Joseph

My dreams are keeping me up at night and choking me in my sleep...

I’m stuck in limbo. A constant loop characterized by hope and uncertainty. We are supposed to dream but what should I do because my dreams keep me up at night.

The pressure I feel is intense. On one hand I know that I am living someone’s wildest dream, but I am fully conscious of the fact that I am miles away from my own.

It’s quite simple really, I know what I want to be and the number of connections and money I need to achieve that is a lot. Ambition is priceless and sometimes, dreams are really worth more than money. I know mine are.

It’s easy to be triggered nowadays. I pass by a rich neighbourhood and my view of “making it” changes. I spend weeks thinking about the mansions and the fast cars. These dreams keep me up at night, I know I want that life and it bothers me so much I can’t sleep.

“My dreams are keeping me up at night and choking me in my sleep. I know I have to make it but no idea how to …”

On another day, I drive by the slums and get triggered too, reminded of the poverty that I dread and how I want to be better off and make a name for myself. The images haunt me.

Being a charity case is something I never want to be associated with. I tell myself that me and mines will never be a part of that demographic. These nightmarish visions choke me in my sleep.

Like the biblical Joseph, I know my dreams are going to take me places and bring healing to my people. Yours can too. It’s high time we should start looking at ourselves as the deliverers of growth and opportunity. The beacon of light, the connection to secure that job/opportunity that you never had but always hoped to get from your relatives.

I’ve already told you that my dreams are keeping up at night. Incurable insomnia. I can’t really close my eyes as I am cognizant of the fact that those are hours being wasted away but at the same time how do I start turning those ideas into action?

Besides my willingness to put pen to paper, quick wit, decent memory and receptiveness – I really don’t have no special skills. I’m not a gifted athlete nor do I have a skillset that can be easily monetized. All I have is a dream. I wonder if this is what Martin Luther King went through, mmm…

Just like Joseph I’m a dreamer but aren’t we all? I’m pretty sure it is not anything unique, everyone wants the soft life and lavish lifestyle. How do I get it though? Time to crack the code. There’s only a few who make it and their hunger for more never ends.

Ambition, drive and passion are all learned behaviour. It’s time to get into that zone and be humble. Accept that the pathway that we grew up being set on may not be effective in this day & age, then proceed to take up the seemingly unorthodox but highly effective approaches.

1) Try to be ahead of the curve, learn from the best.

I suggest picking up a mentor and learn from those who have had moderate or greater experience and success in the fields you want to leave a legacy in. There’s the allure of being self-made and being a pioneering figure but they never tell us of how history only cares about winners.

2) Pick up a skill.

Besides writing I don’t have any noticeable skill that I can boast of and that fills me with great shame. I have my aspirations but without any quantifiable expertise they are just hopes and wishes. Skills are the foundations upon which your legacy is built.

3) Keep your cards close to your chest.

Joseph got sold as a slave by his own kin because he kept yapping about his visions to them. Sometimes our lights shine so bright to a point where it draws disdain and envy from your peers. Not everyone understands your vision, it’s best to keep somethings to yourself and let the results do the talking.

Discovery trumps disclosure.

It’s high time the fog clears.

The onus is on us to start figuring it out and start planning on getting there.

Simply put, get rich or die trying. Hope you have a lovely day, until next time!