Did you follow your dreams? Or are you going to?

When i was younger i aspired to grow up and study forensic science, or criminology. (This was way before any sort of influence from TV shows like CSI or whatnot)
 
However i am going to be studying Computer Science in college next year. (Taking the year off to work this year) A bit of a subject change alright.
 
So, did you follow what aspirations you wanted to be when you were younger? Or are you studying / preparing to study for / doing what you wanted to?

Graduated high school wanting to be a history teacher.  Currently a junior in college, majoring in History Education.
 
All according to plan.

I want to live in Rennaissance Italy . . . 
So I guess something that has to do with history?

My dreams are pretty fucked up. I don't think I would want to follow them.

I wanted to be an astronaut (see avatar), then again I was an idiot back then. Like most kids my brain hadn't fully developed. But my current dreams, I'm very much on track there.

Always loved art, almost decided on studying boring architecture due to money, then i realized this would be a huge waste of my life. Now im pursuing a career with concept art/illustration.  

I'm going to be an investment banker keeping it real... I wanted to be a lawyer as a kid so I went pretty far off course.

When I was around 13 I used to be really good at basketball. In grade school they would just draw up plays where our whole team was on one side and I was on the other so I could get to the basket easier and pretty much scored all the points. 
So when I got to high school I joined and was not nearly as effective and I sort of lost my interest. In the area where i lived all the basketball teams are just dirty and rough with no talent. Also The whole team was just gangster wannabes. 
Even when I was young I knew in my head that I was not going to be pro or anything, but its the one thing in life I have been really good at.

No, Society tends to frown on serial killers.

I wanted to work on video games 
I was in college to get a Computer Science degree..... 
I said fuck this 
now I'm in college for a Mathematics & Statistics degree... 
 
so no.

" My dreams are pretty fucked up. I don't think I would want to follow them. "

i dont have any dreams so i'm already ahead of all you punks.

When I grow up, I want to be a dinosaur.

I wanted to be a secret agent.
 
It's a no-go. :(

I've always wanted to work in the video game industry, and I'm going to still attempt to do so. Albeit, now I'm a bit more realistic. I'm going to take animation, but if a good job outside of the video game industry comes along, then I'll probably take it. Pixar should hire me. :D

I'm not much of a dreamer though, I feel it's better to aim for what you want and fail along the way than never even try.

" I have no dreams, they were all destroyed...  I still have a little shred of hope that the world will be destroyed in some grand fashion, and i'll get to be there as humans die out horribly... "

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm going to find out where they're going and meet up with them later.

" @Shirogane said:

" I have no dreams, they were all destroyed...  I still have a little shred of hope that the world will be destroyed in some grand fashion, and i'll get to be there as humans die out horribly... "

Well isn't that nice :)  I suppose we shall all join you in that most memorable event. "

One day I will be a ninja turtle.

Really I'm on the fence right now, in the crux of my life. Important times for me ahead.

I had the pretty lofty dream of being a professional hockey player.  I played all my life until I got to the highest level of youth AAA level hockey, then at the same moment that season ended, college started... and I realized that for all the hard work I had done trying to get onto junior teams, going to tryout camps hoping to be scouted and picked up, I wasn't having any fun anymore.  All the pressure coming from my parents, my coaches, and myself led to hockey becoming something that I wish it never had been, and at that moment, I realized I just didn't want to play anymore.  So I went to college to become a journalist, and that's where I am now. 
 
I took a good year-long sabbatical from hockey before finally stepping back on the ice; not on a team, just by myself. 

I wanted to make games since like forever, and I do. Wait, that sounds like everything worked out. It didn't.
I started makin web games when I was in school. At first it was a hobby, but then it turned into a real thing when a game I made earned $3500. Then 1000, 3250, 4500, and today 10,000. I still make web games; I actually don't care about money but I allways open with that cos otherwise nobody wants to hear the rest. Makin small games on your own is great fun once you get over the first few hurdles.

I did a games development course at college. I actually learned nothing about making games there, it was more of a media course that I was suckered into. Which is fine, cos it got me my first job at an indpendant games studio. At the time I was lookin at universities, but- I don't wanna sound like a dick here- they told me it wasn't worth doing cos I can allready animate, and I should just find a job.
So I did; at an independant games studio. It was fun at first, I liked the work and I really got on with the guys there. Seriously, I'll work all day if anyone asks, cos I like doing it. Which is when it became a problem- hours of unpayed overtime every day. Like 12 hours a day 5 days a week, comin in Saturday and I was on track to come in Sunday. I kept it up for months, but my parents were goin mental. I was working more hours than them and gettin payed pretty much nothing. Then the boss was callin me into meetings for bein late and my life had turned into a mess, so I quit. Which is just as well, cos the boss was makin promises he can't keep, conning people,wasting time, seriously wasting money, takin money off students (he worked at a university teaching game design), I didn't even like the game they were makin.
Maybe it's a bit dickish to say, but I don't think that guy even knew how to make good games.
 
Since then I've bin unemployed and I don't feel like making games again.

Plan to teach modern American Lit whilst writing on the side.
 
Currently an undergrad in English.
 
So far, so good.

I have a dream of being a big man with dark hair, a great wife and 3 children-an older daughter and two twin boys. I'll live in a great mansion where I'd give my old gaming possessions to my boys and the wife would give her possessions to the daughter. My children would play Yu-Gi-Oh over the sunset, and I would laugh and watch them play, reminiscing of the times I used to play with my brother. He would occasionally come with his wife, and we'd all live as a large family with only beauty ahead of us. A job? I don't care for my job as such, as I don't know what I truly love to do, but I know I would gladly sacrifice myself for this dream to come true. 
      My wife is not arranged to be married with me, as my mother desperately wants now, yet my mother understands this and accepts it. I manage to cook and help cook with my wife and kids, and we may even have a pet dog or cat. The twins would grow up in completely different ways-I'd probably let one play a lot with my brother's children moreso, and he'd grow up doing circket or something-and they'll end up being completely different people. My elder daughter would be like a third authority for the twins, who wowuld be trouble-makers, but beloved children, nonetheless.
      I'm still working on this dream.

I dreamed once I was covered in bees, it was real bad!

I don't have any dreams.

I've got a dream, but even if I can't fulfill it fully, there's lots of nice stops on the way.

" I dreamed once I was covered in bees, it was real bad! "

I always dreamt of living in the land of the rising sun. And hey presto, im being shipped off on 23rd May to teach English in a school in Tokyo!

i wanted to be a soccer/football player when i was younger and that was never going to happen lol.
 
however i've always enjoyed art and am becoming an illustrator so to some extent yeah. I've chosen enjoyment over money.

Wanted to be a musician...so I made an album and released it on amazon on Feb. 2nd, 2010. I sold 9 copies so far...3 to me, 5 to my parents...and 1 to someone I knew in high school. So, I'm pretty much failing at that. So I'm going to school next January to become an actor. And there will be much rejoicing.....yay...

" I have no dreams, they were all destroyed...  I still have a little shred of hope that the world will be destroyed in some grand fashion, and i'll get to be there as humans die out horribly... "

I'm following them all, though the future can be a little scary.

I wanted to be a Musician, I am now doing a Music Uni course. So yes in short.