Several months ago I was writing in my journal and the title of this post came to me. I scribbled it in the margin and promised to revisit it at a later date.
So here I am.
If there is one thing I have been told by a great variety of people it's that I am ambitious to the nth degree. When I set my mind to something (which is usually the struggle) I accomplish it. It may not always work to perfection but seldom is it left unfinished.
But here I sit at the age of 31. I have quit my job - which took me ten years of hard work to achieve a position of authority. I am chasing after my dream life (which I sometimes doubt is really my dream) of writing and filming as a lifestyle.
Maybe I'm not good enough to make it as a writer. Maybe my vision with film is nothing special. It occurs to me that if I wake up and I'm 50 years old, broke and tired and still "chasing after my dreams" that ambition will have been my curse. And so will my dreams. So maybe the title of this post should be "Ambition and dreams are the curse of the talentless."
Ambition and dreams can propel people to success. But can they also hold people down?
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I think so, they can hold people down if you focus too much in your dreams and don't keep your eyes open enough to see the new possibilities in paralel. I'm just like you when you say about to accomplish things that were set in mind :) I'm quite happy about that, even when doesn't work perfect :)
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