How to reach your dreams...

Do you have a dream? Do you know what you want? 

Well...good for you, but I bet there is a big line of people who wants the same thing. 

Competition has never been this hard and if you want to reach your dreams you have to be ready to fight for them! 

But it's not that simple, and we all know that.

I want to give you some guidelines on what you can do to get to where you want to be.

You can read the first and second part of this post HERE

Being successful consists of many things as we know, and a key element is to be MOTIVATED and DRIVEN at all times.

But that is easily said than done, right? Some days it's easier, some days it seems impossible. 

So what I do to remind myself of my goals and to keep my motivation on top, is looking at my moodboard.

It is really important to have your own moodboard. It doesn't matter what it looks like or consists of, the important thing is that you have one. 

You can build your own out of pictures, words or even things that stand for your dreams or inspire you.

No one else has to understand it, so make it personal! 

When you build your moodboard it also makes you really think about what you want to accomplish. By that I mean that many of us only have thoughts or images in our heads about what we want, but actually putting it down on paper and making them solid can be a bit hard. But it's important and can make all the difference. Keep your moodboard some place where you can see it every day, and you will start to notice a difference, I promise.

I am making a new one as we speak. I bought an old window just for my moodboard and I am going to hang it in my bedroom. Right now it looks like this:

Get inspired and start making your own straight away!
Start by writing a list of what you want to accomplish in one year.
Example: I want to make a shortfilm by the end of this year or I want to get 1000 € funding for a new project.
Try to be as concrete as you can.
Don't exclude things like places you want to travel, things you really want to buy, maybe some new recipes you want to try or something new you want to learn.
Then find pictures that represent the things on your list. I guarantee you that you have not wasted your time!

How to reach your dreams...

Here comes the follow up. You can read the first part HERE


2. Read these books...it's crucial! 
-The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
-The Secret. 
-Letters to a young poet by Reiner Marie Rilke (even Lady Gaga tells her fans to read this one)


These three books changed everything. Instead of thinking "it's so hard to break into the filminsdustry", I started thinking that "I am going to break into the industry". And that's what it's all about right there. The ONE factor between the ones who make it and don't make it, it's their ATTITUDE. 
That is also a big part of why I left Finland. Everyone here was telling me how "hard it is to make it", that I definitely "should have a back up plan" because "I had to be realistic", and "there was a big chance that things wouldn't work out". I told them that there was no back up plan, that this was the ONLY option for me. When I got to Sweden things were different, everyone was telling me how great they thought my plans sounded and encouraged me. So number three...


3. Make sure you're in an encouraging environment. It makes a big difference. And make sure that you surround yourself with people who are also driven and can inspire you!


Number four on the list "of how to reach your dreams" is coming up soon...


My Dream? Here is one of them.
To live and work in New York.

About reaching your dreams

I know that it can be hard believing in yourself. It's an on going struggle for me at least. Sometimes I hear myself asking; Can I really do this? Who do you think you are fooling?

I am pretty sure that I am not the only one out there asking these questions.

I want to share my tips that really have worked for me.

Me two years ago. A lot more insecure and scared about the future. Now I am just excited, except when it's dark, then I get a bit scared.

1. First of all your mantra should be:

I CAN DO THIS.

Because if you don't truly deeply 100 percent believe that, then nobody else will either. 

Tell yourself every day: I CAN DO THIS.

And you keep saying it until it doesn't sound ridiculous. After that you keep on saying it until you suddenly start believing it. And you say it and say it until it is self-evident. 

I actually had a post-it on my mirror with "I can do this" written on it so that it would stare me in the face every morning and night. 

It worked. 

2. Read these books...it's crucial! 

the rest of this entry is coming up later today!

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