Ignite The Fire To Go After Your Dreams

Maybe life doesn’t feel like it’s going your way right now.  Or, maybe you’re just content, going through your daily motions.  Either way, it’s not exactly what you want.  You have visions for a bigger, greater, dream life.  All you know is that it doesn’t fit with where you currently are.  How you get there is up to you.  You can keep doing what you’ve always done, hoping things will eventually turn around or you can take back some control by getting yourself into action.  This is how you ignite the fire to go after your dreams.

Plot Twist

You may be thinking that you have been taking action towards your dreams but you don’t have much to show for it.  Perhaps you’re burnt out, tired, and just ready to give up on your goals.  But, that’s not you.  You’re an achiever who has high hopes with more on your heart and mind.  Deep down you know what’s possible for you but you’ve been letting your fears, worries, and doubts overpower you.  But, not anymore.  This is when you decide to pivot.  In the story of your life, you can devise your own plot twist.  You get to choose how you move forward.

Do Something Different

You might be wondering how this time will be different.  After all, what you’ve done before hasn’t exactly worked so why should it work now?  You just need one chance, one shot, one opportunity as Eminen raps.  The truth is, you’re not going to do things the same way anymore.  It is going to be different.  That all starts with a good, hard look at what you’ve been doing and how you’ve been showing up for your goals.

Consistent Action

Maybe you haven’t been taking consistent action towards your goals.  It’s more like a few action steps every now and then.  Perhaps you do take action and then take ten steps back out of fear.  Or, you’re ready to leap but you let fear win yet again and you don’t take action at all.  Be honest with yourself about what actions you’re currently taking towards your goals, if any.  How you show up and what you do today is going to determine your future.

Step Outside Your Comfort Zone

If you want your future to look different, then that’s going to require some things that are new and outside your comfort zone that you’ve never done before.  Do not be afraid.  This isn’t anything life threatening or physically harming.  It’s just getting out of your own way and taking the necessary actions that fear hasn’t allowed you to do before.  You’ve been stuck in your comfort zone for far too long.  You’re trying the same things again and again hoping for a different result.  That is the definition of insanity.

Catalyst For Change

If you’re tired of the same thing, over and over again, you have to be the catalyst for change.  No one else is going to do it for you.  The universe may try and send you a sign to redirect you.  But, it’s ultimately up to you to make the decision on how you move forward from here.  You are the action maker.  It is said that if you want something different, you have to do something different.  Now is the time.  Not later, now.

Ignite The Fire

You have the power within you to do so.  You can go after your goals in dreams in life.  That little spark that you feel inside you to go after what you want in life is there for a reason.  That’s the spark that ignites the start of the fire within you.  You may not have noticed it first but something ignited that passion with you.  Maybe it was a reading a quote, having a chance conversation with someone, working on a hobby, or hearing confirmation that you’re good at something, etc.  It’s ignited a desire for more for you and your life.  It starts out burning slowly until it consumes you.  As the fire builds, the flames increase, and what’s around you starts to smolder.  You’re burning down what’s not longer working for you.  You’re removing what isn’t working.  You’re clearing the way for a new future for yourself.

Pep Talk

If you think you’re not sure if you can do this then give yourself a pep talk.  Tell yourself that you can in fact do this!  Find past evidence that you have done difficult, scary things before.  Boost up your courage to follow what’s in your heart.  You do not have to be stuck where you are right now.  You can choose something different.  That starts right here, right now.  You can change your path.  It’s okay.  Do not be sad or heartbroken over living a life that feels mediocre.  Maybe you think this is good enough or that this is all there is for you or that this will never work.  But, that’s not true.  Remember that inner flame building inside you?  It’s not going away just because you try to push it down or ignore it.  It’s fire and that’s hard to extinguish.  You can’t simply just give up on the goals and dreams that have been placed on your heart.

No more settling.  Now is the time for action!  Take that first step.  Be brave, be strong, and don’t back down!  You have everything within you to achieve your goals and live your dream life.  Action speaks the loudest.  Show your life that you’re ready for change by taking action towards the life you want.  It is said that what got you here won’t get you there.  Step outside your comfort zone to go after your goals and dreams in life.  Ignite the fire to go after your dreams and watch what you can achieve!

Take Action Challenge

Ignite Your Fire 

Step 1: Find Your Spark

Think about the dream or goal that you keep coming back to, even when you've tried to push it aside.

Ask yourself, what do you really want more of in your life?

Then, think about what first sparked that desire.

Was it a conversation, a book, an experience, a hobby, an idea, or simply a feeling that you were meant for something more?

Write about your spark and why this dream matters to you.

Step 2: Get Honest About What's Not Working

Take a hard look at how you've been showing up for this dream.

Ask yourself:

• Are you taking consistent action?
• Where are you procrastinating?
• Where are you letting fear stop you?
• What have you been doing over and over that isn't working?
• Where have you been taking action and then backing away?

Don't use this as an opportunity to criticize yourself.  Use it as information.

Step 3: Create Your Plot Twist

If you want a different future, something has to change.

Write down, if you could create a plot twist in your own story right now, you would _______.

• What would you stop doing?
• What would you start doing?
• What would you do differently this time?

Choose one change that could shift the direction you're heading.

Step 4: Step Outside Your Comfort Zone

Now choose one action you've been avoiding because it feels uncomfortable or scary.

Maybe it's sending an email, having a conversation, signing up, sharing your work, applying for something, making a decision, or finally getting started.

Don't wait until you're confident.

Take action while you're still nervous.

That's how you start building evidence that you can do difficult things.

Step 5: Keep The Fire Burning

For the next week, take at least one action toward your dream everyday.

At the end of each day, write down:

• What did you do?
• How did you feel before you did it?
• How did you feel afterward?
• What did you learn?
• What's your next step?

Watch what happens when you stop waiting for your life to change and start becoming the catalyst for change.