Have you ever had a dream? Something you are striving for?
Something you are so passionate about that you are unstoppable and as determined
as you have ever been to reach that dream. I’ve never had that. I’ve never had
that one dream (or multiple dreams for that matter) that I was striving for. It
wasn’t that I didn’t want a dream, in fact I’ve always yearned for it an envied
the people who had dreams and were reaching them. Sometimes I’d even go so far
as to be mad at those people because I was just jealous (to be clear I mean
celebrities reaching fame and that sort of thing, I never had any bad thoughts
to anyone in my personal life reaching a dream, I was/am always truly happy for
them). I mean I have had goals and reached those goals, for example getting
married and having the type of job that I have. But I’m talking more of what
drives me, what makes me passionate. I’ve always had ideas of what I’d like to
do but I wasn’t crazy about it. It was like I was going to settle for any
possible dream just to say I had a dream. That wouldn’t be fair to myself
because if I reached that fake dream then I wouldn’t even feel accomplished or
get any gratification from it. There has always been this one idea in the back
of my mind but I never thought it was possible, I didn’t think it was in the
cards for me so I just didn’t count it as an attainable dream, or a dream at
all. BUT I am here to say that I have finally found a dream that I feel is
worth working toward!!! I am beyond excited about, unfortunately I can’t
exactly go into detail about it at this time but in the next few months things
should get started and then I will be able to speak more on it. I feel so relieved
that I finally have something to work toward, the ultimate goal! I think about
it all the time, it’s consuming me and I love it. And because of that I know
that if the avenue I’m wanting to take for it doesn’t work out, I’ll just try
to find other avenues instead of giving up.
This dream will ultimately be a source of income, if it
turns into something that could support me as a full time job then that would
be fantastic, if it only ends up being a side source of extra spending money
then that’s awesome too! I just want something extra in my life you know? Like
a job that is also a hobby and this will provide that for me. This project also
involves partnering up with a friend of mine (and also sister in law) so
naturally I’m so excited about that. I get to share every aspect of this
particular dream with her and she’ll be able to relate and understand and I
feel like that is going to be such a great part of it all.
I didn’t want to jump the gun or count my chickens before
they hatch (I’ve always hated that expression, I really don’t know why I chose
to use it now lol) but I couldn’t help but daydream. This is my first real
dream I’ve ever had so I’m bound to get over excited about it ;) I used my mind
to peak into my future and of course I know it might not look how I made it
look, God is in charge of that, but it brought a big smile to my face none the
less and gave me a vision to keep close for when I’m down on my goals ya know?!
My vision was on how a day would look living my dream:
A bit of background- in this vision this dream has become a
full time job for me and/or this is me being a stay at home mother with this as
a side source of income.
The Vision
I wake up and get ready and dressed, my usual. I make my way
over to the kitchen and start brewing my first cup of coffee, as that’s brewing
I walk into my office to fire up my computer. After my coffee is made and I
settle in at my desk (by the way my office looks super cute in this vision) and
check my emails. After that I log into all social media outlets and catch up on
comments and the sort as well as making a blog post. I then check my orders and see what all needs to be
packaged up and sent out (this is what I can’t divulge in so this vague
explanation will have to do). I then go to one of my many spreadsheets and fill
out the orders and check inventory and that sort of thing. After this I go to
the mail and see what kind of packages I’ve received and lug everything back
home. At this point Nancy comes over with some takeout for a mini lunch meeting
where she starts freaking out inventory levels and cash sales. I calm her down
and we make a breakdown of what we need to do and we come to a solution
together. As we finish up our lunch we go over the orders together and then
start the packaging process as we chat about life and how pretty my hair looks.
That takes a few hours and after we are finally done Nancy takes the packages
to the post office on her way out. I take this time to catch up on other blogs
and social media sites I like to look at and then I go for coffee with Nellie
and Tina because I no longer have a 9-5 job. Nellie asks how business is going
and I jump into a conversation with them on how great everything is. We talk
for about an hour and then browse some stores and so some window shopping. Then
I pop in at Superstore to pick up some ingredients for supper and start making
that so I have it ready for when Mark comes home (just in case Mark is reading
this- on this particular day in this scenario I have supper ready for you,
however, this does not mean I make supper alone every day). Then I spend the
evening doing normal non-work things and start the day over again the next day.
Obviously every day doesn’t look exactly like this, sometimes I go for coffee with
my mom instead of Nellie and Tina ;)
So now that I’ve waaaaay jumped the gun I’m going to get
back to my normal life how it is now and just hope and pray that this all works
out just the way Nancy and I want it to!
Hope you are having a lovely day. Sure is the perfect day to
work toward YOUR dreams!
