If there’s a dream, then there would be a sacrifice.
This could be most people's trait in our early 20s:
You dream about something you want to become.
You try your best to learn most of the things to get there.
You even try to execute some of your plan to get there.
Then comes the point…
“It isn’t fun anymore. I am feeling more of a headache in my life. Maybe I am on the wrong path; I should probably rethink.”
As much as it could be true that we might have chosen the wrong path, it’s also fair to think we haven’t done enough to decide that yet.
Dreams are imaginary visions of how we would be/look in the future.
Reality is the path that pushes us to get out of our comfort zone, and expect to make a reality out of our dream.
When I started to work on my dream, I realised two things:
1. This is the hardest life.
2. I hate my dreams.
And I also believe these are the signals when we have to give hope and belief to ourselves. Not just because we might give up, but we might end somewhere else, in someone else’s dream, helping them to achieve what they wished and worked hard for, but we haven’t felt that aura yet.
Most of the time, when I feel my dreams aren’t realistic, it isn’t my intention to end the efforts that are going into it, but it’s the freedom to get back to my comfort zone.
It’s common.
It’s normal to think that way.
But it’s not everyone who will pass that phase without ending it.
And this might happen multiple times.
100. 1000. 10000 times, because it is easy.
But the trick to not giving up will save your dream.
Whenever I get this feeling, I try to do simpler things:
- Take a small break, and come back.
- Talk to your friend about something else, and come back.
- Spend time with yourself, talk to yourself, and come back.
There’ll be 100 more simpler things to do, but the point is: you come back. No matter how hard the pull is towards your comfort zone, it shouldn’t take you out of your dream.
A wider perspective will help us to see where we are looking, and the deeper perspective should help us to guide small steps.
It’s simple to share, but hard to adopt:
Most people who chased their dream were the people who had the growth mindset, belief, hope, and the fact that they never wanted to settle for less than their dream.