6 Questions to Consider When Pursuing Your Dreams

Have you ever heard the saying “if your dreams don’t scare you, then they’re not big enough.” OMG, that statement just rang so true for me in typing these words on the screen. I just realized I do have a dream that’s so big it scares me. I don’t even think I knew it was really a dream until it came to me in this very moment. But, I digress…

Because this isn’t about me. It’s about you – and your dreams. What is your dream, by the way? Are you ready to pursue it? Well, let’s give it a jumpstart! Use these thought prompts to get you closer to achieving your dreams.

1. What's your highest priority in this lifetime?

What is most important for you to experience, explore or embrace this time around? Until you can answer this question, your life goals will be off purpose. Unaligned with your inner passion, your intentions will lack the power to attract the people and situations necessary to become a reality.

Get clued into your true joy. What activities did you enjoy as a child? What are your hobbies now? When your goals are aligned with your soul, synchronicity kicks in to guide you to your target.

2. Is this your dream, or someone else's?

Are your goals your own choice, or what others think you should strive for? Do you want to look back in your old age and wish you had followed your passion? Will you regret having "played it safe?"

Is it selfish to go after your own dream? What joy can you give to others if you haven't given it to yourself first?

Make sure the dreams you have for yourself are based on what you want for yourself and not what you’ve internalized from other people.

3. Are you settling for less than?

Are you resigned to accepting less than your full share of love, health and success this lifetime? Have you compromised and sacrificed your dream?

Anything short of living your true passions will never make you happy.

4. What will you feel like when you reach your dream?

Personal passion fuels a vision. Dive into the thrill and exhilaration of the feeling of living your dream.

The Hawaiian Kahuna say, "Where your creative attention flows, so flows your life."

5. What steps can you take today toward your dream?

Don't defer your dream. Set up supports and systems around you to instantly translate your intentions into action. Jump on every opportunity that is in line with your purpose and vision.

Are there smaller projects that lead to your larger dream? If the dream is to run a marathon, train for a local fun-run first. And find a way to measure your progress. Track those little wins-by writing in a journal or telling a friend.

6. Are you telling yourself: "I can't have my dream?"

Most people don't believe they can live their dream. Either their belief system has them believing they can't make a living doing what they love, or they feel they don't deserve their dream. To avoid the pain of feeling they can't have their dream, people often keep their dream so buried they can't remember they ever had a dream.

Everyone has a dream! And everyone is destined to fulfill that purpose. What are you waiting for? Is 2023 your year or what?!?