I don't wanna grow up. I just wanna be a kid.

I thought this article at MSN careers would be fun to write about. Being a kid again, never grow up that’s me. (This coming from an accountant studying to become a CPA.) As I read over all the jobs listed that could make you feel young again, I have been reminded of movies that I loved as a kid, and one of my current part time jobs.

I remember watching Tom Hanks in the movie, and how I thought that’s what I would want. I wanted to be a grown up, so I could work and “do what ever I wanted to when ever I wanted to”. I can remember my parents laughing when I would say that, and now I know why they found it so funny.

Just because we “grow up”, doesn’t mean that we FINALLY get to do what we want to when we want to. It means we have a different set of responsibilities. No longer does just going to school and hanging out with friends cut it. Now we have to work, most of us at least 40 hours a week, to be able to pay the mortgage (or rent) and utilities.

On the outside, we still have to be the responsible adult. But on the inside, where it counts, we can be as young as we want to be. I find that I can act like the kid I wish I were when I sing karaoke on Thursday nights down at J3STERS, or on Halloween, when I can dress up and act silly. Of course, you cannot forget the magic of Christmas that always brings out the child in me.

Still, on the daily basis I have to be a grown up. In addition, turning back the hands of time is not an option. I will never want to be a video game/toy tester. I will never want to work at a concert – any concert, any job, NO WAY. I enjoy being an accountant, and I savor those small moments when I get to behave like a child.