{"id":61,"date":"2013-01-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryriley\/chase-your-dreams\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T09:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:47:16","slug":"chase-your-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryriley\/chase-your-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase Your Dreams And Start Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Chase Your Dreams \u2013 Life Happens<\/h3>\n<p>We start out in life with pretty much the same career ladder.\u00a0 We are told that we will go to school and then\u00a0decide what we want to do in adulthood.\u00a0 We then are told that we will have to work hard until we retire to take care of and support\u00a0our families.\u00a0 Now, not everyone does\u00a0it the same way\u00a0but pretty much everyone has done just that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bad thing is that what people dream of doing are\u00a0not typically\u00a0what\u00a0people \u2018decide\u2019 to do after school.\u00a0 When the time comes and it\u2019s time to go to work, you take whatever position you can get. Instead of\u00a0choosing to <strong>chase your dreams<\/strong>, you somehow get caught up in a career path that wasn\u2019t necessarily what you imagined doing. Work becomes a rut, a daily grind.\u00a0 There are\u00a0good times\u00a0along the way but the 40 hour work week is not the magical, happy picture that you thought it was growing up.<\/p>\n<p>Why didn\u2019t you <em>chase your dreams<\/em>?\u00a0 Where did your dreams go?\u00a0 Some of them are realized by promotions, on vacations, with family, through hobbies, etc.\u00a0 For the most part though the big dream is snuffed out.\u00a0 You may even forget what you wanted to be when you grow up. You may not be living the lifestyle you planned for yourself\u00a0and your family. <\/p>\n<h2>You Should Chase Your Dreams<\/h2>\n<p>They say you only live once.\u00a0 They also say that the only reason a person is where they are is because they put themselves there.\u00a0 These are true statements.\u00a0 A bit hard to take at times but true.\u00a0 Another true statement:<\/p>\n<h2><span>You can\u2019t keep doing the same thing and expect different results!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>So if you want to live the lifestyle you desire you need to start to <span>chase your dreams<\/span>. It may mean that you may have to sacrifice things in the short term to get to where you want to be long term but it will be worth it.\u00a0 Don\u2019t put it off any longer, remember that tomorrow never comes.\u00a0 Get started today with your plan and set your goals to help you get there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chasing your dreams is totally worth the pursuit and the work it takes to achieve it!<\/p>\n<h2>Chase Your Dreams Quotes<\/h2>\n<p>I want to leave you with some quotes.\u00a0 Think about them and realize the power is in you.\u00a0 I believe in you, I believe you can do it, the time is now!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere are those who work all day. Those who dream all day. And those who spend an hour dreaming before setting to work to fulfill those dreams. Go into the third category because there\u2019s virtually no competition.\u201d \u2013 Steven J Ross<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of our dreams at first seems impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.\u201d \u2013 Christopher Reeve<\/p>\n<p>Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you\u2019ve imagined. \u2013 Henry David Thoreau<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So, chase your dreams.\u00a0 Dig down deep inside and believe it can happen, because it can!<\/p>\n<p>To your success!!<\/p>\n<p>Mary Riley<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Like My Fan Page<\/li>\n<li>Friend Me On Facebook<\/li>\n<li>Check out my Business Blog<\/li>\n<li>Check out my Fitness Blog<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chase Your Dreams \u2013 Life Happens We start out in life with pretty much the same career ladder.\u00a0 We are told that we will go to school and then\u00a0decide what we want to do in adulthood.\u00a0 We then are told that we will have to work hard until we retire to take care of and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":928,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,2,5,6,7,9,18],"tags":[195,33,196,11],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-me","category-banners-broker","category-beachbody-health-fitness","category-empower-network","category-holidays","category-motivation","category-network-marketing","category-random-stuff","tag-chase-your-dreams","tag-dreams","tag-follow-your-dreams","tag-mary-riley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryriley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryriley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryriley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryriley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/928"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryriley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryriley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryriley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryriley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryriley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryriley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}