Journey With Quila

Pursuing your dreams is never an easy thing which is why only few fulfill theirs. Most people tend to quit when things get harder or when they lose the will to carry on.

So how do you keep yourself motivated to be able to achieve your dreams in life?

I was browsing in YouTube one day when I came across Mr. Beast video, a famous YouTube vlogger that I subscribed to. The video is about his philanthropy project where he built 100 wells in Africa.

While he was visiting a school where they built one of the wells, he entered one of the classroom and a student asked him, “What is the secret of success?” he simply replied, “ Just find something you love doing and do it for a long time, and eventually, you’ll succeed.”

Jimmy Donaldson a.k.a Mr. Beast also mentioned in one of his interviews about his passion in creating YouTube videos since he was 13. At a young age, he affirms to himself that he’s going be a successful youtuber. He said that if you really want to do something, you got to work hard for it. He even mentioned his sacrifices just to achieve his dreams, “I literally gave up my teenage years from 13 until after 19 just making YouTube videos.”

With sheer will and persistence, he became the most subscribed individual on YouTube with 209 million subscribers at the age of 25 as of this writing.

What is my take here?

You got to find that which you really love and stick to it no matter what.

Good for those people who already found their calling at an early age, but for those who do not, don’t worry, it’s not the end of the road yet, you still have the rest of your life to find it. Sometimes it hides in plain sight, in your daily activities, hobbies, or past time that you love to do and feel most alive while doing it.

When you already found it, stick to it and never let go. No matter how many set backs or challenges you face, even when no one believes in it, carry on.

So How Can You Do It?

You got to keep that burning desire in you and never let go until your dreams manifested in your reality.

Like Jimmy Donaldson’s story, the success didn’t come to him right away. A lot of people in his life laughed at him, ask him to quit, and we don’t know as well how many times he might have given up or this idea enters his mind when his hard work doesn’t seem to bear any fruits. There might be a lot of reason for him to quit, but no, he pushed and pushed until the universe rewarded him and gave him the content idea that catapulted his success.

So How Can you Maintain the Motivation?

You will not always be at your best self, you will not always be inspired so it’s important to create a habit that works for you as this will sustain you in working towards your goal. Just like Octavia Butler once said, “Forget inspiration. A habit is more dependable. Habits will sustain you whether your inspired or not.”

Keeping a habit or activity planner will help you track your progress and will fuel you to keep on pushing forward. Remember, your small steps today when accumulated can make a big impact in your future.

To keep yourself motivated when you’re unable to is to just create a habit and stick to it. Remember, it takes years of years of hard work, dedication, and unstoppable desire to achieve whatever it is you want in life and make your dreams into a reality.