As a child I always dreamed of being this or that when I grew up, I literally had a whole list of potential jobs I wanted to do, but of course life always has different plans for us mere mortals and thus, I never actually got to do any of the jobs I wanted to do as a child.
I am lucky in the fact that now I am an Author, I have a Self-Published book to my name and I write my blog pretty much on the daily and I have my fingers in other book pies so to speak, but this is only due to a chronic illness that made it so I couldn’t really work anymore at the moment. Obviously I am hoping that changes one day and I can go back to some form of work because I really do miss the social aspect of working, because let me tell you how lonely it is having a chronic illness!!! I went from having friends to having no one in the short space of a year… I literally had a full hysterectomy two weeks ago and I told no one, because I had no one to tell because I have no one, not one friend… Man!!! How sad is that lol!!! But I am lucky in that I have a very supporting husband and my children who are my world… And I guess I also have my characters from my books who… Are like my imaginary friends haha…
I’m not a mental case… Honest!!!
But if I could choose from three jobs to do if money didn’t matter, these would be the ones I would try to pursue;
- A photographer – I love taking photo’s. I am always filling up my phones storage space with images and photo’s I have taken when out and about. Sometimes I share them to my Instagram page to. But if money was no object and I could do this job and be stable and happy, I would love to photograph the world and be a travel photographer. I love thinking about other countries and seeing the world and creating photographic memories, and because I love to write and I am a writer, I would love to make a travel photo book with all the cool places and photos I have seen and taken.
- Work at a magazine – Ahhh… The Devil wears Prada comes to mind here, but I would have loved to have worked at a huge and glamourous magazine and fashion house. I would adore taking photos of all the cute and fashionable clothes that came in and would be worn in that seasons runways and catwalk shows by pretty models. I would also be over the moon to photograph and review beauty products… And maybe even have a book section where I could read and review books and take beautiful photo shoots of the books… Oh my that would be an awesome dream!
- An Artist – Unfortunately the creative arts are renown for not making the artists, the authors or the creative entrepreneurs much money, but if money didn’t matter, oh wow I would love to create, paint, draw and make beautiful pieces of art and make a name for myself on canvas. I would love to buy the beautiful and mesmerising paints you see on TikTok and Reels and create something stunning.
It’s funny that I chose these three jobs, they all centralise around a certain type of work or job, in the creative arts field. As a child I didn’t always want to work in such creative fields though, I was much different back then… But as I have grown older I have come to realise that those jobs I wanted as a kid wouldn’t have suited me;
- A forensic scientist or forensic examiner – I used to love reading the Anita Blake books by Laurell K Hamilton as a teen (Yeah I didn’t realise that they had a lot of sexy time until later on) but the moody covers and the cool necromancer forensic examiner job that the main character had really made me for a while want to become one… Until I realised I cannot handle blood and I am far too emotional. I cry at watching The Big Bang Theory so how the hell could I turn up to the scene of a crime and hold in all my emotions? I would end up blubbing on all the evidence! And then there is the blood… I nearly faint when my daughter has nosebleeds!
- An Archaeologist – Ok, ok I admit I adored the Lara Croft Tomb Raider games, and I also loved history, especially ancient Egypt and the Aztec’s, so at one point I was adamant that I was going to be just like her, just without the guns lol. Only thing was… I don’t do bugs or a lot of animals, they scare me. I hate being alone and to me it seemed like a lonely job… although after growing up and realising what real archaeology is, it doesn’t seem that lonely and I probably would have loved it lol.
- A Drummer in a band – When I was a teen I was obsessed with drums and drum kits. I learnt how to play and it was amazing, but I didn’t have the bodily stamina to keep playing for long. I now know its because of my chronic illness that I have had most of my life that fatigued me. But now I understand and see why that job would not have been good for me.
- To work in childcare – As a child I loved babies and kids and was very maternal. Might have had something to do with me looking after my little sibling a lot. I did work experience once in a nursery and loved it, it was fun, I got to teach little kids, they all loved story time and snuggles… But now I am an adult… I only like my own kids lol, everyone else’s annoy me haha. So yeah, so glad I didn’t pursue that career!
It’s funny looking back at the jobs I thought I wanted to do as a kid, and now looking at the jobs I would have wanted to do as an adult and how completely different they are.
What jobs did you want to do when you were younger? And what jobs would you do if money was no object or problem now? Let me know.
xo Piper xo
Piper Nuelle 
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