Your Mission: Find a Way to DO What You Dream Today
How did you find a way to live your dreams today?
I lived my dream of being a writer by writing 1,551 words of my novel. I had to dig deep to make that happen, though.
You see, I didn’t feel like writing today. After getting less than five hours of sleep last night, I worked a long nine-hour day at my Starbucks job. So by the time I got home, I was tired and just wanted to chill.
And I did chill…after I went for a short run.
By the time 8:00pm rolled around, I hadn’t written a word of my novel. I enjoy writing and wanted to write, but it would have been a lot easier to just do nothing.
I’m a Dream Doer, though, so doing nothing was not an option. I tapped into my passion by singing a little song I made up to remind me why I like to write and who I get to be when I take action toward my dreams.
That got me excited. And once I focused my excited attention on the task at hand—writing—I was able to make a little progress toward my big dream of writing a complete draft of my second novel.
That’s what big dreams are made of: little steps.
When we take just a little step toward our dreams every day, we make great things happen.
What little step did YOU take today?
To your dreams,
Bonnie Jean
It’s Find a Way to Do What You Dream Day!
Finding a way to do what you dream starts with you being a person of great character. Being a person of great character involves being trustworthy, being passionate and being focused.
To be trustworthy, passionate and focused, you must develop 12 core ‘champion’ traits. So last week, we talked about the first part of being passionate and the character trait of passion.
When you express your passion, you’re ready to ignite your ENTHUSIASM.
Why should you ignite your enthusiasm?
Because it’s like setting your dreams on fire. (Just to be on the safe side, I’m not talking about real fire. So please, please, please DON’T actually set anything on fire.)
With the kind of fire I’m talking about, you feel thrilled to be alive because you know that you get to live your dreams every day of your life and nothing is going to stand in your way of making that happen.
What is enthusiasm?
Enthusiasm is emotional energy that feeds on dreams, desires and goals.
Like I just mentioned, it feels like a fire burning inside you. When that fire burns hot enough, you can see it in your eyes and feel it driving your actions so everything you do helps you find a way to make your dreams come true.
It is passion that fuels that fire of enthusiasm.
How can you ignite your enthusiasm?
To help you ignite your enthusiasm, follow these steps:
- Write down one dream you feel the most passionate about.
- Write down five reasons this dream is important to you. (This is the ‘fire’ of enthusiasm!)
- Draw a picture of your dream.
- Now draw flames around the picture to remind yourself of the five reasons you wrote down in step 2.
- Put the picture someplace where you will see it everyday.
What can you do NOW to ignite your enthusiasm?
It’s hard to be enthusiastic if nobody around you knows about your dreams and the things you are passionate about.
So go tell one person you trust right now about your big dream. Let your mom or dad or brother or sister or friend see the enthusiasm in your eyes and hear the enthusiasm in your voice when you tell them what you want and why.
But no matter how much passion and enthusiasm you have, you’re going to face obstacles as you chase your dreams.
However, when you follow the third part of Dream Doer Rule #3: unleash your CREATIVITY, you can figure out how to overcome any obstacle standing in the way of your dreams. So we’ll learn about that next week.
Until next time, remember that you always find a way to do what you dream when you stick to your strengths.
To Your Dreams,
Bonnie Jean
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