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Re: Ask HN: What did you want to do before life got in the way?

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Post by pryelluw » Sun, Apr 23, 2017, 2:02 PM UTC

existencebox wrote: post #3

Throughout said life, and incrementally "ruined" by said life, I wanted to...: - Be a train. (realized that I was 3) - Be a breakdancer. (realized that bodies age) - Be a DJ. (realized I liked employ-ability and stability) - Be a classicist/anthropologist (realized once again that I liked employ-ability, and wasn't excited about becoming a Vatican priest) - Be retired so I can go back to A. (still working on it.) You…

Please tell me your name is Thomas.

Re: Ask HN: What did you want to do before life got in the way?

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Post by partisan » Tue, Apr 25, 2017, 1:49 AM UTC

roryisok wrote: post #17

partisan wrote: post #5

I wanted to be a priest. At some point, my relationship with faith soured and I no longer saw it as a calling.

Interesting. Can I ask what field are you in now, and did that come after the souring of faith?

I am a programmer. I think I veered into the sciences because there were rules that made sense. I have trouble with being told, "this is just the way it is".

I went to church for the second time in years this past Sunday. I am moved by what I hear, but there is a silence when I try to listen for God's voice.

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