How to find your dream

I'm one of the lucky ones. I am actually living my dream. I do what I love doing and am doing it from home. I am actually getting to the point that I'm making a reasonably good living. What more could I want?

I get two questions from others about this. The first is how did you get to live your dream? The second is: How do you know how to find out what your dream is?

The first question of how I got to the point of living my dream is it took quite awhile to get here. Part of it was fate. Most of it was hard work and planning and learning.

My mantra is "Failure is not an option." I am determined to succeed. And that makes me determined to do what I need to do to succeed. No excuses, no whining about how hard it is, no giving up.

The second is answer as to how you figure out  what your dream is, will be a little different for every person. Some people are born knowing what they want to do with their life. Most little kids seem to know what they want. But that seems to wane as they grow older. Why is that? I believe it's because when we are very young, we are open to all possibilities. Nothing is impossible. Our future seems magical. As we get older and get socked a few times by life, we loose that belief in ourselves. Some of our child hood dreams, we just loose interest in. Some seem silly. Most, we would still secretly like to do but feel it's impossible now. It may be. Most of us realize as an adult we don't have the talent to be a ballerina or a star quarterback.

But maybe, we can have some deviation of our original dream. I know as a child, I wanted to be a comic book writer. That dream died by the wayside, but as an adult, one of my businesses does involve art. And I write quite a bit in my affiliate marketing business. So I am doing the 2 aspects of what I wanted to do as a child.

If you don't know what your dream is for your life, start in your childhood. Think about what you loved doing then, and see if there is a way to bring that back in some way now, as an adult. 

Another thing to do is to ask those close to you, what they think you are good at. Often we don't even recognize our own talents. Sometimes, because something comes so naturally to us, we assume it's that way for everybody. Guess what? It's not!

A little exercise you can try is to day dream. Sit in a comfortable chair, close your eyes, and imagine. If you could do anything you wanted, and there were no obstacles  standing in your way, what would that look like? You may get a clue there.

Don't give up. A few years ago, when I was working in a job I absolutely hated, I wondered if my dreams would ever come true? My  dreams were all I had to hold onto and I did hold on to them with all my might. I knew I would have no will to live if I had no hope. It took awhile, but I am finally living my dream. I'm so glad I didn't give up. And I want the same thing for all of you!

Today's life tip: Are you using WIndows 7 yet? They have a neat little sticky note application. I use it to write down my tasks for the day. It sits on my desktop. It also comes in handy when making notes while working on your computer. Love it!

Today's Quote: "Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless." – Jamie Paolinetti