What is Your Dream?
What is your dream as a writer?
What do you want to accomplish?
Do you want to be a popular novelist? A recognized journalist? A favored columnist? A preferred pundit?
If you’re under 22, unmarried and have no kids, those things probably sound interesting. Hell, they’re even achievable.
If you’re a thirty-something parent like me, you probably don’t want those things. You want to drive a car that isn’t going to break down and leave you stranded. You want to buy your wife some jewelry on your anniversary and maybe get a camper to take to Disney World once every few years. You want a good life, with maybe a few bucks in a retirement account.
Ideally, I’ll eventually do it with writing things I want to write, as opposed to doing client work. But if I never do, I’m OK with that, too. That’s Bob’s Dream, phase 2.
Heck, you may not want to make a dime with your writing. You might just want to be heard, to tell your tale, and to have someone listen.
I hope you can achieve your dream with your writing. I know it’s possible: I’m doing it right now.
The first step in making your dream a reality is, often, just identifying it. Saying it out loud, or putting it into writing gives it a life of its own that you can then begin to nurture and grow. Yep, it takes a lot to make that dream a reality, but if you don’t identify it to begin with you’ll never make it.
So, I ask you again: What is your dream?
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I am pretty much living my dream. Wrote a book that people seem to like. Am almost to 25K visits to my blog in less than a year. If only half of them would buy the book, I’d be even happier!
I like having people listen to what I have to say. I like being seen
as an expert in my field. More money wouldn’t hurt my feelings, though!
Above all else, I would just like to write novels. That’s it. Hopefully, some day, I’ll get to do that. For now, I am happy with what I’m doing. Working on non-fiction topics and writing random articles and such is definitely the best job I’ve ever had.
My dream with my writing is to take what I’ve learned in 20 years in the mortgage business and help even more people make wise decisions with their mortgage and real estate investments. Oh, and I’d like to enjoy what I do and provide a good living for my family at the same time.
That’s not too much to ask, is it?
Tom
My dream was to be a novelist and I have yet to write a book…Another dream that I have is to start my own school, this will happen sood. So far I’m batting .500. I need to work on the novelist thing.
I want to write a book about my wife and children. And I’m doing it, right now - so I guess I’m living my dream.
I know that the story has potential to go very far, that it could be a bestseller and could support me financially. I know this because it is a much better story than some of the schlock out there (hey, you have to be confident, right?)
So I guess my dream extends to being able to support myself with my writing, first with this book and then with other writing.
But you know what? If it doesn’t happen, that’s okay too. I’m having too much fun to worry about that, and at the end of it all I can give my family something truly special.
Thanks for sharing your dream today, Bob.
My dream is to be a full-time novelist. I’ve gotten sidetracked with other projects and interests over the last two years, but I’m refocusing on that original dream once more.
My dream is a successful blog.
This means not only providing information that is useful to people and hopefully improves their health (my niche) it also means earning my living from it.
I would like lots of wealth because I have lots of good ideas about what to do with it. An acupuncture and health college that is actually educational - not just stuffing people’s head with memory exercises, founding a co-housing community, founding a foundation to address the housing crisis in Australia (my country) - by renting for cost of maintenance plus a margin to expand the stock. And this is just a beginning.
At the moment I am quite poor, but I know lots of useful things to do with money. And the only way I’m likely to make some real money with my sort of skills and interests is probably from blogging. (At the moment for nine months work my income from Adsense is $25). So, I realise it won’t happen overnight but I do hope it happens. This is my dream.
I have a dream to finish editing and publish the novel Harry and I wrote together. I will do it. Not this month, though, but slowly and surely, I will achieve that.
I have a dream - a fun one - of overtaking Copyblogger and making Men with Pens THE place to go. Two years too late, I missed the Internet boat. I’ll settle for being close enough to Brian to shake him up a little
I have a dream of making sure I can afford university for my kids. Of putting summer tires on my car. Of changing car, come to think of it. Of finalizing the purchase of the house I rent. Of living a better life. Not having to worry if I want to buy a small freezer or replace my sofa. Not a rich life, not great wealth (though I won’t turn my nose up at that), but just a secure life.
That’s all.
And I have a dream that me and my family will always be happy and be able to continue to pursue their dreams.
I often get the “Pretty Woman” closing quote — “What’s YOUR dream?” — stuck in my head. It is one of my all-time favorite movie moments. ^_^
MY dream is to share my experiences in a simple but appealing manner via blog posts that are equally inspirational & enjoyable. Picture those nifty gift books only interactive.. One day I’ll turn it into a series of ‘counter books’.
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“If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember this whole thing was started by a mouse.” ~ Walt Disney
My dream is to earn a comfortable living as a freelance writer, to explore new ideas and perspectives, to practise my craft each day, and to create something good that fosters (even in a small way) more reflection and understanding in our world.
My dream is to be able to home school my girls while doing earning at least enough to contribute to their education funds doing something I find not only enjoyable but meaningful. I’d also love to publish the novels and other projects I’ve been working on. I have things to say, and if those things happen to entertain people while making them think, so much the better.
If I can write something meaningful that profoundly effects just one person, that’s all I need. My dream is to add value and change one person’s thinking. I want my writing to make them feel like someone understands them, and they are not alone.
I love the picture!
For me, I find being in the middle of crazy multi-year project called ‘University’ has a way of sucking up most of my energy and vision, and if I’m not careful, it’s easy to lose sight of why I even started the program. About a month ago, I wrote about my goals, mostly as a reminder to me to keep them in focus, but I guess dreams are different…I guess I have some thinking and dreaming ahead of me!
Thanks for the invitation to dream!
I’m living the dream — a full-time job as a freelance writer working with wonderful people. I’d love to cut my hours so I can take vacations, be able to play catch with my kids after school until of after dinner, and volunteer for more hours.
ah, such an important yet seldom asked question. I want to write. I want to work on projects that are intellectually stimulating. I want to be able to to step away from my work feeling accomplished. I want to be able to invest myself in a variety of different passions and obsessions and then move on to the next shiny object once that article is written. I want my work to support and enrich my life. And I want to work wearing my fuzzy bunny slippers.
I read a recent post in which the author, a freelance writer, said every freelance writer’s dream is to make a six-figure income. I laughed, because I had never once considered it. My dream, with writing, is to make enough money to buy groceries for my family each month. I would like to make enough just to get by without feeling the pinch.
Oh, and developing a popular online magazine (on which I’m working) wouldn’t be half bad either!
My dream is to dream bigger each day and remain open to the possibilities and opportunities that exist for me. I wake up everyday thankful that for that day I am living the dream doing what I love to do but I never stop working toward becoming a better me. My dream is to give away a million dollars a year, not put life on hold until retirement but have mini-retirements throughout my life, travel the world, become an authority in my field, write deeply moving stories that help people to connect, resolve their own issues and motivate them to grab hold of their dreams and be able to eat cupcakes without gaining a single pound.
I love reading through all the dreams here. This post made me realize that I’ve started the foundation for one of my dreams– I’ve always wanted to be a paid writer and I’m doing that, now I want to kick it up a notch and get published in a major magazine and write a book. Of course, that six-figure income would make life quite comfortable, but right now, my goal is to buy my waverunner sometime this summer.
Anyone want to hire me in the next couple of days?
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