Are you confusing dreams with goals?
Every so often you should ask yourself:
Am I confusing my dreams with my goals?
To answer this important question lets consider some simplified definitions:
A dream is an imagined vision you have of yourself at some point in the future. "I dream of owning a house" or "I dream of graduating University" or "I dream of walking on the Great Wall of China one day."
But to reach those broad dreams, you need to take actions - each individual goal is a single step, that can be measured, taking your closer to your dream.
So when you reflect on your goals you'll want to make sure they are:
- actionable, not vague
- achievable in a reasonable time frame
- measurable - how close are you to finishing one goal?
Once you have a better sense of this distinction you can continue dreaming, but ensure you have specific goals to make those dreams come true.
Asked by: an unknown sage
All questions with these tags: Honesty - Assumptions - Priorities
Discuss this question on: 
(Image from Ludlow Well face :: seemsArtless )
Other important questions to consider
What is the world's greatest lie?
Paulo Coelho asks in his novel The Alchemist: What is the world's greatest lie? The character of Melchizedek, the King of Salem, asks this question of the main character Santiago early in the book. Melchizedek answers his own...
How does your technology control you?
Father John Culkin observed: We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us. This quote is often mis-attributed to Marshall McLuhan, a friend of John Culken, but you can see why - it is an idea McLuhan...
When they kick at your front door, how you gonna come?
The 1979 song *The Guns of Brixton by The Clash* asks an age old question - how much agency are you going to fight for? When they kick at your front door ... How you gonna come? With your hands on your head ... Or on the trigger...
