Letting go of your dreams?

[Ghengis John]

I gave up my dream of resurrecting dragons by extracting they're DNA Jurassic Park style and cloning them when my teacher explained to me that dragons never existed and that Jurassic Park was Science Fiction and never actually happened, and I was 15 when this happened -_-
[sub]I must be the stupidest person in the world...[/sub]

Damnit, if they tell you dragons never existed, YOU MAKE DRAGONS. And when your dragons turn out to be a horrible blight on mankind, YOU REGRET MAKING DRAGONS. But those are your dragons and nobody can deny you made them! Dream damn it! IT'S NOT A DISASTER 'TILL THE FIRST KID GETS KILLED!

 

[Esotera]

Creating a race of talking monkeys by adding the FOXP2 gene to their embryos. The idea was to show that there's very little separating the two of us, but in retrospect the animal rights activists probably wouldn't have seen it that way.

Anyway, now I'm going to go into a boring graduate job, or maybe do a pHD in computational biochemistry, so it's not that far off.

 

[Particulate]

I've given up on nothing. I've taken a hiatus on a few things before but that's needed for any task. But any life goal that I've pursued I've eventually attained. At this point I'm already on the right path to accomplish my next which is to have my own fashion empire by the time I'm 40

 

[Doclector]

I have only ever had one dream, and that was to get into film.

I'm still going after it. Hell, if it never happens, I end up spending the rest of my days in a jobcentre, applying for things that will never reply. If I give up, same thing happens. At this point, giving up seems monumentally stupid considering this may be the only chance I have at avoiding that fate in this recession-tastic economy.

 

[Tiger King]

being a musician.
i loved playing bass and wanted to learn everything there was to know about music by going to study it at uni or whatever.
problem with a dream like that i guess is your parents think you wanna be some kinda rock star or pop idol wannabee.

anyway after being discouraged by my parents of such a risky career (im glad now i didnt go) i played in various bands etc and practiced like mad.
the whole 'scene' thing started to make me unhappy though, i didnt dress like all the weekend rockstars because i didnt care about image only playing music and the way some people would judge you over your ability was depressing.

i finaly called it a day when i went for a band audition and the 'ultra scene emo' looking guys asked what bands i liked?

i said i liked pretty much all music as i belive in not limiting yourself to one style but currently i was listening to the strokes and some other bands.
the response?
'oh so your retro then?'
and the disaproving, judgeing look i got made me realise that i couldnt be botherd to be around those types of people anymore.

i did meet some great people playing in bands though they were far out weighed by the pop idol wanna get famous types

 

[Craorach]

I wanted to be a cop.. a lot... unfortunately, rather than growing up to become short, yet stocky and muscular like my father, I grew up to become short, sickly and stick thin like my mother... I was also mentally unwell.

These days, if I worked out, I could probably do it.. but 31 is a bit late.

I also wanted to be a chef, before it was "cool", badly enough to take Food Technology as a GCSE level subject, and try to get into college.. during my first food based job as a lowly dishwasher during summer, I found that I have a major allergy to an ingredient in pretty much every kitchen cleaning product in existence.

These days I don't really have dreams, except to have a happy life with my wife.. rather I take what life throws at me and try to improve it as best I can.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Well I gave up trying to draw manga style drawings since I'm just lazy, impatience and lack motivation for it (but I am creative).
Also I'm just looking for any suitable jobs around here and yet I have degree in 3D modelling (I'm not that great using it which if I want to be a pro, it will takes many years and I need a better pc which I am not willing to afford well not a work orientated pc).

 

[Brutus03]

Gave up my dream of joining the USAF. Really I just wanted to fly planes.

Now I'm just wandering around in life taking it a day at a time.

 

[Tonimata]

Love, pretty much. If I have to put myself through the tortures I've put myself through in order to attain something that I don't even know if it will pay off one single more time, I swear to God I will eat my cravat.

 

[Blue Hero]

I've given up on my dream to destroy Uranus. It's a stupid planet and I hate it. Stupid jokes, stupid planet, stupid atmosphere. I still want it gone, but I know it ain't gonna go anywhere.

 

[similar.squirrel]

Gave up on going to University this year. Should probably give up on going to University at any point before an Msc. Should probably give up on the idea of getting an Msc...

