Back in my early years I aspired to be a vet. I had visions of being surrounded by fluffy kittens and cute rabbits dressed in a white coat with a fancy stethoscope. From the rather dodgy polaroid above you’ll see I wasn’t afraid of reptiles so would have thought nothing of tending to a python. Let’s not mention the hairband my sister’s wearing shall we?! Aged seven the bubble burst when I was told I’d have to study for at least five years and put animals ‘to sleep’. This revelation kind of took the edge off it.

My knowledge of available jobs was limited to those around me; a vet looked after my beloved cat, my mum worked in the nursing profession, I always looked up to my teachers and my dad grafted away in manual labour roles. Aged five I could never have contemplated the future me would make a living from writing on the internet. Who even knew what the internet was back then?!
As a little one you have no concept of salary, responsibilities or education, you just dream of doing fun or exciting things every day. As a child one of my closest friends was fixated on the steering wheel of a bus and from that point had ambitions on becoming a bus driver. Now she surrounds herself with precious stones on a daily basis dealing in diamonds. Slightly more glamorous.

A few of the team at Rock My Limited had some fairly varied ambitions, though a fashion and sugar rush theme did emerge….

Lolly

Inspired by the stories of Follyfoot Farm, I was determined to be a horse farm owner when I was younger. Never mind the fact that I was actually terrified of anything larger than a shetland pony after one bolted with me on the back of it. My other passion was to be a wedding dress designer – I’d spend hours concocting magnificent puffy creations and naming them after famous film stars. You might say that I’ve semi fulfilled the bridal ambition through Rock My Wedding…

Charlotte

I wanted to own a sweet shop. Shelves and shelves of huge apothecary jars filled with pink powder coated Bon Bons and strawberry laces. There was no ambition in terms of cold hard cash involved in my choice, purely a desire to consume what would have been the entire profit margin in stock.

My father was unimpressed with my potential future position as Queen of sherbet lemons, not least because he was a ….Dentist.

Miranda

When I was little I wanted to be a newsagent, imagining days spent reading magazines and eating sweets, mostly cola cubes, my sugar fix of choice. I completely ignored the not-so-fun elements of the job such as the early starts to organise the paper rounds and seven day week all year round, with only Christmas Day off. Holiday, what holiday?!

The only other career I ever considered seriously was police detective, inspired by my love of shows like Juliet Bravo and Prime Suspect, going as far as chatting to the team on the police desk at school careers fairs. I suppose the investigation side of things has similarities to my eventual career as a journalist.

I still get the odd hankering for a life of solving crime but I definitely enjoy creating magazines far more than I ever would have done selling them, however many cola cubes I got to eat.

Lorna

Gosh it sounds incredible vain but I wanted to be a model! Not because I thought I was pretty but more for my love of clothes (yes even at that age – I blame Tammy Girl) and playing dress up. Failing that I wanted to be a dancer like the girls in the pop videos as I was always prancing around my living room making up hideous dance routines. I even made one up to The Clothes Show theme tune by The Pet Shop boys involving a catwalk-esque strut!

Lottie

In terms of what I wanted to be when I grew up it was probably a fashion designer. We used to spend hours drawing dresses and clothes lines which we then put together in a catalogue, a la Kays catalogue. I was aiming high obviously! In fact I think I still have some of them in the loft. I remember one that was a whole space inspired collection with lots of silver and star motifs. Lets just say I was not the best fashion designer in the world!

Now it’s over to you. When you were a child what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you aim high and predict a bright future? Did you end up in the profession you’d always hoped to or did your career path take a completely different route? Would love to hear what your own kids are planning to be when they reach adulthood too.
P.S. Don’t forget to nip back to RMS tomorrow for our new Saturday feature. Have a great bank holiday weekend.