Are your dreams realistic?

I’ve been told to “dream big”. I think dreaming big is a way of making sure you don’t set your expectations too low. If I set my goal at an eight, out of a one-to-ten scale, I might reach a five and be content. If I set my goal at an eleven in that same scale, I might reach an eight. I doubt that I would reach the goal every time I set it at my top of the mark boundary.

Although lowering my standards would help me achieve the goal, it’s not going to put me in any kind of growth process. I need a little momentum to keep me growing and pushing past my former barriers. I love the elation of achieving goals, but I also enjoy knowing there is always a chance that I’ll push through to the next level when I try again.

How do you dream big?

Here’s a little teaser of my novel about Charissa who sets her goals too low and then almost misses out on the one thing she’s always wanted.

Her dream is to be a happy mother of children, but having been sidetracked by bad boyfriends, Charissa may end up an old maid with no kids. Sure, she could adopt and become a single mom. But having been abandoned by her father at a young age, single parenting isn’t on her bucket list. Should she give up on her dream of having her own kids and a husband who loves her? Are her goals too lofty?  

Hiding away in an old abandoned mansion, Rudy has escaped the paparazzi and all the girls who have chased him and his inheritance for years. When he meets Charissa, he discovers a chemistry with her and a connection that he wants to build on. How will he help her get to know him if she avoids going on a date with him?

Read more about Rudy and Charissa in The Mansion’s One Flaw, the second book in The Fulton Ridge Estates Series.