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Do you ever have HUGE dreams of what you are going to do with your life? Times when you imagine yourself accomplishing all kinds of amazing things? And then you wake up and realize that the dreams are never going to happen, or at least that’s how you feel.

That was me this morning. Last night I had all these thoughts going on in my head about basketball and my writing and my life. I couldn’t sleep. And when I woke up, reality hit as I thought about what I would need to do to achieve these dreams.

I wish I could say that I sat down and meditated for ten minutes and found my focus, because that would have been a great thing to do, but I felt pretty good about the fact that I didn’t just crawl back into bed, because that is what I wanted to do. You know that feeling of being overwhelmed, when there seems like there is too much to do so you’d rather do nothing? That’s how I felt.

Instead I dove in and started working. I pulled out my computer and sat my butt down. This in itself wasn’t easy because I have a love/hate relationship with my computer. I know that it can do all sorts of great things, but I remember a day when there were no emails, a day when I actually felt like I was accomplishing things during the day. (Sending fifty emails does not feel like an accomplishment to me.) But it is part of life these days, so, there I sat, plugging away at my To Do List so that later, I could get to the good stuff. I was whacking away at the BORING little things so that I can get to the fun.

Baby Steps.

I was so busy this morning that I forgot about breakfast until my stomach started to complain, and then when I stopped for a late breakfast, or should I say lunch, I allowed myself ten minutes to read with my meal and took a moment to write this blog. You still have to make time for the little things when you are taking the often boring steps toward your dreams.

Take some baby steps today toward the best vision of your future and Dream On!

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