GO FOR IT, SERIOUSLY.

​THE TERM DREAMER IS USED TODAY MOSTLY AS A NEGATIVE TERM AIMED AT THOSE WHO OTHERS DEEM AS HAVING UNREALISTIC OR UNACHIEVABLE GOALS... FORGET. THAT. NOISE.

THE TRUTH IS A DREAMER IS A PERSON WHO HAS AN AWESOME GOAL THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE AND ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SHARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

NOW THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF DREAMERS.
THERE ARE THE "ALL TALK" DREAMERS, WHICH AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED, SIMPLY TALK ABOUT THEIR GOALS WITHOUT ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING TO REACH THEM. THESE PEOPLE (SADLY THE MAJORITY OF DREAMERS) KNOW WHAT THEY WANT, BUT DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS OR DRIVE NECESSARY TO GET WHAT THEY WANT.

THEN THERE ARE THE "GET IT DONE" DREAMERS. WHETHER THEIR GOAL BE BIG OR SMALL, THESE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY WANT AND WORK ACTIVELY TO GET IT. THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW TIPS FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ON HOW TO GET STARTED TOWARD MAKING YOUR DREAM INTO YOUR REALITY.

• BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH YOURSELF.

YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DREAM IS REALLY WHAT YOU WANT. I DREW THE TATTOO ON MY WRIST WITH A PEN FOR FIVE YEARS BEFORE I GOT IT. WHEN I WENT IN TO GET IT DONE, I KNEW I WOULD LOVE IT AND THAT FIVE YEARS LATER, I WOULD STILL LOVE IT. AND I DO. NOW YOUR DREAM MAY NOT BE AS PERMANENT AS A TATTOO BUT I PROMISE YOU THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES. CONSIDER BOTH THE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE ASPECTS OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU REALLY ACHIEVED THIS GOAL. IF AFTER YOU HONESTLY WEIGH OUT YOUR PROS AND CONS, YOU STILL DESIRE YOUR DREAM DEEPLY. THEN IT'S TIME FOR STEP TWO.

• DO YOUR damn RESEARCH.

IT'S TIME TO HOP ONLINE AND RESEARCH AS MUCH INFORMATION YOU CAN ON YOUR SPECIFIC GOAL. MORE LIKELY THAN NOT, SOMEONE HAS ACHIEVED THIS GOAL YOU DREAM OF. EDUCATE YOURSELF ON HOW THEY DID SO. WHAT OBSTACLES DID THEY FACE? HOW MUCH CAPITAL DID THEY NEED TO RAISE? WAS IT RAISED THROUGH GRANTS OR PRIVATE FUNDING? WHAT DEGREE DID THEY GET? WHAT CONNECTIONS DID THEY HAVE? YOU GET THE POINT. IF YOU CAN'T OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION ONLINE, SEND THE PERSON YOU'RE RESEARCHING ABOUT A CONCISE COLD EMAIL. THEY MAY NOT RESPOND TO YOU BUT HEY, CLOSED MOUTHS DON'T GET FED!! FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT STEPS THESE PEOPLE TOOK SO YOU CAN START ORGANIZING YOUR OWN PATH TO SUCCESS.
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• PLAN FOR IT.

ITS TIME TO START ORGANIZING THE PATH YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE TO GET WHAT YOU WANT. OVERNIGHT SUCCESSES ARE RARELY OVERNIGHT. CLICHE, I KNOW, BUT IT'S TRUE. YOU NEED TO LITERALLY SIT DOWN AND WRITE OUT THE STEPS YOU RESEARCHED AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM. I DECIDED I WANTED TO PURSUE ACTING AT THE AGE OF 25. AFTER A LIFETIME OF DREAMING AND ABOUT A MONTH OF RESEARCH, I MADE A PLAN WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
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1. GET HEADSHOTS.
2. TAKE (RESEARCHED AND REVIEWED) ACTING CLASSES.
3. GET A (RESEARCHED AND REVIEWED) AGENT AND MANAGER. 
​4. SIMULTANEOUSLY SUBMIT MYSELF TO CASTING SITES AND NEVER MISS AN AUDITION.

BEAR IN MIND, MY PLAN HAD MORE DETAILS AND SUB-POINTS THAN WHAT IS WRTTEN ABOVE. 
ALONG WITH A PLAN ON ACTUAL PAPER, I MADE SUB GOALS, VISION BOARDS, AND DAILY "TO DO LISTS" TO KEEP MY FOCUS CRYSTAL CLEAR ON WHAT I WANTED. AT THIS POINT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START NOTICING YOUR INITIATIVE AND WITH THAT COMES..

• OTHER PEOPLE'S OPINIONS, REJECTION, AND FEAR.

IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU, COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY AREN'T AS FORTUNATE AND THEIR DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS ARE MET WITH DISMISSIVE AND PESSIMISTIC COMMENTS. YOU NEED TO FIND A WAY TO RISE ABOVE THIS AND YOUR POSITIVE ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, NO ONE ELSE WILL. TURN ANY NEGATIVE COMMENT THROWN YOUR WAY INTO CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. SOME WILL BE HARDER TO SWALLOW AND SOME WILL BE COMPLETE BS BUT STAY FOCUSED AND DETERMINED. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM REJECTION OR BEING TOLD YOU'RE WRONG. WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE, TIME WILL GO ON AND I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT TO WASTE MY TIME ON THINGS THAT ARE COUNTER PRODUCTIVE. WHEN YOU'RE TRULY PREPARED AND BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, IT OVERCOMES YOUR FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN and haters comments. IN TIMES WHEn YOU FIND YOURSELF UNABLE TO SHAKE THE BAD ENERGY, GO FOR A RUN OR DO YOGA. EXERCISE AND MEDITATION ARE TO YOUR BRAIN WHAT OIL AND FUEL IS TO A CAR, AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED AS MUCH FUEL AS POSSIBLE FOR THE LAST STEP.

• GO FOR IT, SERIOUSLY.

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IT'S NOW OR NEVER. YOU'VE DREAMT ABOUT IT, RESEARCHED, PLANNED AND PREPARED FOR THIS GOAL AND THE TIME IS NOW TO PUT THINGS INto MOTION. IT WON'T BE EASY AND TO BE REALISTIC (SOMETHING US DREAMERS HAVE A HARD TIME DOING) MAYBE YOU WONT GET IT BUT MAYBE YOU WILL!! YOU'LL NEVER KNOW IF YOU DON'T TRY. SO GO FOR IT, SERIOUSLY.