Fuel for thought

[figmo]

I read this in surrdave's LJ this morning:

When you don't have the fuel for your inner drive, you can't pursue dreams, and when you don't pursue them, you lose them.

This hit a chord with me.

I've never understood how so many of my college friends gave up their dreams. We all had them years ago, but nearly all of them gave theirs up.

I, OTOH, have been doing what I can to live mine. Lately, though, due to economics I'm spending more energy trying to survive and less on the pursuit of happiness. This, in turn, has really been dragging me down.

This was the first year where I didn't make any real resolutions because things were that bad. I don't know how to get out of this rut (suggestions welcome), but I've got to.

Comments

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

the big thing that hits a lot of people is kids... kids are a big drain on your time and money. Once they're born they become the #1 priority and unless you can tie your dream(s) somehow to the welfare of your kids (e.g. one of my dreams is to finish college...would mean better job, more money, better life for my (as yet unborn) kids) then the dream gets deferred until they're grown and out of the house, a process that takes ever longer these days. If you're lucky the kids are standing on their own two feet while you're still in good health and you can finally do that 'round the world trip, or write that novel, or whatever.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Kids aren't in the picture right now for various reasons, the biggest of which I'll go into in another post.