dream. dream. dream. reality!

I dream big.

In my dreams I am accomplishing a million things that other people won't do in their lifetimes. I am the best in my craft. I am admired and respected by my peers. I am happy and successful. I am an award winner. I am constantly working, but not to the point where I am unhappy with my career. I have time for work and play. I get the opportunity to share my wisdom with others and help jump start the careers of people. Others look up to me and wish they could be doing what I am doing. I will be remembered for years because of my accomplishments.

If dreams could somehow be transferred to reality we would live in a remarkable world. Superheroes would roam the streets. The villains would be even more bad ass than in movies. We could fly, teleport, use magic, understand multiple languages, go back in time, go to the future, visit space, we can have any career imaginable, animals would talk, we could be athletes, we would live in any time period, we would always get the boy/girl at the end, and we wouldn't need to work because our life would be too entertaining to pause. We could be be power rangers, ninja turtles, mutants, unicorns, royalty, smurfs, fairies, leprechauns, giants, ogres, vampires, vampire slayers, centaurs, gods, transformers or just about anything that we could imagine.

Although we can't make certain aspects of our dreams come true yet (i.e teleportation. wouldn't it be amazing if it were true though?), we can still work hard to make other dreams a reality. Unfortunately many people give up on their dreams to pursue the safe route that society tells us we should focus on like power, money, and specific careers. The safe route is comforting because even if you are not doing well you have the peace of mind that you are following in the "right steps." I have decided to leave the safe path behind and take the hiking trail to pursue my dreams.

To accomplish 10% of my goals/dreams I know that I need to work hard and not wait for things to happen. I know others around me have made big sacrifices to get their career going. I am taking things slowly compared to others, but for now I am happy with that. I don't feel the need to move out to LA or New York just yet and I don't feel the need to actively pursue an agent. Sure that sounds crazy because after all exposure and networking is what you need to succeed in this business but my aspirations are too much for an agent or a different city to handle right now. I am a main troupe member of a fabulous improv-comedy theatre. There my creativity is constantly working, I am training hard for my craft (we work out and train hard to become better actors), I am having a great time, I get to teach members of the troupe what I have learned in acting, I get to help as a leader, and I am performing often. I honestly believe that we can "make it big" soon.

All of the troupe members' dreams are combining to form one big dream bubble and pretty soon it is going to take over the comedy world.

I'm sure we all believe this. I think that is great about us artists. We are faced with a tough reality that most of us won't succeed how we imagine we will because of the grueling demand for the job, but we all have faith and we continue dreaming big that we can be the ones.

Never let those dreams go down the toilet bowl into the land of "I can't pursue because ..." Your dreams make our reality much more enjoyable and bearable.

That is why I am excited for this new path in my life because I get to dream everyday, my reality will be much more exciting because I am doing what I love, and I get to actively pursue my goals with some fabulous people. Oh and in the near future our dreams of comedic domination for Roar Theatre will come true. Just you wait and see.