Tag Archives: dreams
When You Know Your Purpose, Everything Changes
“When we turn pro, everything becomes simple. Our aim centers on the ordering of our days in such a way that we overcome the fears that have paralyzed us in the past.” – Steven Pressfield, Turning Pro I’ve been reading Turning Pro, the new book by Steven Pressfield, and sequel to The War of Art […]
The Self-Sabotaging Word “Aspiring”
What do you dream of doing? Writing? Filmmaking? Painting? Theatre? Well stop dreaming, and just do it. That’s the message of Jeff Goin’s You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One). If you haven’t head of Jeff Goins, I recommend checking out his blog. He’s got a lot of cool stuff on there and a free […]
What Does It Mean to Follow Your Passions? [Part 1: Passion Vs Desire]
We talk a lot about doing what you love, and following your passions. What do these things mean? One could answer, “I love making a lot of money,” or “I love having sex.”Does this mean that one can be following their passions by seeking after money and sex? While these answers seem ridiculous, I have […]
The Fury of Resistance
Last week I was feeling pretty high. I had just finished the first draft of the manuscript of my first non-fiction book: a memoir of how I smashed through all sorts of barriers in my life in the last few months, including losing 40 pounds, finally starting to follow my dreams that I had given […]
Become Your Dream Self
What is your ‘Dream Self?’ It’s a concept I came up with while writing a screenplay (which was about a novelist—go figure). However, I found that it applies BIG TIME to real life. (Don’t you love my advanced writer’s vocab? I thought so.) DREAM SELF Quite simply, your dream self is you long to […]
The Continued Adventures of Boba Fett and the Importance of Never Giving Up On Your Dreams
When I was maybe 14 or 15, my brother and I began to write a novel about the continued adventures of the bounty hunter Boba Fett. I had grown up loving Star Wars (in fact, I was born less than a month after the first Star Wars movie came out.) I can’t remember who had […]
