Don't be afraid to realize your dreams

On weekends, I was preparing to play games with a few friends. During the warm-up process, I had an interesting conversation with a member who was not very familiar. "What are you doing?" he asked me. "Hey, I am doing it for myself, I have a software company," I replied. "Really! It's so enviable! I work at XXX, but I always have a desire to do animation design and be an independent professional. This is my dream. But I am now caught in this wrong industry. ”

"You are still alive, aren't you?" I said to him as quietly as possible. He continued: "You don't know, I have thought that I have been waiting for 10 years this day, but once you have a family, it is very difficult for you to do other things."

I really couldn't stand it, so I said to him, "Well, if you really think so, you should probably report an animation design training class, or you can learn at home. As long as you are determined to start. Do." I got such a gentle reply: "Hey, this is too difficult, with family, full-time work, no time. I really want to do this, but not."

Very helpless, I suggested: "You may consider a few weeks or months of off-the-job training, or simply resign." He looked at me as if I was about to cut his right hand. "Are you crazy? Where does my income come from?"

I began to understand that if the conversation continues, I will quarrel with the people who are not very familiar with it. When I first meet, I choose to just smile and walk away. But this thing made me think. Why are people not willing to take a little risk to pursue their dreams? Is their dream not worth doing? If not, why do we hate such people? Are we not giving ourselves a chance to give a fair dream? What?

Now, I understand that not everyone is willing to devote all of their time to realizing their dreams. But we should not take a step forward from our dreams. I mean, just like the first step for children to learn to walk, if you can't break the boat, you can't kill your dreams.

When we were children, we all had crazy ideas and dreams. When people ask "what do you want to do when you grow up?", you don't say "I want to be a stable job, I want to be a general manager in a Fortune 100 company" or "I want to be in the government department." Find an iron rice bowl." You want to do something that will make you excited. You have passionate things like "military, scientist, musician, dancer, Miss World" and so on. You don't think about how much money you can get from it, you just want to do it.

But why did we lose all our enthusiasm, motivation, desire, and the power to hold our dreams when we grow up? Why does money dominate our enthusiasm, and most of the time it kills enthusiasm? Why "a steady income" Can we imprison our dreams? Why should we stop thinking about our love?

Why do we be tempted by this monthly steady job income, so that we completely ignore the truth: the pursuit of our dreams will never be too late. I can understand why people are like this, people are "fear of failure." We are worried about failure. This kind of worry has caused us to weave a lie to ourselves: Some things will never belong to you. "I don't have time, I have a family, I will do it when I have enough money, and so on." These are all excuses. In this way, we will default to losing our dreams. There is nothing to do with the things you love, and it is nothing to do the repetitive and boring things day after day.

As Tony Robbins said – “The only thing you can do to stop you from getting what you want is that you have been telling yourself why it doesn’t belong to you.”

What are we waiting for? When all the stars can be connected to the line in the direction you want? This will ensure that you will succeed? This road will never work. You can never wait for this glorious moment. The formal environment will never reach your satisfaction. There will always be something that is not good for you. You have to cross a heart and take a risk. Once we set a goal, we can't wait for the perfect timing and everything in all respects as I expected. What we need is to get started. We can do it slowly after full-time work. I really like what I am doing now, and I did this after I finished my formal work during the day. It's not easy, but it's very interesting, because I am realizing my dreams, and I am passionate about the software I am developing.

Maybe only I think so, maybe I am a weirdo. Maybe I am stupid, but I would rather be stupid, prefer to live in my dreams, and don't find a bunch of excuses. The lure of money does not bring real success, the real success comes from love and enthusiasm. You must love what you do, and you must be passionate about what you do.

Failure is not terrible. The terrible thing is that when you look back at the age of 60, you discover that "maybe I should give myself a chance to realize my dreams. Maybe I will succeed, maybe I should hold my dreams." But it is already too late. You may be heading towards this ending.

Don't be afraid to realize your dreams. This will be the biggest mistake you make.