Dreaming about the Golden Ticket

posted 1st December 2008    Written by: Molly Mahar    CATEGORY: All Posts, Inspiration, Molly, What I've Learned

I’m a dreamer.  I love imagining my big, bright, wonderful future. And I absolutely believe there is value in having those visions as a source of inspiration & motivation.  That said, being a dreamer can also be a hindrance to actually living that big, bright, wonderful life.  At least in my case…

The trouble with my dreaming is that I’d always held the idea that one day, I was going to just stumble upon that bright future. I ‘d trip over it one sunny morning and “Kabam!”– dreams come true!

I was letting my life hinge on some big event that I had no control over, pining away for the elusive Golden Ticket from Willy Wonka.  I desperately wanted to hear,

“Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this golden ticket…Tremendous things are in store for you! Many wonderful surprises await you! For now, I do invite you to come to my factory and be my guest for one whole day — you and all others who are lucky enough to find my Golden Tickets… [and] I am preparing other surprises that are even more marvelous and more fantastic for you… mystic and marvelous surprises that will entrance, delight, intrigue, astonish, and perplex you beyond measure. In your wildest dreams you could not imagine that such things could happen to you! Just wait and see!” –Roald Dahl in the 1964 novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

I’m not bashing those of you who have had success with manifesting and all the secrets of The Secret, those of you who did trip over your destiny.  I just think those instances are few and far between and most likely, highly exaggerated…

I’ve come to realize that if I want that big, bright thrilling life- I was going to have to put forth some effort.  I was going to have to create the life I was imagining.

I spent hours and hours putting to paper what I imagined my best life to look like while the Big Man & I were traveling for 10 months.  I was lucky to have such an extended time period to reflect on my values & desires, in settings so foreign to my own home.  Did I really need to covet designer clothes?  Or follow the trials of Hollywood “celebrities”? Or be miserable in a job that looked good on paper?  Or “tone down” my highly emotional personality?

Another plus of  “world travel soul searching” was that many of the places we experienced highlighted the gratitude I felt about living in a country where we are have so many choices.  I really felt like it was possible to create the life I was imagining with lots of hard work, faith & perhaps just a little luck.

So, here I am.  In the last 9 months since we’ve been home, I’ve had several distractions and moments of sheer terror, but I’m working daily to live my dream life instead of dreaming about the Golden Ticket.

The biggest and brightest star of this new found action?  Stratejoy of course!  I’m in love with building a business that will inspire women to create their own best lives.  I’m thriving by figuring out ways to teach, help, motivate, keep accountable & inject playfulness into the journey that is ahead of all of us committed to living our thrilling lives.

Not to say any of it’s easy.  Hah!  But I’m working on making it easier by building a community of gutsy women chasing their own dreams…

Interested?

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2 Responses to “Dreaming about the Golden Ticket”

  • Karl Staib - Work Happy Now Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    Heck yeah I’m interested. Too bad I’m just a guy.

    I understand exactly where you are coming from. I wrote a novel, hoping to strike it rich and famous. I still don’t have either except a tiny bit of internet fame, which is still cool.

    I love the idea behind this blog. Keep up the great thoughts.

  • Molly Hoyne Says:
    December 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    Karl- You are welcome, regardless of the “guy” fact!

    I’d say writing a novel is an incredible thing, even if it didn’t produce fame or riches. I’m inspired!

    Thanks for the love.

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