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Posted On: October 18th 2026, 11:57 am
Thoughts On Walks: Rants – Should You Have a Dream?
Have you ever had a dream? Of course, you may think—most of us do. Whether it’s an unsurfaced desire or something more evident through a hobby or even, as is so fashionable these days, a ‘side hustle’!
Yet I find the most irritating of all versions to be the ‘held desire’. And what I mean by this is the “I have dreamt of doing this for ‘x’ amount of years” or “this is something I’d love to do when the kids go to uni or I retire”, etc. Yada yada, blah blah blah.
Because… what I’ve learnt from experience is that a held desire does not provide any concrete evidence that you will even find fulfilment once you get to that stage where it ‘could’ actually become actionable.
Let’s take the arts as an example of this—that thing to which one automatically feels they have access because, well, it’s in your face. We often hear someone say they dreamt of being a singer. O.K., I’m a little guilty of this one too.
But where do you draw the line between aspiration and actually giving the goddam thing a TRY, or a trial run, i.e. a short course? Yes, you have time, don’t lie. Where there’s a will, there’s a way!
You will never find yourself at the top of Mount Everest if you haven’t even taken a practical step in the first instance.
So, this happened to me some years back: I never had the chance to develop my voice when I was a kid, and then I spent some years working on it recently, eventually finding myself on a stage, only to find that I didn’t care much for it anymore. Which is ironic, as it was something I’d envisioned since I was six.
Besides the point, singing is actually a craft, and there is a huge amount of time, technique, practice and dedication required to develop it. Something not to take for granted.
So, should you have a dream? By all means. But don’t short-change yourself by dreaming into an abyss, because everything is the culmination of short, actionable steps and practice, and you wouldn’t want to wake up one day realising the dream is dead.
🔗 Want to take part in Thoughts On Walks? Click the link in my bio or visit kikapierides.com!
Just my two pennies’ worth this Sunday!
Have a nice day!
K Xxx
Have you ever had a dream? Of course, you may think—most of us do. Whether it’s an unsurfaced desire or something more evident through a hobby or even, as is so fashionable these days, a ‘side hustle’!
Yet I find the most irritating of all versions to be the ‘held desire’. And what I mean by this is the “I have dreamt of doing this for ‘x’ amount of years” or “this is something I’d love to do when the kids go to uni or I retire”, etc. Yada yada, blah blah blah.
Because… what I’ve learnt from experience is that a held desire does not provide any concrete evidence that you will even find fulfilment once you get to that stage where it ‘could’ actually become actionable.
Let’s take the arts as an example of this—that thing to which one automatically feels they have access because, well, it’s in your face. We often hear someone say they dreamt of being a singer. O.K., I’m a little guilty of this one too.
But where do you draw the line between aspiration and actually giving the goddam thing a TRY, or a trial run, i.e. a short course? Yes, you have time, don’t lie. Where there’s a will, there’s a way!
You will never find yourself at the top of Mount Everest if you haven’t even taken a practical step in the first instance.
So, this happened to me some years back: I never had the chance to develop my voice when I was a kid, and then I spent some years working on it recently, eventually finding myself on a stage, only to find that I didn’t care much for it anymore. Which is ironic, as it was something I’d envisioned since I was six.
Besides the point, singing is actually a craft, and there is a huge amount of time, technique, practice and dedication required to develop it. Something not to take for granted.
So, should you have a dream? By all means. But don’t short-change yourself by dreaming into an abyss, because everything is the culmination of short, actionable steps and practice, and you wouldn’t want to wake up one day realising the dream is dead.
🔗 Want to take part in Thoughts On Walks? Click the link in my bio or visit kikapierides.com!
Just my two pennies’ worth this Sunday!
Have a nice day!
K Xxx
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