Dec 4, 2023
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Cowboy. Astronaut. Doctor. I didn’t want to be any of those. The first thing I remember wanting to be when I grew up was a hermit. The idea of living in a small cabin in the woods filled with books seemed like an ideal setup. (And no, there was no cat in the picture.)
Of course, I was too young to think of the practicalities. How would I get food? I also always wanted to be a pioneer. Davy Crocket or Daniel Boone, depending on my mood. They were pretty interchangeable to my young mind.
As I got older, I wavered between wanting to be a librarian or a forest ranger. I considered a career with the CIA, probably inspired by Dorothy Gilman’s The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax series. (I gave up when I realized I was no good with languages other than English.) I had no interest in traditional female jobs like teaching or nursing.
I’ve done many jobs in my life, but the only one from the list above is librarian. I worked as a part-time librarian in a small town public library. The job only lasted about a year because we moved away. I never got to be a hermit—although life in Covid-years made it feel that way sometimes—and the closest I got to being a forest ranger was introducing girls in Girl Scouts to the joys of the out of doors. The career I retired from didn’t exist back when I was a child.
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As always, until next time, please stay safe.