A
Year to Make Your Dream Come True
October
20, 2002
Welcome
to Wyndspirit Dreams! “What would you change if you knew you only
had one year to live?” You’ve probably heard that question before. The
object of it, of course, is to make you take stock of your priorities and
adjust them as necessary. I would like to be able to say, I would quit
my job and spend more time with my family and do lots and lots of writing.
However, I’m too practical. If I knew I had only one year to live, most
likely I would have some illness requiring horribly expensive treatment.
I would have to keep working as long as possible to keep my insurance and
pay expenses that weren’t covered. As I got worse, I would probably end
up doing nothing but working and sleeping till I was too ill to work at
all. So, this is not a question I want to ask myself!
However,
when I was browsing in Barnes and Noble last weekend, I ran across a very
interesting book. Unfortunately, I don’t remember what it was called, so
I can’t properly credit it right now, but I have a feeling I’ll be going
back there to take another look at it. The book is geared towards women,
and the premise is that you deserve to take a year for yourself to pursue
a dream. The book is realistic. Basically, it helps you find ways to accomplish
your goals while working around your other commitments, such as work and
family.
All
right. So I don’t want to think about what it would be like if I only had
a year to live. What if I gave myself a year to put myself first, to give
myself a chance at chasing my dreams? Could I do it? Could I dare try?
I know, I’m single and my family obligations are minimal, but it’s still
so easy to let work take over my life even when it doesn’t need to. I should
be able to keep up with my work and family and still have all kinds of
time to work towards whatever dream I chose to pursue. It should be just
a matter of priorities, and focusing on what’s most important. The problem
is, I’m not good at that. I spend way too much time trying to do everything,
whether I enjoy it or not. I need to let go and focus on the things I want
to do, the things I’m good at, instead of trying to do everything for everybody.
I need to learn to put up with some things I don’t like because I don’t
have the ability to fix them, and, instead of struggling with them, spend
that time and energy working on something I enjoy and am good at. Priorities,
folks, always priorities.
What
about you? If you decided to give yourself one year to accomplish a dream
of yours, what would you change? Gets you thinking, doesn’t it?
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