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The most ful­fill­ing parts of my life have been when things are bet­ter than I could have ever dreamed. Peo­ple always say to chase your dreams, but you can’t chase some­thing you have never imag­ined com­ing true.

The times in life that have been least ful­fill­ing have been when I’m chas­ing other people’s dreams for me — becom­ing a lawyer, designer, var­sity vol­ley­ball player, a nice sweet girl.

The best times in life have been when I’m try­ing out “unpop­u­lar” things — and end up hav­ing fun with them: cross coun­try, musi­cal the­ater, ball­room danc­ing, marathon run­ning, library sci­ence, user expe­ri­ence research, etc.

I’m not a main­stream kind of girl — I know that from being Annie in the musi­cal Annie when I was 8 years old. I really didn’t like being the cen­ter of atten­tion, being the lead role, being what ever girl “thinks” they want to be. I just wanted to be Tessie, or Molly. One of the smaller roles, and kick ass at it.

I can’t tell myself to dream big… I’d rather be open minded… try things I’ve never done before… try things most peo­ple don’t do… and see­ing what comes my way.  Instead of dream­ing big, I tell myself to “try big.” Because if you never try you’ll never know…

Do you chase dreams? Do you let dreams chase you? Tell me what you think in the comments!