Topic Tuesday - Shooting for your dreams, why it's important

Hello Guys and Gals!
Welcome to another Topic Tuesday, today I'm going to talk about dreams (yeah I'm gonna be that cliche girl right now haha)

 but I'm gonna talk about dreams today and not the weird ones you have after you fall asleep (ever been chased by zombies only to have your friend's pigtails start to propel rapidly enough to fly away to safety? .....pshh...me either ;P ) but those dreams you've had since a young age. Whether it's to be a musician, an artist, a director, or a magazine editor. The crazy ones we had at a young age before reality set in and we became adults. What ever happened to those passions we had? It feels like whenever we want to shoot for something entirely out of the blue, there are more people than we can count on our hands who will put our ideas down or tell us we're crazy.

Among the many things I love, I've always loved to travel. Whenever my mom told me she was headed somewhere, whether that was the laundry matt/grocery store/ect I would always want to come along just for the car ride. For family vacations I'd always bring my video camera to narrate the whole experience. It's just something about seeing different scenery, experiencing new places, and different people that has always gotten me excited.

So I decided I would save up to travel to Europe on a group tour, I researched and researched for a year straight to figure out how I was going to travel and I landed on a group tour that seemed to fit everything I was looking for. Although, I had people at work telling me not to go and that it was dangerous, that it was a crazy idea to travel by myself. While Italy is 15% safer to walk alone at night than the US and 2 times more police officers. Not to mention violent crime is 7 times worse in the US. Of course no matter where you are there will be crime and you always need to keep an eye out, but it doesn't mean you should stay in your house and only dream to visit these places. Sometimes I think people are more afraid of the unknown than anything else.
So what I'm try to say is that there will be people who will bring you down, who will say something is impossible until you MAKE it possible! This goes for any idea you may have, whether that's to travel, or a business plan you may have, or anything that's outside the box.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
- Mahatma Gandhi  

One guy I always love talking about is Shay Carl of the Shaytards (I know crazy name haha) but basically this guy filmed videos of his kids and posted them to Youtube.

 They began to get popular and Shay decided to collaborate with other Youtubers to make a media company called Maker Studio in California.  In the span of 5 years he quit his job as a granite installer and began to do Youtube full time. His family wasn't doing well financially, but he gave it a faithful try because he loved doing Youtube. But here's the best part, this normal, humble, hilarious family received 5 million when Disney (that's right, Disney) bought Maker Studios. Now the family lives in Utah and after years of struggling they have finally made it to the point where it's no longer an issue, and they can spend the many years ahead enjoying their kids and their family.

(if you're interested in learning more about this family, you can go HERE)

Although this is an incredible story, you may be thinking, "This is a one in a million shot, this would never happen to me" to be financially sound AND live out your dreams can be a struggle, but it's not impossible. It's just a choice of never giving up, and years of hard work. 

Sometimes people will choose to take that lower wage in order to do what they love every single day. It's all about being happy, and if you're going to be doing your job every single day of the week, it better be what you love and it better be something that makes you happy right? and if you are able to make a generous income from it then thats a plus too!

So my main message today is: don't be afraid to do the impossible! go for your dreams no matter how crazy they may seem, who knows you may be surprised what perseverance can do:)

Question of the day: what have you done today to reach a goal you have for the future?

Bonus! This is a great inspirational video! check it out if your interested:)