{"id":15708,"date":"2023-12-03T21:07:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T04:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=15708"},"modified":"2023-12-03T21:07:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T04:07:34","slug":"someday-when-i-grow-up-openbook-blog-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=15708","title":{"rendered":"Someday, When I Grow Up #OpenBook Blog Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dec 4, 2023<\/p>\n

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?<\/p>\n

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.)<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.)\u00a0 I had no interest in traditional female jobs like teaching or nursing.<\/p>\n

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\u2014although life in Covid-years made it feel that way sometimes\u2014and 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.<\/p>\n

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How about you? What did you want to be when you grew up? Find out about our authors and there plans by following the links below.<\/p>\n

As always, until next time, please stay safe.<\/p>\n

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