On Big Dreams + Small Dreams + In-Between Dreams + YOUR Dreams.

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We live in an age of following your dreams. Self-help books, podcasts and blog posts about chasing after what you want are not in short supply. 
Personally, I love it. I love the era we're in of you can do anything and no dream too big and look how far she came and look how much she accomplished. I think it's so great. 
I also think that for some of us, it can be a little overwhelming. It can cause bouts of comparison. It can cause self-doubt. It can cause us to start looking at what we want out of our own life and holding it up next to a stranger and what they want out of their life. It can make us start to think things like that's too much or that's so small and stupid or I'll never actually get this done or this doesn't really matter.
But it does. 
Let's say someone has a dream of having this really awesome t-shirt company with inspirational tees. It's their dream to sell tons and tons of shirts to inspire tons and tons of people. That's awesome. What a good dream! Now, let's say you have a dream of having this really awesome t-shirt company with inspirational tees. It's your dream to sell tons and tons of shirts to make tons and tons of money so you can buy all the things and go on all the trips. That's awesome. What a good dream!
If your dream is joining an MLM and selling makeup or smoothies or shampoo? Chase it! I'm in your corner.
If your dream is writing and publishing a best-selling book? Chase it! I'm in your corner. 
If your dream is to go back to school and change careers completely? Chase it! I'm in your corner. 
If your dream is to have the magical homelife you've always wanted, with a beautiful house and happy babies and a heart that explodes with happiness every night because you love your home so much? Chase it! I'm in your corner. 
Sell and write and make and do and change and speak and act and hustle and be and chase. 
Whatever you want, chase it. Whatever your heart desires out of this one life we get, chase after that. 
Don't ask if it's too big. Don't ask if it's too small. It's yours. It matters because it's yours. 
Now, one more thing on this subject. Let's say you don't understand someone else's dream. Or you don't agree with it, or you think it's too small, or you think it's stupid, or you think it's so much better than yours, or you just don't like it. You get to say one thing about this. Are you ready? Repeat after me: Good for them, not for me. 

You don't understand why someone would want to stay at home and raise babies with their life? Good for her, not for me. 
You don't understand why someone would want to join an MLM and sell health products? Good for him, not for me. 
You don't understand why someone would get up before the sun every day so they could hustle for a dream that's still far out of reach? Good for them, not for me. 
You don't understand why someone would spend their weekends taking pictures for their Instagram so they can get a bigger following? Good for them, not for me. 
Good for them. Good for them. Good for them. Not for me, but good for them. 
And hey, it doesn't matter what they're doing anyway...you've got that own dream of yours to chase. 

Work, Work, Work.

I think that sometimes the whole "chasing your dreams" idea can make us a little snobby about good opportunities.

Because really, it's pretty easy to tell yourself that you're working hard when you're sitting around pinning motivating quotes on pinterest that are going to help you work hard once a good opportunity comes along.

It's easy to wait for your dream to walk past you before you start chasing it.

It's a lot harder to start chasing it when it's nowhere in sight and you have no idea if you're ever even going to catch up to it.

This month, I decided I was going to take every opportunity that came my way (within reason, of course). If applied for a bunch of freelancing that I really didn't want to do. I worked my butt off for opportunities that paid way less than they should of.  I did so much boring writing that I thought my eyeballs just might fall out.

And you know what?

Freelance writing freaking paid a good portion of my rent this month.

No, it wasn't the type of writing that I love. It wasn't glamorous.  It didn't come with cups of coffee and creativity and excitement.  But I got a paycheck from writing. And that's pretty cool.

If there's a step you can take that puts you even a little bit closer to where you want to be, take it.  Even if it's not the most glamorous step. Even if it doesn't come with confetti and butterflies, like you always thought that following your dreams would look like.

While you're sitting around waiting for that right step to come along, you could have taken ten of those hard working, not so fun steps. And I think those tend to lead you a heck of a lot closer to where you should be.

Bottom line being that sometimes you just have to roll up your sleeves, throw on some Iggy, and get to work.


Happy Pumpkin Spice Latte Day! What does chasing your dream look like to you?

Dreams and such.

Can we even believe it's August already?!

I loved every second of summertime, but I'm excited for August.  For me, August marks the beginning of the beginning of fall, the most wonderful season of all!  {I know that's stretching it, but what else are we going to celebrate in August?}

If you've been around my blog any amount of time, you know that I want to be a writer and I want to write books.  You also know that I'm extremely passionate about following your dreams.  So that's what I've been doing this year, following my dream of being a writer.  I've made a lot of progress, and the next step for me is so close, except for one little thing. 

Money. 

As it always seems to go in life, right? 

I really want to be able to take that next step in following my dream this August, and I know it's totally possible.  So I've added some new things to my etsy shop in hopes that you will fall in love with them and, in a roundabout way, support this journey I'm on. 

So what do you say?  You buy some pretty things to brighten up your August, and I get to keep chasing my dream.  It's a win-win-win-win-win. 

Have an AMAZING Tuesday, beautiful people. 

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