Chasing your dreams is not easy.
I feel like sometimes this can be a mic drop moment. Like “What, you mean I can’t become a best selling author and successful blogger without actually writing?”
And other times it’s a no brainer. Like, “Of course they’re not easy or we’d all be living in a utopia.”
If they (dreams) were easy to achieve everyone would be walking around like Leonardo DiCaprio on the deck of the Titanic. Not at the end of the movie, but the middle part when he’s frolicking with Kate Winslett. People would be doing what they love for a living AND feeling a sense of fulfillment that currently most only imagine. Although I guess if everyone achieved their dreams, it would be just the norm. How crazy would that be?! Whole separate blog post. Focus Laura.
The other night I had a dream about Pauly D (yes, that reality star from Jersey Shore). Stay with me – I can assure you I’m focused.
My best friend and I were in the library back in high school. We were packing up to get ready to go home and apparently my best friend had intel that I had a crush on Pauly D. He was also in the library packing up his things. My best friend walked over and told Pauly that I thought he was cute. He walked over to me and with a crooked Jersey smile on his face, guess what he said?
Your guess is as good as mine, because it was at that moment that I woke up…in a panic. As I calmed down a little and finished questioning my taste in men (and Googling Pauly D), I became curious.
Why in the heck did I have that dream?
What does Pauly D mean to me?
Should I tell my best friend about my dream (that’s a big fat ‘yes’)
Should I tell my husband about my dream (of course, he deserves to know about the other men in my life, right?)
Let’s go back to that first question. Why in the heck did I have that dream?
Unless you’re a professional dream reader, this could be one of life’s greatest mysteries.
AND worthy explorations.
Because dreams are worth exploring friend. Plain and simple. The outcome is completely out of your hands and the process is not easy (in my case, slightly uncomfortable), but what’s the alternative?
Thinking about your dreams?
Watching other people achieve theirs? Thank you social media.
Feeling stuck?
Going along with the crowd?
Always wondering “what if”?
Geez, this list is shaping up to be a real downer.
Which is why I’m back. To writing. And to sharing my dreams. Yes, even the ones about Pauly D.
Because I don’t know where this will take me, but the idea of it being someplace cool, has me hanging on. Just to be clear, I’m talking about writing here (sorry Pauly).
So here comes that ‘not easy’ part.
In order to feel some successes as a writer, guess what I have to do? Yup, write.
It it so easy NOT to write. Too bad that’s not my dream. I’ve never actually caught myself saying, “My dream is to avoid that thing I really like doing by becoming a professional alarm snoozer and using my day job/family life as an excuse to not show up as my greatest self.” My actions, or avoidance of, say it all though.
And exhaustion is real my friends AND totally valid if I’m sticking with this whole honesty business. But it is still an excuse.
So where do we go from here? Well, small steps.
This morning I did still snooze. But I also still got up early too. And here I am. Writing.
I told myself that I would write every day this month. At least thirty minutes.
Notice how I didn’t commit to the first draft of a novel? Or increasing my email list by 1,000.
Both totally great dreams and ones that have bounced around my brain on many occasions.
But first, I write. Just write.
What is something you can do this month? You don’t have to accomplish a whole dream, but a small step would be really great. Kinda like telling Pauly D you have a crush on him. You see what I did there? Coming full circle? No you’re right, I’m uncomfortable now too.
I look forward to chasing my dreams (again). And please know that I’m here, cheering you on to chase yours.
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