A little over forty-eight hours from now, I’ll be on a plane to lớn Europe where I plan lớn spend three months traveling (and working) with my boyfriend.

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Saturday is the first day of a dream I’ve held for well over a decade.

It was my second year in college when I did my semester abroad, staying in a castle my school owns in The Netherlands.

I was one of less than seventy students there, part of an intimate group that traveled together on three weekend trips khổng lồ Paris, Amsterdam, and Koln.

Aside from those group excursions, we all had three-day weekends and two full weeks off khổng lồ travel.

I visited Italy và Spain during my weeks off, but spent most weekends on site, largely due lớn financial constraints. Still, a weekend doing nothing at a castle in Europe is, in itself, an adventure.

After returning home, I spent the next year working 40+ hour weeks as a hostess at an upscale Boston restaurant (while also studying full-time) khổng lồ pay off my charged travel expenses.

My schedule was tight và my job, not all that exciting, but the experience felt worth every uncomfortable moment in that itchy polyester blazer.

I had started seeing the world. I had gotten a chance lớn experience dorm life—something I didn’t know much about, being a commuter—and I did it in a castle with a moat, a tower, và historical significance.

It wasn’t the most emotionally stable time in my life, so I brought a healthy dose of drama overseas, but now, fourteen years later, what I remember most are the excitement of possibility và the pride I felt in working lớn provide that for myself.

And it’s those same two things that most energize me now. I’ve dreamed of this. I’ve planned for it. I’ve worked for it. & now it’s happening.

If you have a dream, something that excites you, inspires you, and maybe even keeps you up at night, I have some advice for you:

So often we think of dreams as things most people don’t get khổng lồ do—luxuries reserved for people who are privileged, wealthy, or well connected.

It’s true that some people have more advantages than others. What takes one person five years of planning and saving may require another to vày little more than sell a stock & make a call.

It’s also true that the second person may have worked incredibly hard for said stock. The point is: We’re all starting from different places, for different reasons, with different levels of work required lớn get from A to B.

If your dream is something you’re physically incapable of doing, it may be improbable (but not impossible—we’ve come a long way with technology!) and there’s no denying that certain dreams are more difficult to achieve than others.

But most of the things we dream about are things we could vì if we were willing khổng lồ work toward it, align our choices to support it, và stay flexible in terms of fulfilling it.

You don’t need lớn believe it will be easy, or it will happen quickly, or it will look exactly like you visualized it. You just need lớn believe in the possibility, which really means you need to lớn believe in yourself.

Working toward it entails aligning with the right people, disregarding discouragement from people who don’t support your growth, & taking tiny steps each day to move toward your vision.

“The right people” are those who help you, tư vấn you, encourage you, believe in you, & guide you on your way to this dream. It may include people who’ve done what you want to lớn do, people who also want to bởi it, & even people who just plain find it cool.

Share your enthusiasm & progress with them. They’ll keep you excited and help you stick khổng lồ your plan.

As for those people who don’t support your growth, there will be many of them, and they most likely won’t be malicious. They’ll be well-meaning people who aren’t able to vị step one for themselves, and, therefore, think they’re doing you a favor by discouraging you. Politely decline that favor.

Their words may seem khổng lồ keep you down, but it’s how you internalize them that holds you back.

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And as for taking consistent steps, they really can be tiny. It may not seem like much to make a call, bookmark a site, or send an email, but the little things add up over time—and because they’re easily doable, each one may inspire you to bởi vì more.

Much of our experience stems from our choices. Not all of it; there are some things that we can’t control.

This isn’t a suggestion that if we make all the “right” choices, everything will line up and magically work out. It’s just that we have more nguồn than we often realize—and our power lies in our choices.

Whatever your dream, the first choice is lớn prioritize it. As you’re able, dedicate time to it, money khổng lồ it, attention lớn it, love to it. Give what you can, as you can, and back that giving with belief, passion, & enthusiasm.

The other side of this coin is realizing which choices don’t support your dream—when you’re doing too much or pursuing other dreams that conflict, for example.

For me, that’s meant pushing off some other equally exciting milestones with my boyfriend, lượt thích buying a house.

It’s tempting to be rigid about a dream—when it needs to lớn happen, how it needs to happen, & who it needs khổng lồ include. But sometimes when we’re too busy clinging to lớn a specific vision, we miss an opportunity lớn experience it in different shades.

This isn’t meant to lớn discourage you from reaching for the stars. It’s just a reminder that there are a lot more of them than you may realize, some far closer than others.

Being a singer may include a jazz club, not a fan-packed stadium. Writing a book may entail self-publishing, not a six-figure advance. And traveling may include teaching abroad or a string of budget bed-and-breakfasts—I know because this time around, I’ve booked several!

They may not be the ultimate dream, but they are, in fact, reflections of it.

And in that moment when you’re doing something inspired, passionate, & in line with your deepest intentions, you’ll feel two things that you may not have realized weren’t exclusive to lớn one specific vision:

You’ll feel alive. & proud.

And now, two final thoughts on making dreams come true: know that no dream is better than any other, and stay xuất hiện to the possibility that your dream may change.

Regarding the first part, your dream may not seem big or romantic. It doesn’t need to be. It’s an extension of your chất lượng values and priorities, & all that matters is that it matters khổng lồ you.

As for the second part, sometimes we attach khổng lồ dreams simply because we’ve held them for so long. It’s the sunk-cost principle: After you’ve invested a lot of time, energy, or money, it’s hard khổng lồ consider walking away.

But if your priorities have changed, you may no longer want it. Accepting this isn’t a sign of weakness or defeat. It’s growth, & the wisdom to enable it.

Of course, there’s also the possibility that your dream may have changed in a smaller way.

This weekend when I leave for Rome, my parents, my siblings, & my boyfriend’s parents will also be en route for a short family trip.

My dream wasn’t just khổng lồ go back. It was lớn go with the people I love. And after much conceptualizing, convincing, và coordinating, it’s now coming true.

What’s your dream, vày you believe you can fulfill it, & what tiny step can you take today to lớn start (or continue) working toward it?

*Update: That’s a picture of me at the Colosseum. I would have shared a picture of me with my family, but they’re all very private people!

Want lớn know if dreams really vì come to lớn pass? If achieving your dreams is possible?

You’ve got dreams & aspirations for your future, but maybe you also have doubts.

You wonder if it’s even possible to lớn reach your goals và live your dream life. And you want khổng lồ know what it takes khổng lồ see your dreams become your reality.

I know that at times it feels impossible lượt thích your goals are just too big and “unrealistic.” But the truth is that’s just the voice of fear. Don’t listen to lớn it.

4. “Dreams are the touchstones of our character.” ― Henry David Thoreau

“They say dreams are the windows of the soul–take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts & bolts.” – Henry Bromel

6. “Dreams are necessary to lớn life.” – Anais Nin

First Dream it, Then Make it Come True Quotes

How do you make your dreams come true? What the difference between a dream & reality? The following inspirational quotes about making dreams come true reveals to us that first, we must dream, in order for it to lớn come true. The dream precedes reality. So, stop asking whether you should follow your dreams or be realistic, và instead dream then make it a reality.

“Without a dream you’ll not get anywhere.” – Kofi Annan

8. “The center of every man’s existence is a dream.” – G.K. Chesterton

9. “You’ve got lớn have a dream… if you don’t have any big dreams, nothing happens.” – Ian Rush