“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
—Yoko Ono
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Hi everyone, I hope you are doing good.
This week I wanted to drift away slightly from my self-care posts. This will still be based on self-care but it’s honestly a message to everyone.
Understanding Self
As a young woman in her twenties, I have been learning more about myself. From setting boundaries to prioritizing me and my mental health, to figuring out what makes me passionate and what my true dreams are.
I am someone who becomes passionate in a variety of things. However, once I realize what it is that actually makes me happy, I set more attention on those things and simply allow my other passions to become a hobby or something I can do on the side.
On one hand, I love having these big dreams and visions, but I also get discouraged. Every now and then I find myself in a bit of a funk. It mostly occurs when I find that something isn’t making me happy. It also happens when I realize that the one or two things that I decided would be my main focus, becomes my purpose.
For years I have been striving to be a motivational speaker, and there were moments where I got to give talks at certain conferences or on panels. However, motivational speaking isn’t the only thing that I decided was my purpose. I’m a content creator. When people hear that they might think, ok… so you just enjoy making content. On one hand, I do. However on the other hand, being a content creator means more to me.
I want to not only have a platform where I can use my voice, I also want to inspire other blind individuals. I realized that when these ideas and visions pop into my mind, they are there for a reason. I’m not just creating them. They mean so much more to me.
The Execution
Although I am passionate about so many things, you can’t make your dreams into a reality without the execution.
We all have dreams, goals, passions, but when it comes down to it, how are we going to turn it into our reality? I found myself thinking about this a lot lately. Once graduating college especially.
Although you want to ask the people around you to help you see the plan through, sometimes you need to look outside of your closest circle. Now, I am not here to throw shade on anyone that has ever been helpful or anyone that has tried to be supportive. This post is just to say that, I tend to prevent myself from allowing these dreams to become my reality. I blame it on the fact that that person is too busy to help, I don’t have the proper connections for me to get my foot in the door. I find all of the reasons that will justify why I stop putting in the effort.
It is still hard, because I believe in my dreams, and I know that it can be a benefit to others. I am trying to find a way to change this mindset.
The truth is, I know what I want, I am confident in my abilities to succeed, I know that difficulties will arise, but if I have a team of people that are willing to face those difficulties with me, then I know that I can achieve these dreams. I am trying to be patient, because when I believe in something, I want to see it come into the world. I know that I need to start finding my own way. Whether that is going out and finding other creators, or being part of a group of wonderful women that are striving to be motivational speakers, I know that I can get there.
Never Give Up Your Dreams
This is just a reminder that, no matter how old you are, no matter how many times someone said no to your ideas, no matter if you have those moments where you feel down like me. It doesn’t mean that you should ever give up your dreams.
Don’t stop trying to climb the ladder, even if you take a few tumbles, it is still important to keep your dream alive. I have a lot of hope. I am writing this on one of those days. If I don’t write for a while it’s because I don’t want to force the words out. I want to feel inspired to write. In this difficult season that I have been in, I am starting to realize that I don’t ever want to force anything.
I love writing for BBB, I love making content, I love to find new ways to be creative, but if it feels forced, then it isn’t really worth it. Keep dreaming, and if someone or a group of people don’t want to join your journey, look for the people that do. To start, you’ve already got a supporter, me.
I know that this was different, but I feel it’s important to share these moments as well. I think that by me sharing my difficult moments it will hopefully help one of you. All I want to do is inspire, help, share true moments with people and I know that some of my dreams might take time, but I want to put in the work to make it happen. I’m done waiting on someone to make time to guide me through something, I will take the initiative, and I wish the same for all of you.
Thank you and I’ll see you soon.
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About The Author
Gabby is a recent college graduate. She studied communications in digital media. When she isn’t busy with school, Gabby enjoys filming videos for her YouTube. She is very passionate about the performing arts, music, and acting. Gabby is also very passionate about advocacy and inclusion.
Image Descriptions
- In the header, ‘Dream Big’ is written in sand at the beach as gentle waves lap the shore line.
- A group of multi-ethnic students are dreaming about their future careers written on a chalkboard above each of their heads.
- The author’s photo is an evening outdoor glamour shot of Gabby standing with her hand on her hip in a black gown. Her long dark loosely curled tresses are flowing over her right shoulder and down her back.