Growing up it was always ingrained in us – my sister and I – to get a job and earn money, go to university and live on our own eventually. This is a story that a lot of us have especially when your parents are immigrants.

It was definitely a motivation for us to work through high school and through university but after awhile I just wasn’t feeling the working for an hourly rate thing.

When you don’t follow your passions you start to feel depressed and you get anxiety because it is like you are trying to become something that is not who you truly are.

The things we dream about is what we should be doing.

What we think about in every moment is what we should be working towards doing in our lives. No matter what.

The creators understand that passion is the fuel that drives them and for most it’s not about the dollar, that helps for sure, but most of all they are wanting to follow a dream that makes them happy. Sometimes, this means giving up on the dreams of what others have for us to follow this. It means giving up on certain family belief systems. And that means sometimes going against your parents and other people who have your best interest at heart.

I know it’s hard and challenging day by day to keep going but at the end of it all when you accomplished that goal of being a musician, artist or writer and any other dream you can think of…it will all be worth it. Finally, your family will see it wasn’t all for naught, but you following your dream and your passions has led to something greater. Maybe they will even be proud of you and follow your example. That’s all we can really hope for.

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Family who love and support you will eventually see what you’re trying to do with your life. They will see who you are trying to become and they won’t speak to you about giving up on your dreams.”

Christine Dorner

So many of us are just trying to get through the day. Surviving on what the governments give us or even the little amount our jobs pay us.

However, none of these options are really benefiting and filling us up with any joy or excitement about our lives. It is all about just getting through it until the time we get to take our two week vacation.

Living in Australia we have that luxury, but that is not always the case in other countries. No matter where we live in the world there is always something that is trying to stop us from taking any action and following our dreams.

I used to have so much energy to follow my passion but lately my energy has been going up and down a lot. Sometimes I feel like I can pursue my passion for days, while other times I have to really push myself to do anything. I don’t think that is normal. What we are passionate about shouldn’t be this hard to do.

I have been noticing a lot lately about there being so many people making the change from doing the normal 9-5 job to quitting and following their true passions. It’s something that really takes a lot of guts to do and we just have to give these people PROPS because they are taking that scary step.

What’s the next step to actually following your dreams? That’s different for everyone. But what we all want is that chance to live the lives we have always been dreaming about. We all want that ability to breathe easily and do what we want. Sometimes success is just FREEDOM to choose.

We all start thinking that what we love to do can some how help us to live an even better life than we have been. Maybe for a short time we create a small business and sell our art hoping that it will supplement our income so that we can start doing and living the way we want. That’s a fine starting point but then we still, and can, dream a little bigger each time.

There has always been this dream to live independently of everyone. The government and my family. That’s why I decided to create one piece of art a day. The only problem I am having right now is that I don’t have the energy to create one piece of art a day.

I’m starting to think…”can I do this?”, “is anyone going to buy my art?”, “is my art even that good?”. It does seem that I have imposter syndrome still. I’m not even sure it is something that you can actually get over. But I’ve been procrastinating. I think about how much work it will take to change my life and I stand still. An immovable object now stagnant.

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My progress today…I thought about playing my violin (I practiced yesterday, but not today). I made plans about playing my guitar and learning 1 song (I looked at my guitar multiple times today). I was going to draw one picture (I drew the outline of one dragon and didn’t finish it.) I think that progress is…better. But it’s not good.

I am grateful for all the people who are reading my story posts and who will maybe read this one. I hope that my experiences help someone who may be feeling the same way as I am.

Thank you for reading 😊🙏✨