One of the most difficult decisions to make in life is whether to pursue your dream or to pursue reality, amirite?

Solution: make your dream reality. Gah. Easier said than done, but it sounds nice.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

In an ideal world... I agree with you though

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It just sounded so positive. Haha. It's cool though when people do make their dreams reality.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Positive attitude is always the first step :) and yeah I know! I always have so much respect for people like that

by Anonymous 11 years ago

do both, don't sacrifice one for the other

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That's what I said.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Someone once told me you should dream big and chase your dreams That way, you will always have something to go for

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Wait this is POTD wat

by Anonymous 11 years ago

CONGRATULATIONS.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Thanks! :D

by Anonymous 11 years ago

You know when you play Smash Bros and you beat classic mode and the announcer guy says "CONGRATULATIONS" at the end? That's how I read your comment.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Exactly what I was going for.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Really?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yes.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well //somebody// is in need of a motivational speech. YouTube Ryan Porter. He dedicates his life telling people to ignore the downers who say "Be Realistic".

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well //somebody// is in need of a reality check. Your dreams aren't always practical, as sad as it is. What you should do is at least find something that will make you happy, even if it's not your first choice.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's not like I'm saying that dreaming of flying with unicorns and rainbows is possible. Dreams are as practical as you make them. That is, if it really is your dream.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Not necessarily if you take into account the shitty job market for most jobs and the insane cost of going to college (at least if you live in the US). If I decided to pursue my dream, I'd be at least 100k in debt, and make somewhere around 20k a year, and that's IF I actually found a job. I'm not saying that you should never go for your dreams, anything is possible, but to some extent you need to realize its worth in the end, or have some sort of back up plan. For me, as long as I'm content with my alternative, and with that I'm more secure, I'll be alright.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

No, if you decided to pursue your dream (and if you REALLY wanted it), you would do amazing in school and go to a college that offers grants--money that you don't have to pay back. Of course you'll still be stuck with some loans to take out, but you got parents to pay for part of that (I would assume). So you'd be stuck with around 15-20k to pay back rather than 100k. And this way, when you get out of that school, you're stuck with a job that pays around 3 times that as a starting salary.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Don't assume. Me and a shit ton of other people are not receiving any sort of financial help from our parents, besides a cosigning on student loans. They don't make nearly enough to help me AND my two siblings pay for college, yet they make too much for us to receive decent financial aid. As far as academics go, you have to realize not everyone thinks that far ahead. When you're finally finishing up your 3rd year and you have to start seriously thinking about college and what you want to make of your life, you realize you kinda fucked up. If I had the knowledge I do now, I would have actually put some effort into my first and second years. Sadly, not everyone is born wise. And even if you do excel in your academics, that doesn't always mean anything. My brother had an outstanding record/gpa/class rank, scored almost perfect in the math section of the SATs and over 600 in critical reading, and still didn't get a single dime from the school he's currently attending. One school offered to pay for half, and that still put him at 30k a year. It's frankly just not that simple.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If your brother didn't get a single dime from the school he's attending (assuming he's attending a GOOD school that offers need based financial aid), then either the financial aid form slipped out of his hand on the way to the post office and got soaked in a river the day before financial aid applications were due, or your parents make enough money to pay but just don't want to (and they actually consider the number of siblings you have attending college when they consider giving you financial aid). As for your comment on being born wise, I would put fault on your parents/teachers for not stressing the importance of education. However, the fault I would put on them covers about 15-20% of the total fault. The rest rests on you. At least you recognize that. Oh, and as for excelling in academics, you're right--that's only part of it. The other part is using the knowledge to analyze the world around you and, using that analysis, draw a path to success. I say draw because, quite frankly, there is no set path. And success is just as easy to attain as you believe it to be. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Law of Attraction.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

You're over-estimating how often and how much money colleges give out. You speak as if you know directly from the source. And I find that comment about my parents rather insulting. Again, you do not know my exact situation, or the bills that my parents pay. When you have a family to support and a mortgage, along with numerous other bills, maybe I'll consider that theory. Until then you should stop speaking out of your ass. You also can't blame any teacher or parent for lack of motivation in a child. You know why crazy success stories of people who accomplished their dreams are so amazing? They're rare in comparison to the stories of the rest of society. I'm not saying it's impossible, nor do I think someone //shouldn't// chase their dreams, I just think it's not simply black and white like that, and for me personally, it's not in my best interest to pursue my dream. But I have nothing more to say. Basically all I got from this is that you're really good at assuming things.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well, it is the internet. Not to be an ass, but if you are going to get offended by a remark that wasn't even intended to be offensive, tread the web carefully, my friend. On the other hand, you're right. I do not know your exact situation, but if you don't want people to make conjectures regarding your situation, don't put up a number for the amount of debt that you PERSONALLY would accumulate as a result of going to college. You know why those crazy success stories happen? Because those people learned to be motivated. Like you mentioned before, people aren't born wise, and people aren't born motivated--both of those things come from experience. That means each interaction you have ever had with each person in your life was an experience, albeit particularly significant or not. Thus, I CAN blame your teachers and parents. The only reason I couldn't blame teachers is because they themselves have not been taught to care for the youth. So, by extension, I blame the people who taught THEM (and society in general) for your own lack of determination and motivation.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

