THE PURSUIT OF YOUR DREAM

Hello my beloved readers! 

As some of you may already know drawing is my passion, but this wasn't something you could live from at the moment that I was choosing my career, so I picked one that would allow me to exploit my creativity in some way, that is why I  decided to study advertising. I invested myself in my studies and left drawing as a hobby and when I started working that hobby was something that I was doing more and more sporadically.  After I moved abroad I would barely draw and when I became a mother I just stopped drawing altogether.

I’m here today to speak a little bit about the pursuit of your dreams even if it's about learning something that you always wanted to learn, getting your degree, selling your craft or even moving abroad. It’s all worth working for it, because many of us put our dreams on hold when we become mothers or even before that. with the hustle of life and the rush of time we just forget about them. I really wanted to write a post about working for your dreams because I'm in this process myself right now and I find it to be a very inspiring and fulfilling experience that I want to share with you.

Not too long ago, I started browsing the web to give me ideas to start my own business. The first thing that had came to mind was to open an advertising agency. It was something I already had experience doing as an entrepreneur. What I found opened my eyes in an incredible way! I found a lot of young people living from what they love doing the most. Drawing!. They were in every social media site, posting their illustrations, recording their creative process, sharing their knowledge, selling their stuff and just living from it, so.

I asked myself: Where have I been all this time? Well, I had been hidden under a pile of regrets, scary feelings and forgetfulness. So I decided to put myself in a state of action, I had to learn everything in half of the time. The motivation has been there all the time and the search for inspiration is like a muscle that  I have to work on strengthen it. I'm still in my journey to get where I want to be, but starting and being consistent has been one of the challenges I have came across in this path and as always, I like to give you some advice and Ideas because I believe your dreams and your passion worth chasing after:

1. If you have not yet found what you really love, research is your duty and the Internet is your tool. Perhaps you will find something you didn't know existed or maybe there is something you will like more. look for people and things that make your heart beat fast. When you find it you will instantly feel motivated, wanting to learn more and you'll be more inclined to investigate about things you want to accomplish. If you realize that the dream you want to pursue is rare, don’t be scared. It gives you the opportunity to build a nice marketplace where You are early and therefore can become a referent to those after you and you have the chance to make it great, in marketing and sales is what they call a blue ocean.

2. Organize and plan ahead. If you already have a full-time job, a husband and children, the search for your dreams is something you will likely always leave for the end of the day. If you make a schedule and organize your time, I am sure that you will find the time to fit your dream in and give it the value it deserves, check my early post about time management when you become a mother here. Another tip is to stay active, don’t you have the feeling that you don’t have enough hours in the day and that other people in your same situation have "more time" or "they do more"? It is the power of planning that allows people to procrastinate less by making lists of tasks and giving the right time for everything. One great tool I have found that helped me get organized is “the bullet journal” if you don’t know what the bullet journal is, It’s basically a method when you personalize your agenda and your schedule to your personal needs and you can do it in any kind of paper. Since I use it I’ve been able to accomplish many tasks including the simple ones like house chores and errands.   

3. If you have a day Job is more likely you start pursuing your dream in your free time. Start little by little building your little project with short, medium and long term goals. try not to set very big goals too soon. Sometimes you’ll want to see results fast and when it doesn’t happen you will lose motivation. Learn to enjoy the journey, it’s as exciting and rewarding as the goal itself.

4. There are many ways to earn money online to minimize the risks and you can do it from home, It could be either opening an online shop, writing a blog or creating your own youtube channel, selling e-courses or e-books or even on crowdfunding websites where you share your knowledge with people and they pay a subscription so you can have a monthly salary. Check all this options and add to your learning list these ways to earn money so you can work from home, do the things you love and also make a salary out of it. 

5. Last but not least, don’t be afraid of failure. The moments in which we make mistakes is the ones we learn the most, is like this quote that Walt Disney said: “We don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious… And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths”. Moving forward is important in order to put in practice what you have learned.

I just noticed this post is a bit long, but there is so much I would like to talk to you about what I have learned in this  year. I have found my muse and this has allowed me to stay motivated and inspired to do more. Keep working for your dreams, I believe everything is posible and you should too! I hope this is helpful,  let me know if you want me to talk to you more about these topics and I will see you soon. 

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