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Kieron wants to be a train driver. He dreams about trains. He reads about trains. He draws pictures of trains. He is sure this is what he will do. Lucy， aged seven， wants to be a zookeeper. She loves animals. She wants to look after them. She has drawn a picture of her dream. Georgia is ambitious. She’ll be a singer. But right now she is still in primary school， reading and counting and writing when the teacher says so. 1）X-Factor here she comes. In 2）felt tip， she and her classmates draw themselves in the future， entertaining audiences， saving lives， nurturing minds. Teacher， fireman， bookshop owner， they say； that’s what we’ll be.
Meanwhile， on the office floor and in the sales room， willing past the hours between clocking in and knocking off， things have turned grey. As the recession rolls， dreams have been crushed to dust.
At a time when it is hard for adults to summon the freedom to dream， children are setting an example. As our young artists from Walbottle Village primary school， Newcastle upon Tyne， show， they dream freely， with a healthy dose of imagination.
“My dream job is to be a famios persin because I want to be rich and buy a castle，”writes Emily， six. “I would like to be a 3）vet because I have seven cats. I like animals and want to be one，” says Bethany， five.
Adults don’t stick to their dreams， says headteacher， Maria Tarn：“They are 4）tainted by life experiences. I think we need to keep that ambition going.”
Research released last week by UKTV’s Watch channel supports this view. Some 69% of 3，000 parents surveyed admitted they had failed to follow their dream career path. But as they support their children in reaching for their （very different） dream careers， one generation on， parents said they rated job satisfaction and happiness as more than twice as important as wealth.
The most popular professions among fiveand six-year-olds are teacher， doctor and vet， research from 5）The Children’s Mutual shows. But they say training for these top three “dream jobs” will cost between ￡75，000 and ￡130，000 by 2021， based on today’s National Union of Students figures adjusted for inflation.
But perhaps an even greater cost—not necessarily measured in monetary terms—could be attached to the reverse； not pursuing dreams.
Consider the nightmare. Kieron， abandoning all enthusiasm for a job with travel， adventure and people， takes a job in an office—temporarily—to pay the bills. He stays for 25 years and gets used to the salary， occasionally wondering what happened. Dr. Rob Yeung， corporate psychologist at consulting firm Talentspace and presenter of BBC’s How To Get Your Dream Job says that if people do not have enthusiasm for a job， then it is a “terrible waste of a life”.“Every job has its downsides，” says Yeung， but if you enjoy only 10% of the time you’re at work， it is not a good sign.
We are a “nation of career drifters”， analysis by workplace consultancy CHA shows. More than 60% of workers meander into a job instead of fulfilling their original career aspirations.
But the financial crisis has altered roles—for the worse—for many workers. And a large percentage who would not previously have done so are questioning how well suited their jobs are to them. Whereas talk two years or even 12 months ago might have been of career progression， workers are now widely complaining of career 6）regression， never mind just standing still.
Research published last month by international charity 7）VSO shows that more than 10 million workers in Britain feel they are “8）stagnating” professionally. One fifth of workers said they were considering a previously unplanned change in professional direction. Half said there were limited opportunities to get promoted in their current job and almost half said the recession had reduced their chances of developing their career.
Perhaps the time is exactly right to pinpoint and leap for dreams.
“You can look at the recession as an opportunity or a 9）calamity，” says Yeung.“People will use anything from their marriage to the recession as justification for staying in an unfulfilling job.” Others will respond positively and use it as a 10）catalyst for change.
But that’s still easier said than done， says Catherine Roan， managing director of Careershifters.org. “There is always a reason to stay.” Instead of lying in bed worrying about a career that is wrong， she says， set aside some time to devote to moving towards career change.
“I’ve never met anyone who regrets it ever and they all just wish they’d had the confidence to do it sooner， but that’s part of the journey，” Roan says.
