Dreams

We all have dreams. There is always that thing that we all want which is a job we love doing. Some of us pursue our dreams at any cost. There will be those who do and succeed at making their dream a reality. Then there are those of us who want to pursue our dreams, but are afraid of falling on our butts or worse our faces. There are also those who chase their dreams and never see anything come of it. I rather not think about those since I respect them chasing their dream, but it makes me sad.

So I will admit I am one of the ones who has a dream and is deathly afraid of falling straight onto my face and breaking my nose along with creating a ton of scratches that probably will permanently scare my face. My dream is to write and inspire people. Yet I know the reality is that most writers never make any money and if they do it is usually only a meager amount. The problem for me is I like having food, clothes, a nice warm bed to sleep in under a roof that I pay for, I like nice vacations, and I like my hobbies. True I could write and work as well. Then there is my second problem. Knowing I put all my heart and soul into something only to hear people criticize it. I think though I am starting to overcome all that. That actually is part of the reason I started writing this blog. Granted yes my friend suggested I write a blog, but in the end I started thinking if I can do that on a regular basis then maybe I can work myself up to starting a story and finishing it.

I have tons of ideas for books. My problem is starting the story and finishing it. The good news is once I write it I have people I trust to proof read it and give me honest harsh feedback. Which I am hoping will help me correct whatever issues I have in it before I go to publish it.

Once I write the book and get people to proof read it and correct the things that need fixing. aka final draft. Hate final drafts by the way. I then have the problem of either finding an agent to represent me while I try to get a publishing company to want to publish my book or to decide to self publish and do my own campaign to get people to read it. Which my not liking to confront people might make hard, but I think I would do in order to make a dream come true.

Yikes the idea of calling bookstores and pushing myself and my dream on to people. That is scary, but I know would be necessary for me to do. Hhhhmmm! I wonder if I could get some of my friends to work for me. Well at this time I have to work myself up to writing the books first. Which appears to be getting there.

My other dream would be to do photography. Mainly landscape photography and wildlife. I plan on taking classes in the next few years and hope to build that up enough to either win a photo contest or get a picture published. If I get good enough I might even go and see if I can get a booth at a fair and try selling some prints.

Either way I know eventually I will figure something out. I may never become famous, but I would at least like to know I tried.

What are your dreams? Have you fulfilled them? Are you working toward it or have you given them up?
It is never to late to chase your dreams.