DAY 6: Down the Rabbit Hole

Today my objective was to solidify my business plan. I hunkered down and worked for several hours writing down my target market, who I'm selling to, when I will make profit and reasons why anyone should buy from me. I completed the tasks at hand and soon discovered that I have quite a big dream that involves a lot of elements: employees, subsidiaries, franchises, and corporations. I was amazed at how my tiny dream of owning a portrait studio turned into a beautiful but complex dream.

Soon I was falling deep down into a rabbit hole, further and further. I looked up and yelled, "where am I?" I ate the magic cake and my dreams kept getting bigGER and BIGGER. There's nothing wrong with dreaming big but soon I found myself tumbling deep down into la-la land. My focus was scattered and soon my clothes were bursting at the seams. How was I ever going to get out of this self made rabbit hole?

“No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big.” – Anonymous

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

If you don’t have a dream, how can you have a dream come true?” – Jiminy Cricket

There is nothing wrong with dreaming big, I'm a firm believer! But when the time comes, which is usually sooner rather than later, you have to pull yourself out of the rabbit hole. 

I knew I couldn't cry my way out like Alice. I also knew that IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO GET OUT OF THE RABBIT HOLE! When you feel overwhelmed and like you're sabotaging yourself or failing miserably, just realize that it's NEVER TOO LATE, you can change everything NOW! 

Soon I recognized exactly what I was doing and how I got into the rabbit hole in the first place. Knowing yourself and recognizing your imperfections is one of the best methods of change. You must know your tendencies, habits, needs, positive and negative characteristics in order to harness yourself and accomplish your goals. 

This can be applied to any area of your life. For example, if you want to work out at the gym five days a week but when the time rolls around you always gorge yourself at dinner and say, "I'll go tomorrow;" you are holding yourself back from accomplishing your goal by two self evident tactics: 1) sabotage and 2) excuses. Once you recognize your own defense mechanisms, habits and tendencies you can choose to change them for the better. DONT FORGET TO FORGIVE YOURSELF & MOVE ON. 

I know that my creative and overly analytical mind can get away from me and in order to accomplish the short term goals I must harness that energy and re-focus. So I scribbled my big dream down and kept working toward my small tasks. 

As dreamers, we will all experience the magic cake and drink effect. When we eat the cake our dreams get real BIG and when we drink the magic potion our dreams get SMALLER. It is a balancing act that we all must face day in and day out. The only way to make our dreams come true is to dream big, set realistic goals and accomplish small steps everyday. 

“At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable.” 

– Christopher Reeve

“If I can dream, I can act. And if I can act, I can become.” – Poh Yu Khing

“All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.”

 – Brian Tracy