What made you follow your dreams?? I have many unanswerd questions about things I want to do and I am not sure on how I should go about doing them. I am afraid. So how did you get over your fear and go for what you wanted to????

you only live once. so make sure that!s what you want.then go after it never stop dreaming.

some never did and are forever unhappy.
i dont think it matters much what you choose to do as long as its something you love and you give it 100%. you can never go wrong that way, and youll probably be happy.
also... never be afraid to change direction, it is sometimes very neccesary

im not quite sure I qualify as the older generation.
But I left a decent life , a booming economy and my friends and family in India a few years ago to come here as a graduate student. I wanted to go to school and thats what I did. There are certain things that were important to me that were difficult to do in india.

How or why did I do it? You prioritize. You figure out what will make you happy. And go for it.
The way I saw it was "If I dont try to do these things now, I will be unhappy all my life. I'd rather sacrifice now, take the chance and try to do these things instead of repenting all my later life and thinking about what could have been".

Thats my two cents. Good Luck with your dreams!

Realizing that it is pointless to put off what you want to do... if you put it off you may not be around to ever do it

you don't really "get over" your fears...you kinda have to go right straight through them.

in this world i have noticed .......eat like a tiger or be eaten by a tiger

That is my problem...i am afraid to change direction...but that is what i really want to do....move to a whole different state and go to school and succeed.....i have moved away from north dakota once and failed...and now im back....so i am afraid to do it again

Im 47, there were a lot of things I wanted to do at 27..37..but didn't because of fear of______(fill in the blank). So now Im catching up on all of those unfulfilled dreams. Doing what I can. My point is that you never stop wishing or wanting, fear just gets in the way and stalls you.
Let go of your fears, it will be ok, think of all the time you wont waste.

That's not a failure...it was a setback...how many times did you fall off a bike before you learned to ride it?

gurl go to the library and pick up some emerson and thoreau...then ull see lifes simpler than we make it

I have read many things by them.....and i know it is....just sometimes i tend to forget that...but i know things get better....if you believe they will get better god will make them get better but if you dont believe they will get better then god can not help you

if ud read more of them, ud know the key to making things better lies in simplifying ur situation, and God, in my opinion, doesnt "help you..." the strength lies in you, because u are a part of nature, and nature is God, and so u are a part of God
never forget that you have the power in your life, and your life alone

You cannot achieve dreams without sacrifice, risk, courage and perseverance. You will always be challenged by non-believers (friends, family & coworkers) who may be spiteful, jealous, unable to comprehend and simply to practical to think its possible (outside the box). If you want to live your dreams you must put them into you forethought and never loose the passion that will drive you to them.

You have to turn your dream(s) into action by making them your goal and map it out. Strategize each step in your mind and map it out on paper. Use this map as your progress grid and timeline documenting every step you have accomplished and which ones will need work. You have to be brave and use common sense but never loose focus. You must always vision yourself in your dreams and if you pursue them with due diligence you will overcome all obstacles.

If you have dreams you should oursue them. Don’t live with regrets or an empty and unfulfilled life. But don’t forget that the journey is just as important as the goal itself. And if you don’t succeed, at least you gave it your all (or did you).

Good luck.

Question one: Nothing that I can easily pick out. I can always remember doing exactly what I do now.

Admission one: Everybody has unanswered questions, and no one person knows for sure what they really want to do. That is part of the game we play in this life.

Admission two: Every single one of us is afraid. It is part of the game we play.

Question two: We don't ever get over the fear. We just learn to live with it.

My advice? Just be careful when you are online. Many people will offer you advice which seems to be what you might need to hear at the time. Most often it is not in your best interests.

Please define "older" generation.