I'm curious what other people use to think they wanted to do.
I wanted to be a clown, for example, which knowing just even an ounce of knowledge about the clown industry, I'm very glad I never kept that dream. It's both highly competitive, some-what expensive (if you go to clown school + props) but also a dying industry. Really a double whammy in that area.
I think the only reason I wanted to be a clown was to make people laugh, I was never really into the aesthetic of it. I mean the big shoes are pretty dope but all that other shit seems like a bit much with the makeup and stupid dotted suspenders.
i have no idea why im asking this, honestly. i just randomly thought about how insane it would have been if i was actually a serious clown, seems fucking bizarre as hell to think about now
Zoo keeper. Elephants are dope. I wanted to hang out with them. Also, seems pretty simple. Like, you just show up, do a routine, and go home. No big challenge, no creativity, no customer service. You know what you have to do and get it done.
Sure, until the lemurs call at 3 AM to complain that you're out of bananas. 🙄
My local zoos are so highly competitive that people just shovel penguin poop for 5 hours a day most of the week with absolutely no chance they'll be getting a job. It's truly one of those jobs that requires a undying passion for. I tried applying for those gigs for awhile, it was a tough one to even get a call back from, but I get the appeal of it all.
Yeah. It was an idealist vision, but it was nice to believe there were jobs out there where you could do what you love.
I shit you not, I just got an email I just noticed about 10 mins ago about the zoo job I applied for maybe 6 years ago on one of those job aggregates. lol, I'd still be down to do that job tbh, but it's such a far cry away now. I don't really have the time to be able to volunteer as much as most of them require. I did when I was younger though!