How To Follow Your Dreams And Create The Life You Want
No one should take away your dreams.
In a world where everyone says no
You say “YES!”
We all have dreams. Some people have neglected their dreams, while others haven’t. Some don't know what their dreams are yet and still trying to figure it out in their life journey. It's okay if it takes time before you find out what your dream is. If you don’t know what your dreams are, go and explore everything until you find 1 thing you’re passionate about.
To me, there is no such thing as a bad or good job. You can be a shoemaker and the happiest person or you can be a wealthy businessman and miserable as hell. You can have a job and be unhappy or you can be happy and have a job. You have to be happy from the inside first and be in a balanced, meditative state of mind.
The reason why some people feel miserable is because they have wasted their whole life following their parent’s dream instead of their own. Our parents want us to be doctors and lawyers. They want us to be a hairstylist or mechanic because they never reached that dream. Don’t follow your parent’s footsteps, if it’s something you aren’t passionate about.
Why people fail to chase their dream: - You are lazy to chase your dreams - You think you are not good enough - You don’t believe in your dreams - You quit when your dream didn’t make it to the deadline - You don’t take your dream seriously - You listen to people who don’t support you - You think you need money to fulfill your dreams - You easily give up after a few failures and struggles - You are impatient and desperate
How To Follow Your Dreams:
Create a vision board
I have a vision board in my bedroom. This is a great visualization technique. Vision boards are a reminder of your goals and desires in case you have forgotten about them. And you can place the vision board nearby a place where you spend most of your time on. It could be you to spend your time on your desk, so place your vision board close to your desk. You see your whole dream on one big board and it can help to visualize your dreams more clearly with closed eyes.
Remove unsupportive people out of your life
Toxic people are a virus that blocks us from achieving our dreams. When you have a winner-mentality they will bring you down by reminding you how you don’t have the potential to achieve your dreams. You need a great support system. The reason why people don’t believe in your dreams is that they don’t believe in their own dreams and want to bring other people down in their misery. They don’t want to see you succeed, it tortures them because their jealousy controls them.
Take one step per day to reach your goal
Getting 50 followers per day seems small but when you continue to have 50 followers per day, the number will suddenly increase to 500 followers per day. Before you can follow up, you suddenly have 10.000 followers.
It’s the same with everything else: take one action per day to reach your goal and before you know it, you are closer to your dream than before. Little steps can make a huge difference, even if you don’t see it from the beginning.
Use affirmations
Using affirmations with low self-esteem can be hard in the beginning, but you have to fake it till you make it. Using affirmations can help us to build up a great belief system in our inner world. The more you talk greatly about yourself, the more convincing it starts to sound. When no one can remind you of your great potential, you have to remind yourself that daily by using affirmations. I use affirmations as my daily routine and it has helped me to become more self-assured in myself. I feel happier after using affirmations to boost my self-worth. Talk nice about yourself, it’s good for your soul.
Take action
You can wish and set an intention, but you need to take action to make your dreams happen. It’s not enough to just sit and wish all day on the couch while being lazy. I used to be like that, but most of my goals happened because I have taken action. Your dreams want you to reach them, so reach your dreams by taking action. Taking actions means you are serious about fulfilling your dreams. It means you are willing to do anything and take any opportunity that comes to make your dream possible. You only got one shot when a great opportunity comes, so grab that opportunity as soon as you see it.
If you want your skills to be seen, then you have to bring yourself out in the world. Expose yourself in the world, so other people can see your skills and offer you a job based on your great skills. You have to make yourself visible to the world.
Listen to your divine inspiration.
Stop listening to people
Do you want something? Do it because you want to. Listen to your inner voice, not people’s voice. Your dream is your dream, not people’s dreams. Your inner voice and instinct know what’s best for you. Don’t follow your parent’s footsteps. Follow your own footsteps. You’ll never achieve your dreams if you keep listening to people’s opinions of your dreams. Do people in your life think that chasing your specific dream is not a good idea? To hell with them. That’s none of their business. It’s your business. Don’t give people’s negativity space in your life.
Talk to people with the same dream as you
Find people who are already doing what you dream to do. Want to be an actor? Find people who are already working as an actor or people who are going to acting classes. Want to be a writer? Find other writers like you. Want to be a fashion designer? Find other people who are fashion designers and befriend them. Support each other. Befriending people with the same passion as you can help boost your dream and get more jobs in the same field. You need to be around people with the same vision as you. They are the ones who can support you because they have the resources to help you make your dream possible.
You are never too old or too young to follow your dreams. Age is just a number in this case. You always have the time to make your dream possible, if you’re willing to put the work into it. It doesn’t matter what your dream is. It doesn’t matter if your big dream is to have a big family or be a shoemaker. You don’t need anyone’s approval first. This is your life, not theirs. When people say no, you say yes. Never listen to people’s negativity talk, no matter how convincing they sound.
They may laugh at you when you work at your dream for free, but one day you’ll become successful in your dream and make lots of money, and that’s when the haters will ask for your advice. They laugh at you in the beginning and get inspired by your success. They will ridicule you for chasing your dream but do they chase their own dream? That’s the bigger question. Don’t listen to naysayers and losers. They are a virus that wants to crawl in your belief system and destroy it. Listen to yourself and people with a winner-mentality.
It takes courage and hard work to follow your dreams. Not many people follow their true dream.
Follow your bliss.
Create your own life and make it amazing.
You got this.