what i want to be when i grow up^1

INTRODUCTION: i started making this list today to remind myself that i always have options. i will update it as appropriate; i am sharing it in the hopes that the five or six people who might happen upon it will be reminded that they have options, too. it has footnotes. i love footnotes.

doctor (opthamologist or obstetrician)
public defender
midwife/doula
used record/bookstore owner
homeless/’street’ person^2
health/sexuality educator
montessori teacher
day camp director
travel agent
musician/singer
professional merch girl
button maker
activist/revolutionary
philosopher/oracle
sex toy designer
writer^3
tattoo artist
body piercer
critic^4
video arcade attendant
plumber,electrician, auto mechanic, or other tradesperson
aromatherapist
photographer^5
freelance travel writer
pilates instructor
cultural anthropologist (urban?)
wedding planner
designer -- web,interior, landscape, floral, fashion, whatever
forensic pathologist
private investigator
video game designer
person who makes mixtapes/playlists for stores
dj [radio or club]
sim
filmmaker or editor
lego builder
phone psychic
wanderer/vagabond
technical high school shop instructor
school librarian
resident of london or paris or nyc [brooklyn]

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[footnotes]
1. i am never ‘growing up’
2. temporarily, in warm climate, pref. near beach
3. as long as i don’t have to worry about whether or not i get published or if anyone likes (or even reads) what i write
4. of everything,not just art or music or food or whatever is usually subject to criticism
5. no weddings or portraits, all candids, no flash