In the Business of Chasing Dreams

A number of years ago, I subscribed to a weekly email list that was all about being smart with money. I got weekly emails for a few months, and then I stopped getting anything for at least three years. Until November when I started getting daily emails from this blogger again.I thought it was a bit odd that they started up again but the content was extremely encouraging, so I decided not to unsubscribe. While the main focus of these emails is to offer advice on money, the emails were often about how to pursue your dreams (and turn them into something profitable).Around the same time that these emails started, a friend of mine who works in marketing told me about a book she thought I should read—a book all about how to market yourself and your product or small business. The more of the book I read, the more ideas I had about how to build this dream and the more I realized that I was never really going to be able to pursue this dream while I was working a full-time job.After a lot of prayer and seeking advice from people I respect, I made the decision to quit my full-time job. It was a good job, with good pay, good benefits, and good people at a really good company. Every ounce of logic in me was screaming that it was not a good idea, but God was whispering for me to take a step of faith. So I did.Honestly, it has not gone the way I thought it would. There have been many moments where I question if it was the right thing to do. Moments where I doubt myself and my ability to hear God.Recently, I was at an event with my mom where we saw a lot of women my mom knew when she was in college or when I was a little kid. Every time we talked to someone we hadn’t seen in a long time, they would ask what I’m doing now; and every time, I would freeze up a little. While some people have been really encouraging, some people look down on the type of writing I want to do, my lack of a full-time job, or the fact that I’m living with my parents at 27 years old. So part of me doesn’t want to tell people about what I’m doing.Then I remember that I’m pursuing the dream I know God planted in me a long time ago. It’s taken me many years to find the courage to walk away from the normal or the logical and go for the God-sized dream, but I’m doing it.The next time someone asks me what I’m up to these days, I think I’ll just say I’m in the business of chasing dreams. 

~ You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. ~~ C.S. Lewis ~