 

[Da Joz]

I gave up on getting a phd after going through hell getting my masters. I guess I would be getting one if I chose a graduate school that suited me better but I did get a job doing exactly what I wanted to do so I'm not too bitter about it.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Well I gave up trying to draw manga style drawings since I'm just lazy, impatience and lack motivation for it (but I am creative).
Also I'm just looking for any suitable jobs around here and yet I have degree in 3D modelling (I'm not that great using it which if I want to be a pro, it will takes many years and I need a better pc which I am not willing to afford well not a work orientated pc).

Do like Bakuman, then! You do the writing and storyboards, and another supplies the drawing talent...

Damnit, if they tell you dragons never existed, YOU MAKE DRAGONS. And when your dragons turn out to be a horrible blight on mankind, YOU REGRET MAKING DRAGONS. But those are your dragons and nobody can deny you made them! Dream damn it! IT'S NOT A DISASTER 'TILL THE FIRST KID GETS KILLED!

That's actually the plot device for something I've been working on: genetically engineering a dragon into existence. IT WILL BE DONE!!

OT: Being a drugs chemist, 'cos I've now become so disillusioned with protein chemistry...

 

[Togs]

Being an actor, up until the age of 16/17 I was dead set on it, but when it came time ot choose what degree I was gonna do some serious thoguht lead me to the conclusion it was a tad childish and illogical, so I did science instead.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I seriously doubt there will ever become a time where I become the Captain of a space vessel. So I've given up on believing it will happen but I certainly haven't given up on writing about it...

 

[Dags90]

Ive had to give up on my dream of being a ripped hunksicle. Im as skinny as a twig. I cant even work out because Ive had three collapsed lungs that have left me weak and fragile.

Feels bad man

I'm confused, have you collapsed your three lungs once? Or have you collapsed one lung three times? Or maybe collapsed one twice, and a second lung once?

I used to want to be a voice actor, but it's a really hard field to get into. Plus puberty.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Love, pretty much. If I have to put myself through the tortures I've put myself through in order to attain something that I don't even know if it will pay off one single more time, I swear to God I will eat my cravat.

I hear ya on that. Plus, it gets old after a while.

OT: Going to Japan, a very small part of me is mad as hell for giving up on it and is still determined to go, but realistically it's not gonna happen. So, I will just admire it from a far.

 

[Tonimata]

Love, pretty much. If I have to put myself through the tortures I've put myself through in order to attain something that I don't even know if it will pay off one single more time, I swear to God I will eat my cravat.

I hear ya on that. Plus, it gets old after a while.

OT: Going to Japan, a very small part of me is mad as hell for giving up on it and is still determined to go, but realistically it's not gonna happen. So, I will just admire it from a far.

Yay, I'm not the only one with cravat cravings. Forgot to mention cookie for reference

 

[Viral_Lola]

I gave up on uni. But don't know if that counts, i always had an expectation i would be a graduate, but i feel i was more pushed into it. Wasn't the right thing for me.

Sorry if thats a half assed answer.

Same goes for me. My parents wanted me to go to school for engineering and I did and hated it with every fiber of my being. I love math and science but I am not cut out to be an engineer. (I had originally planned to study bio-chemistry at a different school but my parents refused to let me go.) I?m not ever going to be the daughter that they wanted nor am I ever going to be the daughter that they feel that they deserved. In the past I have tried, but in trying to do so; I have given up on any hopes of having a normal life or at least a happy one. I always though of myself as a strong person but as strong as I am, I am no match for the familial and societal ties that my family have tethered me to. I have been my mother?s keeper from the day I was born and I practically live a rootless existence waiting for them to call me back. Never able to live life the way I want to because I must be at their beck and call. As I have gotten older I have gotten more bitter and frustrated at the fact. My mother, who has lived in the states for over twenty years still can?t speak English nor has she tried to learn, has pointedly told me that I am not meant to be happy or loved.

Have I tried to break free from them? Yes, but each try has been futile.

 

[Loner Jo Jo]

I gave up on theatre. I never wanted to be an actress or anything like that. I just wanted to teach it, share my passion. But I realized that one, I'd never be able to find a job without moving far away from home which I refuse to do because of my parents' health, and two, that if you hold anything dear in this world, someone will come along and shit all over it.