If I wasn't a teacher...

In my last post I talked about the dream jobs I had as a child. Today I am naming a few jobs that interest me now. I love being a teacher, but there are other things that fascinate me too.

Being a translator fascinated me as a child already. I still really like the idea, but I wouldn’t translate everything. My dream would be books probably.

Speaking of books. Working in the publishing world would be really interesting or being an author.

Traveling is a big passion of mine and doing something in that field would be fabulous. Something like testing luxury hotels or guided tours through one of my fave cities. There are endless possibilities. I know bloggers travel a lot, but that wouldn’t be something I want. I find that their way is not genuine and real.

I’d still love the be a musical actress and sing with Aaron Tveit ;). I love singing and performing, so I definitely wouldn’t say no to that. Generally doing something with music appeals to me, musical therapy or writing songs.

Interior design is still very interesting to me, so working in that field would be very interesting, maybe even going into real estate.

How about you, what would you do, other than your current job?

My dream jobs as a child

I recently filled out one of these friendship books for one of my students. One of the questions in there, was the dream job. Right then I remembered that the first time (I was about 7 years old) I had to fill out one of these, I wrote TEACHER. Now 20 years later, I actually am a teacher.

It was my first dream job, when I was a child. After that these changed every year. It’s always funny to see what kids want to be in their future.

The things I wanted to after teacher are very different from each other.

We went to Italy every year, to the same hotel at the beach and because I love the beach so much I wanted to own a hotel somewhere by the sea.

I have always loved languages, so it’s not surprising I wanted to be a translator, preferably for a big international company. I was really impressed with the UNO office in Geneva, so I really wanted to work there. I still have the books I bought there.

I started ballet, when I was 5 years old and then switched to modern jazz and jazz. Standing on stage and dancing was always a little dream. The dream of being on stage in a West End or Broadway show only started when I started choir (high school) and my mom took me to London to see Les Mis.

When my mum decorated the house, I always liked watching her. Whenever we changed something in our house (sofa, shelves etc.) I gave my opinion, so the dream of becoming interior designer started.

Last but not least, we have the land of television. I didn’t want to be an actress, but work behind the scenes was always really fascinating to be. Generally, the field of media and communication appealed to me.

Being a translator was probably the strongest of all my dreams.

When I finished high school and had to decide what to do, I had no idea. My list of things to study was endless. Luckily, the right internship came along and then I knew pretty quickly.

I actually didn’t have great teachers in my primary school career, so you could say it’s a bit surprising. On the other hand, you can just say I want to be a better teacher than them.

What were your dream jobs as a child?