Dreams are hard to grasp at the best of times. But what’s the harm in trying？ What did you dream of doing？ What do you want to be？
基隆想要成为一名火车司机。他会梦到火车，阅读关于火车的文章，还会画火车。他确信这就是他将来要做的事情。露西，七岁，想要成为一名动物园管理员。她喜欢动物，想要照顾它们。她还画了一幅画来描绘自己的梦想。乔治娅则雄心勃勃，她将成为一名歌手。但是目前她还在读小学，她依然按照老师的要求，上着阅读、算术和写作课。《X元素》，她就要放马过来了。她和她的同学们用毡制粗头笔，画出自己的未来：娱乐观众、拯救生命、培育思想。老师，消防员、书店主，他们说；我们就要成为这样的人。 与此同时，在办公室或是门市部，人们正甘愿在打卡上下班之间消磨时光，日子愈发没有生气。随着经济衰退加剧，梦想被撞击成碎尘。
在这个成年人很难鼓起勇气去追梦的时代，孩子们却正在树立着榜样。来自位于泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔的沃博特乡村小学的年轻艺术家们，向我们展示了一点：他们能自由梦想，且满赋想象。
“我梦想当一个名人，因为我想要成为有钱人，买一座城堡，”六岁的艾米莉写道。“我想当一名兽医，因为我有七只猫咪。我喜欢小动物，所以我总想成为兽医，” 五岁的贝姗妮这样说道。
成年人不会坚持他们的梦想，校长玛利亚·塔恩说道：“他们被生活经历所污染。我觉得我们有必要让那份雄心继续燃烧。”
上周英国电视台观看频道发布的研究证实了这一观点。接受调查的3000位家长中，大约有69%承认他们未能追随自己的梦想职业道路。但是当家长们支持自己的儿女追求自己（和他们的大不相同）的梦想职业时，隔着一代人，他们认为工作满足感和快乐比财富重要两倍以上。
儿童互助会的调查表明，在五岁到六岁的孩子们当中，最受欢迎的职业是老师、医生和兽医。但是根据目前全国学生联合会的数据（对通胀加以考虑之后）显示，他们说，到2021年，从事排名前三的这些梦想职业所需要的培训费用在7.5万到13万英镑之间。
但是或许有一笔更大的花销——并不一定以货币形式衡量——可能会在相反情况下出现：不去追求梦想。
来看看这个噩梦般的个案。基隆，对于一份需要差旅、冒险以及与人打交道的工作，他丧失了所有热情，转而从事一份办公室工作——暂时性的——以应对生活开销。他在那里工作了25年，习惯了领同样的薪水，只是偶尔会感到茫然。
罗布·杨博士，是空间达人顾问公司的企业心理学家，也是英国广播公司《如何让你获得梦想工作》的主持人，他说如果对于工作没有热忱，那么就是在“可怕地浪费生命”。“每份工作都有其缺点，”杨博士说，但是如果你只在10%的工作时间里感到享受，那这并不是个好征兆。
我们是一个“职场流浪者的国度”，职场顾问机构CHA分析显示。超过60%的职场人士凑合找了份工作，而不是去实现自己原来的职业理想。
但是金融危机改变了很多职场中人的角色，使得情况恶化。一大部分人开始质疑自己到底有多适合目前的工作，而之前他们是不会这么做的。然而一两年前谈变，可能是聊聊职途的发展，但现在大家普遍抱怨的则是职途的倒退，能原地不动已经算好了。
国际慈善机构海外志愿服务队上个月发布的研究报告显示，英国有超过一千万的在职人士觉得自己在职业生涯中“停滞不前”。五分之一的职场人士表示自己正考虑以前从未计划过的职业转换。二分之一的人认为目前工作上升空间有限，还有几乎一半的人认为经济衰退减少了他们职业发展的机会。
或许这正是到了该明确并追求自己梦想的时候了。
“你可以将经济衰退看作是机会或是不幸，”杨博士说道。“人们将用尽理由，从他们的婚姻到经济衰退，来支持自己留在一个不尽人意的工作岗位上。”有些人则会积极响应，以之作为改变的催化剂。
但是做的还是比说的难，职业转换者组织的总经理凯瑟琳·罗恩说道。“总是会有个理由让你留下来。”与其躺在床上担忧选错职业，她说，还不如留出一些时间致力于职业转换。
“我从未遇见过谁后悔，都是说希望当初能有信心早点去追求，但那毕竟是旅程的一部分，”罗恩说道。
即使在最佳的情况下，梦想也很难把握。但是，尝试一下又何妨呢？你的梦想职业是什么？你想要干什么呢？
Meanwhile， on the office floor and in the sales room， willing past the hours between clocking in and knocking off， things have turned grey. As the recession rolls， dreams have been crushed to dust.
