how to live your dream

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  1.  Dream. Dream wildly. Think of a dozen different dreams you’d like to live[1].

  2. Now pick one. Any one will do.

  3. Research what you need to do to accomplish it. (There is always a way.)

  4. Tell everyone you know[2] that you’re going to live your dream. That way, if you back out, you’ll look like a total asshole.

  5. Take the first step. Now you’re in it.

  6. There will be hurdles. Bound over them, over every single one of them, just as high as you can, with the biggest smile on your face, and say, “Thank you! What else would you like me to do?”

  7. In time, you will look around and realize you are living your dream.  

This will change your life. If you’re living your dream, then it stands to reason that your life is a dream.  

It’s not a metaphor. Your life is a lucid dream that you are free to shape and explore in any way you like. And once you’ve lived one dream, the others don’t seem as far out of reach. 

So you live another. And another. And sure, not every dream is how you’d envisioned it, and your plans fall apart, but that’s how dreaming works. 

Pretty soon, you can’t imagine why you’d do anything else. Life is short, after all. But life is also long. How many dreams can you stitch into it? Why not make it as many as you can? Wouldn’t it be nice, as you pass from this world to the next, to look back on a patchwork of purpose and passion?

How does that make your inner child feel[3]?

[1] Not sure how to dream? Think about what excites or interests you — juggling, skydiving, love, politics — and try the inner child/deathbed test:

Ask your inner child if they want to do XYZ. If they get excited, do it. Or picture yourself on your deathbed, saying, “I wish I’d done XYZ.” If it rings true, do it.

[2] Here’s where the Dream-Killers are gonna tell you all the reasons why you can’t live your dream. They’ll tell you all the reasons you can’t do it, all the ways you’ll fail, all the horrible things that will happen to you if you try. Listen to them and smile. They don’t know it, but their words are the most powerful dream fuel that exists. 

[3] Mine is so excited that her fingers are dancing.