{"id":592,"date":"2011-06-03T14:08:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T18:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/?p=592"},"modified":"2011-06-06T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T19:12:18","slug":"when-our-dreams-are-stuck-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/2011\/06\/when-our-dreams-are-stuck-on-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"When Our Dreams Are Stuck on Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-596\" href=\"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/?attachment_id=596\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-596\" style=\"margin: 8px;\" title=\"Wire Fence\" src=\"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/WireFence-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Wire Fence over path to the ocean\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Lately, I&#8217;ve been thinking about some of my dreams and plans that I&#8217;ve had for a long time.\u00a0 I&#8217;d really like to experience them, yet the dreams stay in some foggy vision far in the horizon of my own life line.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s always a reason, of course (take your choice) &#8230; the timing is not right\u00a0 &#8230;\u00a0 I need to learn more &#8230; there is not enough time &#8230; I might mess up and make a public fool of myself &#8230; someone else&#8217;s needs are more important &#8230;\u00a0 there is not enough money &#8230; \u00a0 I could go on because the excuses are almost endless.<\/p>\n<p>Note that I changed the word <em>reason<\/em> to <em>excuses<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Fabienne Fredrickson wrote an article that I found very meaningful:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simplelifecorp.com\/decisiontosucceed.html\" target=\"_blank\">Make a Decision and &#8220;The Way&#8221; Will Show Up<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 She made several points that seemed to resonate with me.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest points for me personally was\u00a0 when she said that the people who succeed stop &#8220;over thinking.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 That is a real issue with me.\u00a0\u00a0 I tend to analyze, research, find 100 different possibilities, list all the problems that may occur, identify another 100 things that I need to learn, and then do nothing because I can&#8217;t decide what the &#8220;best&#8221; course of action is.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, that was one of her other points:\u00a0 Action. Successful people simply make a firm decision and then start taking steps to accomplish it.\u00a0 They have learned how to decide to do something and then do it. They\u00a0 stop &#8220;over thinking&#8221;,\u00a0 stop focusing only on the obstacles, and they just take action.<\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of power in making a firm decision to do something.<\/p>\n<p>Rich Schefren, a successful entrepreneur and life coach,\u00a0 adds another perspective:<br \/>\n<em>&#8216;You have to move   before you think you&#8217;re totally ready. You  will learn as you go. You must   realize that.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the only way to  really get the knowledge that you need. So   remember that. Move before  you&#8217;re ready.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Think of this:\u00a0 maybe it isn&#8217;t your dreams that are stuck on hold.\u00a0 Maybe it&#8217;s you stuck on holding them back.<\/p>\n<p>With peace,<\/p>\n<p>Patti<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-4166420025940107\"; \/* 160x90, created 10\/25\/09 blog flowers *\/ google_ad_slot = \"6170560648\"; google_ad_width = 160; google_ad_height = 90;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest points for me personally was  when she said that the people who succeed stop &#8220;over thinking.&#8221;   That is a real issue with me.   I tend to analyze, research, find 100 different possibilities, list all the problems that may occur, identify another 100 things that I need to learn, and then do nothing because I can&#8217;t decide what the &#8220;best&#8221; course of action is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[206],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":606,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions\/606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}