At a time when it is hard for adults to summon the freedom to dream， children are setting an example. As our young artists from Walbottle Village primary school， Newcastle upon Tyne， show， they dream freely， with a healthy dose of imagination.
“My dream job is to be a famios persin because I want to be rich and buy a castle，”writes Emily， six. “I would like to be a 3）vet because I have seven cats. I like animals and want to be one，” says Bethany， five.
Adults don’t stick to their dreams， says headteacher， Maria Tarn：“They are 4）tainted by life experiences. I think we need to keep that ambition going.”
Research released last week by UKTV’s Watch channel supports this view. Some 69% of 3，000 parents surveyed admitted they had failed to follow their dream career path. But as they support their children in reaching for their （very different） dream careers， one generation on， parents said they rated job satisfaction and happiness as more than twice as important as wealth.
The most popular professions among fiveand six-year-olds are teacher， doctor and vet， research from 5）The Children’s Mutual shows. But they say training for these top three “dream jobs” will cost between ￡75，000 and ￡130，000 by 2021， based on today’s National Union of Students figures adjusted for inflation.
But perhaps an even greater cost—not necessarily measured in monetary terms—could be attached to the reverse； not pursuing dreams.
Consider the nightmare. Kieron， abandoning all enthusiasm for a job with travel， adventure and people， takes a job in an office—temporarily—to pay the bills. He stays for 25 years and gets used to the salary， occasionally wondering what happened. Dr. Rob Yeung， corporate psychologist at consulting firm Talentspace and presenter of BBC’s How To Get Your Dream Job says that if people do not have enthusiasm for a job， then it is a “terrible waste of a life”.“Every job has its downsides，” says Yeung， but if you enjoy only 10% of the time you’re at work， it is not a good sign.
We are a “nation of career drifters”， analysis by workplace consultancy CHA shows. More than 60% of workers meander into a job instead of fulfilling their original career aspirations.
But the financial crisis has altered roles—for the worse—for many workers. And a large percentage who would not previously have done so are questioning how well suited their jobs are to them. Whereas talk two years or even 12 months ago might have been of career progression， workers are now widely complaining of career 6）regression， never mind just standing still.
Research published last month by international charity 7）VSO shows that more than 10 million workers in Britain feel they are “8）stagnating” professionally. One fifth of workers said they were considering a previously unplanned change in professional direction. Half said there were limited opportunities to get promoted in their current job and almost half said the recession had reduced their chances of developing their career.
Perhaps the time is exactly right to pinpoint and leap for dreams.
“You can look at the recession as an opportunity or a 9）calamity，” says Yeung.“People will use anything from their marriage to the recession as justification for staying in an unfulfilling job.” Others will respond positively and use it as a 10）catalyst for change.
But that’s still easier said than done， says Catherine Roan， managing director of Careershifters.org. “There is always a reason to stay.” Instead of lying in bed worrying about a career that is wrong， she says， set aside some time to devote to moving towards career change.
“I’ve never met anyone who regrets it ever and they all just wish they’d had the confidence to do it sooner， but that’s part of the journey，” Roan says.
