“How can I make enough money to support myself, doing just what I love to do?” This is a question often asked by people who are beginning to confront the realities of living their dream. Sit down and visualize yourself living your dream to the hilt.

Ask yourself: What is my predominant need for self-expression? How do I most love to express myself? What part do other people play in the picture? How do others benefit from my living my dream? What are the benefits they would be happy to pay me for?

Then ask: Where have I stopped short of what it takes? What more would I have to do, to be completely successful? Where am I, on a time-line of living my dream from beginning to end? What have I accomplished so far, and what remains that I'm going to have to do?

Finally, ask: Do I want to get out of this slump? What's stopping me? Write a dialogue between two characters: the person who loves (or at least, has some attachments to) the slump you're in, and the person who is chomping at the bit to get going. What is the first person avoiding? What makes the second person give in to that argument? Let the two characters each debate their positions until a mediator enters, promising them a million dollars if they can arrive at some resolution of their differences that satisfies the needs of both.


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