I’d be lying if I said I was looking forward to going back to work tomorrow.

I’m not.

But, I’m not sitting around dreading it either.

This was never the job of my dreams. Although it hasn’t all been bad.

Dreams aren’t for ‘ordinary’ people

I’ve never really seen a dream job as something that could be obtained by ‘ordinary’ people. As a kid, I flirted with ideas of things I might want to do, but I was programmed to find something that paid the bills. I didn’t think work was something that could be enjoyed.

Even when it came to deciding whether to go to university or not, I didn’t know what course I wanted to do because I had no idea what I might want to do in the future.

By the time I left university, I had a dream, but I had no idea how to go about chasing it. So I didn’t.

It’s taken 35 years for me to start figuring out what I’d really like to do.

Although looking back, there were times when I toyed with the idea, I just didn’t know how to get there.

I guess part of me has always thought that a dream job, was just that. A dream. Not achievable for those of us who are just ‘ordinary’ people.

But why should it stay a dream? Why not chase after it?

Epiphany

Whilst I was walking along one of The Algarve’s many beaches last week, it struck me that I finally know what I would like to do.

It may not happen overnight.

But what I do know, is that it feels right to chase after it. To throw (almost) everything into trying to achieve it.

It’s not going to be easy, as I still need to earn a wage while I’m chasing my dream. There will be some multi-tasking, hard work and lots of juggling involved. But I need to make sure I dedicate some time to focusing on my plan for the future.

However hard it might be to chase my dreams, everything seems to be pointing me in this direction. And the difference this time is that I really do feel ready to work hard for it. I want to do something that gives my life more meaning. To wake up each morning looking forward to going to work. To look forward to going back to work after a week off.

So you may be asking yourself why I’m not dreading work tomorrow? And the answer? I have a plan. Which is ironic. Because I’m rubbish at planning anything outside of my occasional social life. I am slowly but surely, creating a plan, and starting to work towards achieving my dream.

And that makes going back to work tomorrow, all the more bearable.

Are you chasing your dreams? Let me know in the comments below.