Dreams are hard to grasp at the best of times. But what’s the harm in trying？ What did you dream of doing？ What do you want to be？
基隆想要成为一名火车司机。他会梦到火车，阅读关于火车的文章，还会画火车。他确信这就是他将来要做的事情。露西，七岁，想要成为一名动物园管理员。她喜欢动物，想要照顾它们。她还画了一幅画来描绘自己的梦想。乔治娅则雄心勃勃，她将成为一名歌手。但是目前她还在读小学，她依然按照老师的要求，上着阅读、算术和写作课。《X元素》，她就要放马过来了。她和她的同学们用毡制粗头笔，画出自己的未来：娱乐观众、拯救生命、培育思想。老师，消防员、书店主，他们说；我们就要成为这样的人。 与此同时，在办公室或是门市部，人们正甘愿在打卡上下班之间消磨时光，日子愈发没有生气。随着经济衰退加剧，梦想被撞击成碎尘。
在这个成年人很难鼓起勇气去追梦的时代，孩子们却正在树立着榜样。来自位于泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔的沃博特乡村小学的年轻艺术家们，向我们展示了一点：他们能自由梦想，且满赋想象。
“我梦想当一个名人，因为我想要成为有钱人，买一座城堡，”六岁的艾米莉写道。“我想当一名兽医，因为我有七只猫咪。我喜欢小动物，所以我总想成为兽医，” 五岁的贝姗妮这样说道。
成年人不会坚持他们的梦想，校长玛利亚·塔恩说道：“他们被生活经历所污染。我觉得我们有必要让那份雄心继续燃烧。”
上周英国电视台观看频道发布的研究证实了这一观点。接受调查的3000位家长中，大约有69%承认他们未能追随自己的梦想职业道路。但是当家长们支持自己的儿女追求自己（和他们的大不相同）的梦想职业时，隔着一代人，他们认为工作满足感和快乐比财富重要两倍以上。
儿童互助会的调查表明，在五岁到六岁的孩子们当中，最受欢迎的职业是老师、医生和兽医。但是根据目前全国学生联合会的数据（对通胀加以考虑之后）显示，他们说，到2021年，从事排名前三的这些梦想职业所需要的培训费用在7.5万到13万英镑之间。
但是或许有一笔更大的花销——并不一定以货币形式衡量——可能会在相反情况下出现：不去追求梦想。
来看看这个噩梦般的个案。基隆，对于一份需要差旅、冒险以及与人打交道的工作，他丧失了所有热情，转而从事一份办公室工作——暂时性的——以应对生活开销。他在那里工作了25年，习惯了领同样的薪水，只是偶尔会感到茫然。
罗布·杨博士，是空间达人顾问公司的企业心理学家，也是英国广播公司《如何让你获得梦想工作》的主持人，他说如果对于工作没有热忱，那么就是在“可怕地浪费生命”。“每份工作都有其缺点，”杨博士说，但是如果你只在10%的工作时间里感到享受，那这并不是个好征兆。
我们是一个“职场流浪者的国度”，职场顾问机构CHA分析显示。超过60%的职场人士凑合找了份工作，而不是去实现自己原来的职业理想。
但是金融危机改变了很多职场中人的角色，使得情况恶化。一大部分人开始质疑自己到底有多适合目前的工作，而之前他们是不会这么做的。然而一两年前谈变，可能是聊聊职途的发展，但现在大家普遍抱怨的则是职途的倒退，能原地不动已经算好了。
国际慈善机构海外志愿服务队上个月发布的研究报告显示，英国有超过一千万的在职人士觉得自己在职业生涯中“停滞不前”。五分之一的职场人士表示自己正考虑以前从未计划过的职业转换。二分之一的人认为目前工作上升空间有限，还有几乎一半的人认为经济衰退减少了他们职业发展的机会。
或许这正是到了该明确并追求自己梦想的时候了。
“你可以将经济衰退看作是机会或是不幸，”杨博士说道。“人们将用尽理由，从他们的婚姻到经济衰退，来支持自己留在一个不尽人意的工作岗位上。”有些人则会积极响应，以之作为改变的催化剂。
但是做的还是比说的难，职业转换者组织的总经理凯瑟琳·罗恩说道。“总是会有个理由让你留下来。”与其躺在床上担忧选错职业，她说，还不如留出一些时间致力于职业转换。
“我从未遇见过谁后悔，都是说希望当初能有信心早点去追求，但那毕竟是旅程的一部分，”罗恩说道。
即使在最佳的情况下，梦想也很难把握。但是，尝试一下又何妨呢？你的梦想职业是什么？你想要干什么呢？