Wouldn’t It Be Great If…? How Your Life CAN Be Different

We’re halfway into 2013 and I cannot believe how different this year has been!  It really has taken me by surprise how quickly you can change your life if you put your mind to it.

When I sold the letting agency at the end of last year I said: “I will start a new adventure”

Frankly in reality, I thought maybe I would have a sabbatical to get over the stress before I careened into something new.

But that didn’t happen.

I used my self-diagnosed “post-traumatic-business-stress” to focus and get on – like never before.

And it has really woken me up to what can be achieved when you Focus, Dream and Try.

That’s what I want to share.  Because my story is not unique – but I believe it shows the power of focussing, dreaming and getting on.

And that’s the only thing which makes my year different.

This year I dreamed.  I dreamed a lot.  I imagined a whole load of things, which in reality if I sat down and had a “sensible” head on my shoulders, would never have happened.

Seriously, how could I actually write a whole book AND get a book publishing deal.  Seriously, how could I actually get my own column with the Evening Standard.  Seriously, how could I be nominated and win awards for my little blog.

I am not a trained writer.

But I dreamed of being a writer.

And I dreamed of being a writer who would get paid for writing.

Which is pretty damn difficult.

But, hey this is my dream…

And, you know what?

Dreams can come true: when you cast “sense” aside and you say: “What if?”

“Wouldn’t it be great if…”

And so that is how I have approached this year.  And that is how it has ended up being such a different year.

Don’t get me wrong, shit still happens – life does get in the way sometimes and it can be a struggle now I manage all my own properties – but when you take a different mindset – life and the world you inhabit really do become a different place: because you have made it a different place.

And maybe things won’t happen overnight.  It may look like all my writing success has come overnight – but let’s not forget I have been writing this blog for three years now – so it’s not quite *overnight*.  And it was never planned out like this.

But, what I have done differently this year is I have focussed on my dreams.  I have said “Wouldn’t it be great if…” and I have put myself out there and I have tried.

And so, all I want to say to you is please DREAM – don’t ever let anybody piss on your dreams.  Don’t “Get Real”, don’t think “Yeah, But…”

Anything is possible when you Focus, Dream and Try; but you HAVE to Try.

If you want the rest of this year to be different for you, then choose YOU.