On the other hand, if they did care, and yes some teachers do care for their students and their future(thank god for those teachers), they would make sure to expose you to the kind of conversation and experiences that would make you realize how important your future is. The important lesson here is that everything builds on experience. That's how personality and character come about. That's where the motivation comes from. And that's where those crazy success stories come from--they simply had the right experiences.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I do chase my dream, but I also am putting a back-up plan in place in case something goes wrong. That way I can chase a dream without the fear of reality crushing my hopes.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I'm chasing my dream too, but I'm trying to do it in the most realistic way possible. Everyone keeps telling me I need a backup plan, but I think that's a time when "yolo" can be used practically

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Eh, there is a reason it's called a dream. It's something that isn't really likely of just happening. Back-up plans are always nice because if you fail at first, the back-up plan can hold you up while you try again at it. But when you have nothing, the chances of bouncing back may not even exist. :(

by Anonymous 11 years ago

What is this dream you're chasing?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's like two comments below this

by Anonymous 11 years ago

So you either want to be a writer or the nylon cat.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Nyan cat //obviously//

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Oh I know. I shouldn't have even asked. Isn't that everyone's dream, really?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I know it may be personal but what IS your dream?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's not personal. Actually, I think it's in my profile. I want to be a writer. I know that that's a really difficult field to be successful in, especially because of all the competition and the fact that most publishers won't even read a manuscript. But I've been writing since I was seven or eight, and it's my real passion in life. I want to major in Writing or English Lit and then go on to work at a trade publishing company and work my way up to the top

that's the realistic angle of it. But as a career, I'd much rather be a photojournalist. But I figure that since I want to make this work, I have to be committed

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Good luck! goo

I think it would be amazing to be a writer, but I just don't have the talent for it. Keep trying, and hey you just might make it!

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I have the same dream. But realistically I'm a computer programmer. Imagine having your own fan base, how awesome would that not be.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Haha, I know! I just want to get my work out there for someone to appreciate and love in the same way that I've appreciated and loved other books

by Anonymous 11 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc2WaMNzlSU

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well I suppose I should have seen this coming...

by Anonymous 11 years ago

This is deep.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Thanks bro.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Thats what YOUR MOM SAID LMAOLMAOLMAOROFL!!!1!1!!!

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Life as a 13 year old girl must not be that exciting.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Somehow I'm able to pursue my dream and reality at once. It's pretty great.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

http://ctrlv.in/120091

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The awkward moment when the only representation of your dream (and your reality) is this far-detached and only vaguely relevant image.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well I'm in the process of trying to do both, and my life right now is roughly 1/2 school work and 1/2 running. Realized at the beginning of my junior year that I was only going to get into a good college if I got my shit together grade-wise, but am still holding out hope that I can get my times good enough to walk onto a D1 team next year. 17:17 on the 5k and the season is still young!

by Anonymous 11 years ago

D1? with a 17 min 5k? in your dreams unless you're a chick, then that's amazing

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Second meet of the season on a very hilly course. Ill be sure to let you know when I improve.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

16:39.48 Saturday on a flat course, I will prove you wrong yet!

by Anonymous 11 years ago

alright, i could maybe see that

by Anonymous 11 years ago

This is what I go through when trying to choose my college major.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That's exactly what inspired this post, actually!

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I feel for you. I'm deciding between engineering and journalism right now. Best of luck to you! I hope you'll be happy wherever you end up.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

This is POTD? Are we really that bad?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Lol weastcost

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Any dream can become a reality if you work hard enough for it. A dream is just a goal you're not willing to invest in.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I'm not going to care if I'm successful by society's standars. Whether I end up living in a small fishing village or studying law makes no difference to me. As long as I'm happy, healthy, and worked hard and did my best, I see no reason not to be proud of myself.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

//YYA//. I'm an undeclared Creative Writing major and a pre-med student. Sometimes I don't know which is the dream and which is the reality (writer or surgeon) because both seem intangible at times.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

My dreams are realistic

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Why does everyone have a dream? Is there no one who legitimately has no clue what they want from life? Fuck.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Bla Bla.

by Anonymous 11 years ago