jobs

Lukas asked me if everyone has to have a job when they grow up.  He seems to be into career planning at the moment.  He doesn't want to be a fireman.  He doesn't like the idea of climbing up tall ladders and going into burning buildings....logical really.  He doesn't want to be a policeman or a soldier.   That seems dangerous.  He doesn't want to collect trash because that seems smelly.  For a while he wanted to be a street performer.  He made up routines in the livingroom and practiced circus tricks jumping from our couch to our table.  I am happy with this career.

Tonight he told me that he wants to be an inventor.  He has wanted to be a scientist for a while.  When I asked him what he will study he told me "everything".  "Good choice" I said.  But now he wants to be an inventor.  He wants to have his own workshop though because he doesn't want people to tell him what to do and "there may be some days when I don't want to work and if it's my workshop, then I can do that.  I just want to make things, whatever things I want, when I want to."
"It's good to know what you want."  I said.