I’m becoming increasingly jaded after working in the 3rd sector for 10 years now the monies not great for the level of responsibility and its becoming increasingly hard to raise funds as I don’t work for one of the ‘easier to raise money for’ charities i.e. kids, cancer or animals.

The thought of going back into the Private Sector (that’s if I could get a job) fills me with horror and would ideally like to work for myself.

I’m having a mid life crisis I think 😯 40 next June and doing the whole ‘what have I actually done with my career / life’ thinking.

So, what did you want to be when you grew up and why didn’t you go and do it or how did you end up doing it? I wanted to be a writer, an singer or a fashion designer…..

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I really wanted to design loudspeakers. I got to do it and hated it.

As a permanently unhappy employee I think I am in no position to give careers advice!

We could get an ice-cream van? Go halves?

i wanted to be a dinosaur, or a shark, or slim and well built, or handsome, or an invincible pimp. very angry it hasnt worked out that way

i wanted to be a marine biologist, a fighter pilot and a guitarist.

I’ve ended up working in the public sector in health, safety and security. Its alright but my aspirations have shifted to not really caring what i do as long as its not too damaging to the environment, not too driven by corporate bullshit and allows me to work as little as poss for as much as poss.

Should hopefully be a properly accreditted consultant by the end of 2012, will be looking to work part time for decent hourtly rate then. Don’t care after that as long as I’ve lots of time to spend with the family and friends, riding bikes and paddling canoes.

I wanted to be the chemical brothers. but I only had a sister and she wasn’t really into it as much as i was.

I wanted to study Marine Biology at Banger but my ex husband (who I met at 15) chucked a wobbler about me going away to Uni and I did Building and Construction at Bolton instead….. not sure how those link in…..

Our working lives are so long that a change of career is inevitable; you probably have another 30 years to work before retirement (sorry). Use your maturity and cunning to look for something new.
Can you refresh your building and construction skills in such a way that you can build marinas or how construction affects the marine environment?
[Third sector employee too; publishing mostly. Surviving but dwindling options for the future.]

TPT Its my dwindling options in this sector that are frustrating me I left the private sector as I ‘wanted to make a difference’ and was sick of making fat cats money but now I guess for purely selfish reasons I want my hard work to show some benefit to me but don’t want to become too ‘driven’ or target based as enough stress from other areas in life without getting back into all that again…..

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm marine biologist architectural technician – ice cream van division…. sounds good…..

I was torn between being a ballet dancer or a binman.
Life rarely pans out as one expects.

I wanted to be Spiderman
I fell off a roof and broke my arm. When I found out how much that hurt, and that I can’t fire webbing or climb straight up walls, I decided to give it up there and then. Well, not right there and then, in A&E at the hospital after I explained what had happened. I agreed they were right, wall climbing and web slinging probably wasn’t a career I was cut out for.
So I decided to be Superman instead.
I don’t need to tell you what happened next, but I had to explain it several times to the doctor, who funnily enough was the one who saw me following the Spiderman incident. At least he thought it was funny, can’t say I did.

If I didn’t have a daughter to see through University, then parents reaching difficult ages, then, probably, grandchildren, etc. Wife and I would do the VSO route and be somewhere where you could make a difference and see the results. Either that or attend a few Chocolate Academy courses.
Marine biology architectural technician with a refridgeration specialism and ice cream side line. Not sure how well goat’s milk makes ice cream.
Low energy cooling for the third world essential for expanding ice cream market and preserving chocolate, good for vaccines too.

I wanted to be an army man fixing tanks and stuff.

I ended up half way through a car mechanic apprenticeship before I realised I didn’t like getting covered in oil and working on cars in a cold garage in winter.

Now I work in IT and I don’t like working in an office in any season.

I’d like to be a photographer when I grow up now.

I never aspired to anything. I’m now living that dream.

I compensate for my dreary existence by hanging around on Internet forums pretending to be interesting.

I wanted to be Spiderman.

Kid near me wanted to be the Hulk. He found out the hard way that one cannot stop moving cars by going cross-eyed whilst wearing The Incredible Hulk pyjamas. Messy business.

You can’t have a midlife crisis! I’m not sure mines over yet. 😉

Why not open a home for poorly ickle fwuffy things? Then mad old bats will leave you millions in their wills 😀

No Darling you’ve been having yours for long enough now…. its my turn!!

Although opening a home for fluffy things sounds good…..

You’d better get a second job I intend to pack mine in and hang around the Weatherspoons drinking cheap cider in a tracksuit for a few months

damn…. found a cool pic but it doesn’t work *sighs*……