I have dreams all the time when I sleep, but when I am awake, I have dreams too. I dream of having a farm with lots of animals, being a best-selling author, and having my own restaurant that serves good food at affordable prices.
All these dreams can come true if just given the time and attitude to make them happen. It takes the will power and right attitude to go forward with them and a lot of patience. Things just don’t happen overnight. It takes time and motivation.
I have been writing books now for two years and I already have five published. I am not trying to get rich, but they are selling at a slow pace, which is okay with me for right now because I am working on my next book that should be ready for publishing in a few weeks after a few rounds of editing.
One day one of my books might make the best-seller list and that will be one dream that comes true because I am sitting here diligently writing more and waiting patiently for it to happen, but I will not stop writing because none have made the list yet. I keep moving forward with the next one.
As far as the farm goes, that is a work in progress already as well. We bought some property and have been working on clearing the land and making it ready for gardens and livestock. It is taking some time because we have raw land that used to be part of a forest on a mountain and we get up every day and work on clearing the brush and cutting trees that we don’t want to keep.
I made up a five-year plan which will have everything in place and then after the five-year mark we will be self-sustaining and income producing. It will take five years to get everything going and then we will have a fully functioning farm and that dream will come true.
As far as the restaurant is concerned, I have begun the process of working on a business plan and I am doing the research of starting a restaurant and looking into the SBA which is the small business association for a loan to start it up. They usually work with women and the disabled to get their own business started.
I have lots of research to do and I need a lot of patience, but eventually it will pay off and I will have another dream come true. It all takes time and the motivation to go through the steps. Daydreams are not the same as nighttime dreams because daydreaming means you have ideas and focus for your life and you just need the motivation and know-how to go through the steps.
It might take me a few years to get my dreams in action and fulfilled, but if you want them bad enough you will take the necessary steps to get it done. Most people I come across want to own their own home and they save up the money over the course of years to make the down payment.
If you want something bad enough, you will walk through the steps of getting there and when you make your dream happen and it becomes a reality, you can step back and say, “I did this.” All dreams are possible if you want them bad enough or they are your heart’s desire to have.
It is not being greedy when you want something so bad and you must fight for it because with the right motivation you can achieve anything. I wish I had someone tell me this years ago because I am now in my late forties and working hard can sometimes be painful, but it will be worth the wait and work.
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Brandi Payne
I'm a forty-eight-year-old woman who became a published author back in 2016. I write fiction and nonfiction in many different genre. I love to write and tell stories to the world and hope that everyone enjoys them.
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