Dreams

Was reading this on Perisacooper.

I guess everyone has to go through the process of “What job should I apply for?” after graduation. Me including. But I didn’t have much to think about because getting a degree seems like the obvious choice for me.

What an idealistic world we live in, don’t you think? With your friends and whatever advertisements everywhere telling you to do what you want, to follow your passion. But can we really just survive on aiming to fulfill our dreams before we leave this world? Can we forget the harshness of reality, especially now with raising cost of living, inflation, war and poverty and urgent environmental issues. Isn’t our paycheck even more so important?

Don’t misunderstand me for a pessimistic cynic. Just getting a reality check here. Even now as a part-timer, I have to concern myself with my finances (i.e. how to appropriately use my pay and allowance on food, transportation, educational purposes etc etc) What makes me think that when I work, the financial burden won’t be worse?

My dreams and aspirations have been changing throughout the course of my life. From being a performer, to a marine biologist, to a vet, to a world traveller, these just show my interest at that particular point of my life. I’ve never stopped dreaming. It’s more of doubting myself and the need to sustain my life, that made me rethink what I really want in life.

Maybe that’s why my dream now is just to try and be happy in life. Of course, there are sidelines like that dream house, that dream job and that dream closet. But in the end, I just want to be happy, while not compromising on my ethics or beliefs that is.

It’s fine if I don’t manage to be a boss of some company, maybe working with nice colleagues will do. I don’t need to own a Bentley, nor 100 pairs of Christian Louboutins, nor a closet full of branded clothes and bags. Just what I have now will do. I know I’ll covet some stuff, but if it’s unattainable then I’ll just do with a picture on my comp.

In the end, dreams are really just this intangible thing we have to make us happy no? Making dreams come true isn’t the main point anymore but it’s more of learning along the way and having an aim so that life seems more purposeful? Giving you hope and pushing you to do your best because you don’t want to have any regrets, isn’t that what dreams are really for?

So go ahead, dream big, dream impossible. Cos in the end, it’s having a dream that is vital to living, not when, how or whether the dream is accomplished or not.