This week, I’m having a little fun with animated gifs as I present my next installment of the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge.

What I Wanted to Do when I Grew Up vs. What I Actually Do

Now, this is obviously a bit of tongue in cheek. But here goes.

In my earliest days, I wanted to be a paleontologist.

Of course, it would be far less exciting than any of the Jurassic Park movies.

Then I decided I would become a famous author.

Still working on that, but at least I’m moving in the right direction.

So what about now? What do I actually do?

Well, up until maternity leave (followed by a decision to resign from the classrooom for the time being:

More on the resigning thing another time.

So now, what I actually do all day is a lot of this:

Stay at home mom stuff. It’s been a challenge, but it really is my favorite thing.

How do your childhood aspirations compare to what you actually do for a living? Did your dreams come true? Or did you find a different path?