Who doesn't want to chase dreams

if only they have enough time.

Dear Authentic Introvert,

Everybody has a dream that they want to come true before they die.

It could be a dream house, traveling to a dream destination or working on a dream project.

When we start our careers, we are full of energy and enthusiasm. We talk of changing the world to our liking and eventually achieving whatever we set our eyes on.

As time passes, many of us conclude that the struggle of life really breaks us and causes us to lose that zeal and motivation to work for our dreams.

Moreover, after a certain point, we are stuck in our ways – it becomes harder to switch careers or make a substantial change in our routine.

This is when people start complaining that although they do intend to work for something they want, they just don’t have the time.

This may sound relatable but is never true!

As Dan Koe puts it, “If you can spend 8 hours building someone else’s dreams, you can spend 1 hour building your own.”

The problem is when it comes to our dreams, we need instant results, which is impossible because those results may require years of consistent efforts.

So, instead of working consistently on something we love, we continue to work on what we have been working on for years because now it’s producing results – even though those are not exactly what we want.

So, we choose to compromise.

No wonder most people die never having worked for a dream they once had, let alone achieving it.

And the ones who make it are predictably the ones who just couldn’t let go.

They couldn’t just accept giving up on their dreams for any reason whatsoever.

So, they wake up an hour early and sleep an hour late, let go of all forms of temporary entertainment and turn ‘working on their dream’ into their pastime.

They continue to do this consistently for years – putting in work, letting it compound over time until the snowballing effect takes over and they make the leap.

And the funniest part is – the people who never did so look at them and call them lucky and privileged, because this shifts the blame to things they can’t control – luck and privilege.

If you have a dream, which I’m sure you have, don’t wait for the right moment, the right amount of time, or the right circumstances to start working on it.

Just start.

The longer you wait the more pissed off you’re gonna be in your old age and the more regrets you accumulate for your deathbed.

What’s stopping you from chasing yours?