Are You Taking Your Dreams as Seriously as You Should?

Or are you sabotaging yourself and your future?

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I have two goals I’m focusing on right now. The first is to earn $5,000 a month on Medium. The second is to reach a thousand subscribers on my blog.

I’m only taking one dream seriously, and I’m sabotaging my future with the other. So, I can talk about what it’s like on both ends of the spectrum.

How to take your dream seriously

I work hard so I can ensure my success on Medium. I wake up at seven every day, and by seven-thirty, I’m sitting in front of my laptop ready to write.

I write and upload every day because that’s what prosperous writers on here say you should do.

And let me tell you — that shit is hard, but it’s worth the effort. Sometimes I don’t feel like writing, it’s frustrating, or I want to quit. If I want to reach those goals, though, I have to write daily.

This is my dream, and I need to put in the work for it.

I even do work I avoid doing for my blog.

I got back on Facebook to join a few Medium groups, which I’ve tried to do before but never stuck with. I promote my work instead of waiting for people…