No fooling around with this one – this is perhaps the most important thing that you can do to realize your dreams.
First, you must know what your dreams are!
Spend some time thinking about what your ideal day looks like. From personal experience, I know that having no structure and no goals wasn’t fulfilling to me. I used to think that wandering around on an island all day was going to satisfy me, but then I did it and it wasn’t true.
When we can only think of wanting to have less to do in life, it means that we need a break. We are struggling to accommodate the pressures we put on ourselves. Take a look at where you can ease the commitments you have and give yourself some much needed relaxation.
This isn’t self-indulgent, it is protectionism. It doesn’t matter what you end up achieving in life, if you have made yourself sick in the process none of it will matter.
We all need a purpose, something that gets us out of bed in the morning and excites us. If you have a hobby that you enjoy, maybe there is a way to turn it into a business. It doesn’t matter so much what the task is, it is how you feel while doing it.
Figure out what you look forward to doing, what makes you feel good inside, and then find a way to make this your living. If it is something you would never want to retire from then you could be on the right track.
It might be running a business or teaching children or knitting or cooking. Whatever it looks like, it is unique to you and shouldn’t be based on what someone else told you to do.
This is your chance to get in touch with yourself and find out why you are here.
The realization that we are all good at something, and it is something that we enjoy doing, is very freeing. For some reason many people feel that work isn’t supposed to be enjoyable, and that you work so you can make enough money to do the things you actually want to do in your free time.
What if you indulged in the belief that your work can also be your passion?
It doesn’t have to be something conventional, but it can be. It isn’t the doing that matters, it is the feeling you bring to the doing. It is the emotion that you generate through the act of creation.
We are creators. Allowing the expression of who you are to shine through is your right, and it is why you are here. Don’t make any apologies for what it is you want to do. If you need to go against all of the well-meaning people who want to tell you how to live your life, then so be it.
It is your life, the only one you have. Find a way to make a living at something you are passionate about.
In this moment, what do you want to do? When you are well-rested and all of your basic needs are fulfilled, what would you like to be doing? Is it reading, or writing, maybe drawing or starting a company?
No one knows except you. Follow the emotions that you feel, check in with yourself often, and the path will become very clear.