Aside from education, what were focused on as a child?

[Spinneret]

I would say multiple sports including tennis and crown green bowling

 

[E&Cmom]

Dance and music.

 

[MICKIMINI]

Art and music.

 

[tvguy]

Just living my life. I never have been one of those people with a road map of my life.

 

[Carol_]

I’ve always been a bit of a navel-gazer.

 

[cedricandsophie]

Education was very secondary to Having fun with friends, starting in grade school thru high school. I was the partied, who drank too much, snuck out at night, etc. i I did the basic minimum to get by in school. Interestingly I became successful as a adult and quite responsible.

 

[amcnj]

I don’t remember that I had any particular focus when I was in elementary school. You went to school, and played with your friends. Organized activities like sports didn’t start really young back then, and didn’t go year round. No soccer or t-ball at age 5 or whenever they begin now.

 

[superme80]

gymnastics

 

[Travel60]

My parents owned several businesses (restaurants, bowling lanes, motel, etc.). They believed that any dollar paid to someone who was not a family member was a dollar the family didn't have. So, my brothers and I worked from young age (also saved on daycare). Gave me a great work ethic and also incentive to do something else with my life!

 

[Toolulu22]

Ballet, gymnastics, and horses. I also read all the time- stacks and stacks of books!

 

[TippyThomas]

Once I was adopted my life pretty much revolved around the farm and our community. There really wasn't opportunity to do much beyond that.

 

[goooof1]

FUN !! playing with friends.....riding bikes, skateboarding, playground sports....not organized/leagues....

 

[luvnwdwgal]

I wouldn’t say I was focused on my education. I hated school. I did become focused on graduation so I could finally be done. Needless to say I didn’t go to college.

 

[leebee]

I’ve always been a bit of a navel-gazer.

Did you know that that has a name? It's called "oomphaloskepsis," which is the act of contemplating one's navel (most frequently for meditation, but still...). It cracks me up that there's a real word for belly-button watching!

 

[momz]

eh. it wasn't about me, I can tell you that. My mother had health problems. I was shuttled around between my parents, grandparents, babysitter, and sometimes my older brothers. My grandmother had a pretty big influence on me. Her major role was teaching me how to clean, style my hair and makeup and keep my weight down. Yes, I have issues. To this day, I feel like I don't have agency to choose how I spend my free time, and I also feel inadequate in so many ways. All that said, my grandmother loved me and this is the way she showed it.

I started going to therapy about 6 months ago....I'm in my 50's. So, probably should have done this sooner.

 

[JLTraveling]

Theater and dance. Also reading, I was the kid that Mom would send me out to play and find me an hour later under a tree with a book in my hands.

 

[MamaMermaid]

Books and theater!

 

[Gary M]

Baseball