Why is it that the more we build something up in our minds, the farther away we move from it?
We’re all masters of illusion.
We convince ourselves of what we want, who we are, where we’ll go and why we’re here. Everything in our lives is a result of some myth we play in the back of our mind, while we autopilot our way through our environment.
Years go by like this, we’ve got that dream…some desire, it’s always been there and it’s completely unchanged.
It’s the “meaning” in your otherwise meaninglessness.
And yet… it isn’t real.
The reason most people never reach their dreams is because they try to dream their way to achievement.
The more I wanted something, the harder it became to start. I was less practical and having built the thing up in my mind, I felt overwhelmed by it– which ended with my failure to launch.
You have to wake up.
The only way to build a life for yourself that you measure a success, is to be ruthlessly practical.
The smallest advancements came from me “waking up.”
Being honest with myself, seeing my actual faults and where I needed work is what led me to starting a suitable career and finally making progress in my life.
Dreams take you back, reality launches you forward.
In reality, you might not be suitable for the things you’re chasing. I used to think I wanted to be a movie director… the idea just lived in my head without me ever doing it, learning about, or practicing it.
Not only did it not suit me at all (being impulsive, short tempered, quick, production oriented, results driven, and never caring about art in my life) but I didn’t even like it.
I just had it in my head, and never scrutinized the idea itself.
When I go back to dreaming about the rockstar life, because I still do– I just remind myself all the things my dreams got me.
Unemployed, depressed, isolated, skill-less, and broke.
And then without fail, I return to practicality which has always helped me achieve– BECAUSE it’s real!
If you want progress and a life of fulfillment, stop chasing happiness.
What are you inclined for? What are you naturally good at? What type of intelligence do you possess?
Take that and start exploring niches you might be interest in, and start there.
The process of achievement is really the process of waking up, and I never really put this together until my typing it right here– but that’s why I’m so against those spiritual practices surrounding goal setting.
Because for me personally, they’ve only moved me away from my goals.
Take inventory of yourself.
Figure out what you’re like, and find where that’ll suit you.
#FoolForward
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