Many, many years ago, my family left the Midwest as part of a wagon train. They were headed toward the dream of a better life in what is now Martinez, California.
When they got there, they didn't like it.
They took a boat from California to Central America, walked across the Isthmus of Panama, and took a boat up the Mississippi home to Iowa — where they spent a winter enduring the worst blizzard anyone had ever seen. The following spring, the exact same group of people crossed the country a second time to settle for good in Two Rock, California.
So what is "The Dream of the Week"?
You know what they are. We all have them. The dreams and ideas that we keep to ourselves because we are afraid of sounding silly, the kind of dreams we had growing up, before reality slapped it's "let's be practical" into us. The sort of dreams that would make us change our major 10 times in the first two years of college.
I never left this state. If you are one of the few who knew exactly what you wanted to do at the age of 8 and took that one track towards your professional career, well, I'm happy for you, and would love to hear about it. However, most of the people I know were not so lucky. In fact, I still don't know what I want to do in a professional capacity, largely because there isn't just one thing that I would like to do for the rest of my life.
I love trying new things and have been able to test out most of my Dreams of the Week. I embrace the Dream of the Week mentality as a part of a wonderful, interesting life.
Dreams of the week can be large, redefining our whole lives. Or they can be as small as a new hobby. Whatever size or scale it may be, often times, we are paralyzed by fear of the unknown. We come up with excuses for ourselves.
If you're worried about looking like a jackass, afraid that you might fail, afraid that you may succeed, or the endless list of excuses that we come up with that prevent us from pursuing our dreams, well ... it's going to happen. You will look like a jackass, you will fail, and you will succeed. And that's great! Don't let these excuses prevent you from trying. You will survive. Life does go on. And there will be another dream soon. Just don't put it off, don't wait, or you'll always be left wondering, "What if ... ?"
I'm here to support you, and encourage you to just go f*cking do it, to fail fast, and to change your mind midway through (or succeed beyond all expectations). Over the course of the next few months, I will be sharing my own stories of both epic failure and surprising success, and developing tools that you can use to go out and do everything you want to do.
When they got there, they didn't like it.
They took a boat from California to Central America, walked across the Isthmus of Panama, and took a boat up the Mississippi home to Iowa — where they spent a winter enduring the worst blizzard anyone had ever seen. The following spring, the exact same group of people crossed the country a second time to settle for good in Two Rock, California.
So what is "The Dream of the Week"?
You know what they are. We all have them. The dreams and ideas that we keep to ourselves because we are afraid of sounding silly, the kind of dreams we had growing up, before reality slapped it's "let's be practical" into us. The sort of dreams that would make us change our major 10 times in the first two years of college.
I never left this state. If you are one of the few who knew exactly what you wanted to do at the age of 8 and took that one track towards your professional career, well, I'm happy for you, and would love to hear about it. However, most of the people I know were not so lucky. In fact, I still don't know what I want to do in a professional capacity, largely because there isn't just one thing that I would like to do for the rest of my life.
I love trying new things and have been able to test out most of my Dreams of the Week. I embrace the Dream of the Week mentality as a part of a wonderful, interesting life.
Dreams of the week can be large, redefining our whole lives. Or they can be as small as a new hobby. Whatever size or scale it may be, often times, we are paralyzed by fear of the unknown. We come up with excuses for ourselves.
If you're worried about looking like a jackass, afraid that you might fail, afraid that you may succeed, or the endless list of excuses that we come up with that prevent us from pursuing our dreams, well ... it's going to happen. You will look like a jackass, you will fail, and you will succeed. And that's great! Don't let these excuses prevent you from trying. You will survive. Life does go on. And there will be another dream soon. Just don't put it off, don't wait, or you'll always be left wondering, "What if ... ?"
I'm here to support you, and encourage you to just go f*cking do it, to fail fast, and to change your mind midway through (or succeed beyond all expectations). Over the course of the next few months, I will be sharing my own stories of both epic failure and surprising success, and developing tools that you can use to go out and do everything you want to do.
Ok, so I'm going to be a jackass. Thanks for helping manage my expectations. Better a jackass who tried something new than one who sat home on her ass. Right? Great perspective, I look forward to reading more!
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