As a young romantic teen, I wanted to join the Peace Corp. The closest option at the time? Became a pioneer instead.
I soaked up education and would have kept going forever if not for being in a religion that frowned on it. I would have loved to become a cultural anthropologist specializing in nutritional anthropology.
It fascinates me how we live and interact with our natural world and what has been and is used now to nurture our bodies, the elaborate rituals and taboos that have been constructed around that process and how it varies through time and place.
I also have to say HoldMe-ThrillMe that I loved your answer!