professional baseball player: six month season; great money; fame if you’re really good; fewer injuries and longer careers on average vs other sports; lots of travel; since you’re playing a kids game as an adult, you never have to grow up
Having seen Apollo 11 land two years before, an astronaut or a fireman, in that order.
When I was six, I wanted to be an artist. When I was twelve, I wanted to be an architect. When I was sixteen, I wanted to be an astronaut.
At no point in time did I want to be an administrative assistant. But here I am.
I am incredibly depressed about this all.
A secretary.
All my friends wanted to be this.
We have no idea why.
I turned six in 1970 so of course I wanted to be an Astronaut.
I was pretty sure I would be living and working on the moon by now.
[heavy sigh]
I wanted to be a milkman.
I used to see ours drive around in his big truck all day - looked like a great job.
I guess, at times, I still think about the possibility.
Well, there are at least three, because my friend Dave wanted to be a paleontologist too!
As for me, I wanted to be an archaeologist – specifically, an Egyptologist – but I think I was at least 7 or 8 before I knew what an archaeologist even was.
I remember being at a day camp around the 6-9 range of age and saying that I wanted to drive the bus at the demolition derby. I knew it wasn’t a career but I still wanted to do it. Still do, in fact.
I don’t recall dwelling on that topic at 6. Was busy being a kid.
Supreme Court Justice - job security and power, what more could you ask for? (I was a weird 6 year old).
I wanted to be a go go dancer (but not til I was 10) and actually did it.
I think, when I was 6, I wanted to be a scientist, and an olympic medalist, and also at the same time- a stewardess.
Tee-Hee! Me too!! Whenever my parents made me mad I would tell them that it didn’t matter because when my “real” family came to get me, they’d be sorry. 
After I realized that I probably wasn’t from another planet I decided I was going to be the Bionic Woman when I grew up.
Another would be astronaut here, since I also grew up watching the Apollo flights. I did realize that it was pretty unlikely, so I figured working for NASA would be the next best thing.
I don’t work for NASA, but I do work in the aerospace industry and I have worked on equipment that we sold to NASA and other space agencies.
I think I remember wanting to be a nun when I was six, specifically, a Flying Nun, like on TV. Great habit, and how cool was that to fly?!
I actually wanted to be a real teaching nun on and off right up until I graduated from high school. Then I went to college and started interacting with boys, so there went that idea right out the window.
I asked my daughter about this last night. She said she couldn’t decide, that first she wanted to be a doctor, then a palentologist, then a doctor again. During the discussion she switched over to shopkeeper and finally landed on hotelier. I’m sure I’d get different answers tonight. She has been in a short daycamp these past two weeks and I’m guessing this was a topic of discussion. The camp culminates in a big field trip to the aquarium today, so maybe we’ll get marine biologist/ichthyologist next.
You still can, or at least watch others live your dream.
Sheeeeeee-oooooot, c’mon down to Bithlo, FL (the ‘Nightmare’ before Christmas’), we’ll knock back some brewskis and watch the school bus races.
Bithlo school bus races
The World’s Fastest Clown
As featured in Car and Driver magazine
Some not-so-great photos, but you still get an idea of the atmosphere
screech-owl
(who knows lots to do beyond the theme parks in Orlando)
I pretty much covered all angles, and wanted to be a rubbish collector (I thought it looked great fun to stand on the back), a firefighter (something about the excitement of the lights and sirens), a cowgirl and a nurse. Sadly, I didn’t realise any of those dreams…
When I was six, I wanted to play for the Green Bay Packers!
I guess there’s still a part of me that wishes I could. Either that, or to be the next Bob Dylan or Jerry Garcia!
Chinese. I wanted to be a tall asian woman, specifically a tall Chinese woman, with long straight black hair.
I had mousy blonde hair, and I was slightly on the shorter side of average.
I grew up to be a tall non-asian woman (funny how you can’t swap genes at will), but with long very dark brown hair, and with two degrees related to China/Chinese studies. Never lost the passion for the Chinese stuff. 
Truck Driver - over the road truck driver. Like a female “BJ” from “BJ and the Bear”.
Go figure. I absolutely HATE driving…