I feel like I’m always pretending to be something I’m not. I won a Teacher of the Year award a couple years ago and I still worry that they’ll eventually discover I’m some sort of fraud and cart me away, just another impostor pretending to be teacher. Apparently pretending is one of my strongest skills. Sometimes I wonder what I’ll really be when I grow up, if I ever do.
Here’s my list of things I’ve at one time or another wanted to be when I grow up.
- Comic Book Artist
- Dinosaur Expert*
- Stephen King
- Professional Baseball Player
- Circus Clown*
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Fireman
- Pizza Artist*
- Hobo
- Herpetologist*
- Matt Groening*
- Zookeeper
- Graphic Designer*
- Photo Journalist
- Mountain Climber
- Bank Robber*
- Entomologist
- Radio Announcer*
- Screenwriter
- Science Teacher*
- Marine Biologist
- Professional Skateboarder*
- Cowboy*
- Fabulously Wealthy
- Stunt Man*
- Retired
- John Carter of Mars*
- Professional Surf Bum*
- Organic Farmer
- Microbiologist
- Landscape Architect*
When I was younger I used to think that I could be anything I wanted when I grew up.
I wonder when this idea of endless possibility became some silly childhood fantasy?
Hopefully it’s never too late to grow up and become anything you want.
( * indicates things I have actually been and/or pretended to be)
when i grow up i wanna (by globochem3x1minus1)
Posted for the DP Daily Prompt: The Great Pretender
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