m curious what everyone secretly wishes they could do, but to say it out loud sounds silly. Things along the lines of Randy Pausch wanting to play for the NFL. I’m sure the teenagers of CC could answer this without feeling very silly since lots of them are at the beginning of their journey on their own in the world, and they’re “going places” and expect to do absolutely everything… but what would you parents say? I’m just eighteen, but I think it would be cool to know what you want to achieve, in your heart of hearts. </p>
<p>I also wonder, do you think people stop having dreams like this after experiencing the world, jobs, responsibility etc? Or do they just stop verbalizing them? I know bunches of seventeen-year-olds who will happily tell you they’re going to be famous, and they are sure this is true, but I pretty much never hear people past college age expressing such things.</p>
<p>For me… and, yes, I have to say - don’t laugh!
-Write a “Great American Novel”
-Solve an intriguing, difficult, and relatively old problem in math</p>
<p>dis-grace: how funny! We seem to share the same two dreams. Although in my case, they were dreams while asleep! I still occasionally have dreams about writing the Great American Novel - and then becoming an overnight celebrity lecturing and discussing all the deep and socially important views expresed in my great novel.</p>
<p>When I was young, I used to have dreams where there would be a huge chalkboard that was covered with long mathematical equations (picture the board in NUMBERS); I was convinced they must hold some great “secrets to the universe” and always wished that I could wake myself up long enough to write them down.</p>
<p>Of course, being neither a literary or math genius, I have come to accept that neither of these dream lives will ever be realized IRL (but perhaps it is enough for me to experience such moments of greatness vicariously, in my dream world?)</p>
<p>For me: opening a bar. Not some flashy, night-club type thing, or something out of a TGIFs, but some dingy hole-in-the-wall where I knew everybody and everybody knew me, and I just sat around pouring drinks with my buds while we shot the breeze. I guess I watched too much “Cheers” growing up, and I guess that is why I started the Man Cave here…</p>
<p>When I was little I wanted to be a jockey, but I grew too big. Then
I wanted to be in the Olympics, but I fell in love with a sport that
doesn’t compete in the Olympics.</p>
<p>Now I dream of starting a family that supports and encourages each
other inter-generationally. Like the Rothschilds, the Bachs, the Bernoullis.</p>
<p>I wanted to be a rock star and sing and play lead guitar in my own band- ( or even backup)
Unfortunately when I asked for a guitar, I got a ukulele
and it was way before Eddies time- I didn’t want to be Don Ho.
[YouTube</a> - Pearl Jam Eddie Vedder Can’t Keep Hawaii](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e18z4l1z1Dk]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e18z4l1z1Dk)</p>
<p>But hey- I have gotten into local live music in a big way- in fact I am going to head out to the block party pretty soon so I don’t miss Kristen Ward.</p>
<p>Never wanted to be a guitarist. I wanted to be the bass player in a rock band and stand at the back of the stage playing contrapuntally against the melody.</p>
<p>As for my other dream: I always wanted to work for a university. Doing it. I can check that off.</p>
<p>tsdad & emeraldkity4 - we could join the same rock band - I always wanted to be a backup singer! Travel, be onstage, have fun, but not all the pressure of being the star. (Wonder what that says about my psyche). </p>
<p>So far we’ve got a star (emeraldkity), a bass player (tsdad) and me singing backup. Somewhere on CC there must be a drummer and a guitar player. Maybe even a keyboardist. The CC virtual Wildest Dream Band.</p>
<p>You all are reminding me that I wanted to be a famous singer when I was nine or so. When I was five, I wanted to be an artist. A painter, to be exact. As a kid, I promised to buy each of my mom’s friends a new house when I became rich and famous. If I do become rich and famous, I gotta admit that I probably won’t keep those promises… :p</p>
<p>As a 10 year old girl in the early 70’s I had a wonderful teacher that helped me understand girls could do anything. I vividly recall annoucing to my parents that I was going to become a lawyer first and then become the first female president. Didn’t do either.</p>
<p>I think my dream now would be to get a PhD. in education or psychology. Unfortunately I can’t quite see how to make it a reality yet. Two young people to send to college, the need to save for retirement, possible college debt for myself seems illogical, I would really have to study for the GRE…lots of excuses :(</p>
<p>Flight Attendant–and I interviewed for a job with one of the major airlines, but (you’ll guess my age!) was put on hold because of the Air Traffic Controllers Strike. I was hired, but deferred. So, I accepted a teaching position (which is what my degree was) and during that year, met my future spouse. They called me back up at the end of that year, but my job was moving along in teaching (I was making a difference in the inner city schools!) and things had really moved along with future spouse. So, I declined the job. But, I have always wondered!!</p>
<p>Dance in music video, like Tawny Kitaen stretched out on the hood of the car in the Whitesnake video. Or a Thriller zombie. Or walk over a chair like Janet Jackson in Rhythm Nation.</p>
<p>Coincidence- around 5th grade I wanted to be a nun, but then figured they couldn’t go swimming- that was the era of head to toe black habits. I then was interested in being an astronaut, ie going into space, but then found out all of them were men. If I had known then that women of my generation, and physicians, too, would have made it I may have put forth the effort to reach that dream. Ah, the '60’s. Civil rights, Vatican II, Women’s Lib, Vietnam protests,… so many social changes to be caught up in as a preteen/teen.</p>
