What’s your dream job, dream sweetheart, dream house, dream place to live, dream lifestyle? Do those questions excite you or do they scare you? If you’re excited by the prospect of having something different in your life, yet intimidated to go for it that means you’re dreaming big, and that’s a good thing! Or do you want to stop reading right now because you’re thinking: why bother with my dreams, or I don’t have any dreams, or who has time for this.
My wish for you is that you embrace the new year and begin the journey to reconnect with your dreams. Look forward and listen to the messages sent by your heart to burst out and move towards a life you love.
Is fear of failure stopping you? Have you tried before, but failed? We often think if we’ve tried and failed, we shouldn’t try again, and who needs that disappointment. However, if your dream is still speaking to you, take an honest look at your previous efforts, accept your learnings from the past, but leave the baggage. If at first you don’t succeed, figure out what to do different and try, try again.
One common obstacle is getting bogged down because you can’t figure out ‘how.’ So, don’t think about things from start to finish, try the reverse. Sit quietly and imagine what you will feel when you accomplish your dream. What will be different in your life and what will be different in the world? Get really specific and detailed with this description. You might even do some type of dream board with pictures of your dream. Then start asking yourself questions. Once you get a list of questions, you can begin to investigate the answers. If your dream is to live six months of the year in Paris, what type of job would you need to be able to do that? How much money would you need? I mean, do you even speak French?
Make a project out of it even if it turns out to be a multi-year project. Staying put when it’s part of your bigger plan can change your whole perspective on your current situation. Identify things you can do today to move towards your dream. Do your Paris dreams include shopping for food in the outdoor markets? Go to the local farmers markets and take a French cooking class. For your next vacation, rent an apartment in Paris and live like a local for two weeks. Once you’re in motion, it’s easier to keep going. I love the story of John Grisham. He was a practicing attorney who finished his first two novels, A Time to Kill and The Firm, by getting up early and writing for one hour every day.
Don’t feel like you have to go it alone. Find somebody who has achieved what you dream of. Ask them what they did first, and get some tips on how to get started. Also consider using a life coach like me. Together we’ll examine why you can’t get moving on a particular area of your life and uncover what’s holding you back.
Whatever happens, you will achieve some kind of a result, even if it’s not the result you were expecting. Sometimes our dreams come true in unexpected ways.
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