AfroGist: 11 People Share Their Childhood Ambitions and How It Eventually Turned Out
The idealism that comes with being young and innocent is one of the best parts of growing up. As children, we had these lofty ambitions about how we were going to impact our worlds, but then, adulthood happened.
In this episode of Afrogist, we had a few people tell us what their childhood ambitions were and how it eventually turned out.
Enjoy!
“I wanted to be a Reverend Sister and a doctor as a child😂. But now, I am far from both🤧”
Bosslady (PNS)
Nigeria
“First it was to be an accountant, then a petroleum engineer but finally stuck to computer engineering. So I will say it worked out just fine.”
PH1N1X (M)
Nigeria
“An Accountant, studying it right now though but that’s not what I want now🤦🏽♀️”
Tiana (F)
Nigeria
“As a kid, I wanted to be a lawyer. But now, I really wanna be a stripper.”
Bee (F)
“Personally, I wanted to be a teacher. Yes, you heard it right. While my mates were aspiring to be doctors, models, and the like, I always wanted to be a teacher because my mum was and I looked up to her for everything.
Now I’m an Engineer. My life is a weird weird roller coaster of indecision😪😪”
Goddess (F)
London
“Banker
I just grew up to love science so opted for engineering 😍”
Wassup (F)
Nigeria
“I wanted to become a Pilot. I grew up to fly only my relationship. It still crashed sha.”
Squadron leader (F)
“An Automotive Engineer ended up studying Computer Engineering because no university in Nigeria offered Automotive Engineering. I was confused. What do I do? I settled for computer science because I love computers. My Further Math teacher said I won’t become an engineer. He advised me to go for Computer Engineering, at least I’ll still be an engineer and can still work in the Automotive industry. That’s how I ended up with Computer Engineering. Now I don’t want to work as a Computer Engineer but as a Cloud Software and Security Engineer.”
Francis Emmanuel (M)
Nigeria
“I’ve always wanted to be a mechanical engineer, but ‘as e dey b so’, I’m currently a photographer.”
Parashoot (M)
Nigeria
“I wanted to be a pilot ☺️. I mean, being able to travel around the world seemed like a lot of fun. But as I grew older, reality dawned on me that in life you don’t always get what you want 😔😔. So in SS3, I decided I wanted to be a nurse but then again, life wanted something different for me. So the university I applied for changed my course to Crop Science 😩😩.
Though I pretend to be indifferent about the course, it still gets to me 😔😔. I am now a Uniben Agriculture student waiting for ASUU to call off the strike so I can continue my education. 😌😌😌”
Meela (F)
Nigeria
“All my life, I’ve wanted to be different things! 😂 First, I wanted to be an Evangelist, but I was told that ‘Evangelist’ is not that kind of ‘profession’. 😂 Next, I wanted to study Aeronautical Engineering but after the Sosoliso plane crash of 2005, I was so frightened of airplanes, I changed my mind.
Then I moved from plans to study Architecture to Mechanical Engineering, to becoming a Footballer, until I finally settled for Medicine and Surgery.
In 2017 I graduated from the University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Anatomy! Lol😄 And today I am amongst many things, a musician, a graphic designer, and a Founder of an Institute for Christian Musicians.
New paths keep unfolding as the years go by, and I’m satisfied indeed.😊”
Vee (M)
Nigeria
Reality comes biting hard sometimes, as we’ve seen from these stories. What did you want to be as a child and how did that turn out for you?
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For next week’s episode, we’ve all had those moments that made us cringe. For some of us, it still makes us wince even now. Want to read?
- Stories collected are shared only with the writer’s permission.
- Names may or may not be real to ensure anonymity.
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