are you ready to pay the price for your dreams.
I fear I may have romanticized chasing your dreams a little too much.
Nothing is more fulfilling than taking action toward your passion; normally, that fulfillment blinds you to the less fun parts of your pursuit.
Entrepreneurs laugh when talking about maxing out credit cards and sleeping on friend’s couches.
Athletes gloss over almost getting life-altering injuries playing a sport they love. Doctors smile despite the sleepless nights of studying for an exam.
It’s to brush off all the dirt once you reach the finish line.
But what about people still running?
I spent yesterday door dashing so I could have some kind of money in my pocket. None of my passions are monetizable at the moment, and I was trying so hard to avoid having to find another job.
But, as I was stepping out of my car to deliver yet another order of greasy fast food I somehow left my keys in the car and locked myself out.
In that split second, my mind went into autopilot and malfunctioned. And as soon as the door closed I realized my mistake.
So, I’m sitting there, waiting for my dad to pick me up and I think “I can’t do this either.”
“This” being door-dashing.
Although it gives me more “freedom” compared to a regular job, I realize now that the gig economy is one I want to be a part of.
I’ve done everything in my power to avoid getting a regular job since the beginning of this year.
I thought that avoiding a regular job would expedite my success but I was naive.
As creatives, we’re told to go all in and sacrifice for our craft.
But we have such a limited view of what sacrifice is.
Sacrifice is months passing with little progress
Sacrifice is the loneliness of having no one close to you who understands your vision.
Sacrifice is realizing the only way you can grasp the freedom your passion will give to you in the future is by giving away some of your freedom today.
It won’t always make sense. It can even feel counterproductive at times. But as creatives that’s the path we must choose.
So, I looking for jobs now. Full-time ones…
Yeah, I’m not looking forward to it.
But at the end of the day, I know that making this sacrifice will provide me with more resources to fuel my endeavors. And when I say resources, I’m really only talking about one.
Money…if it wasn’t obvious lol.
So I’m writing this to all those headstrong creatives out there.
What you think is a sacrifice now may not be the real one. The real one is the one you’re currently avoiding.
And it may feel like a step back, but I promise you, the bigger the sacrifice, the better the reward will be.
We’ll get through this.
Till next time xx
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