{"id":1456,"date":"2026-03-31T21:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2026-05-25T00:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T00:50:35","slug":"dream-catch-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/?p=1456","title":{"rendered":"Dream Catch Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MARCH 2026 &#8211; Being able to realize dreams &#8211; to take your vision and make it a reality &#8211; is an incredibly valuable skill. And it isn&#8217;t just one thing is it? Taking a goal and making it into actionable steps, and then (most importantly) making the effort to accomplish those steps is much more challenging than Hollywood or a how to guide would make it seem. Turning your life into a training montage is essential, but wow is it not easy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You have the usual suspects stopping you from even getting going, FUD as it is known (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) or even worse still, not knowing what you want to begin with. Analysis paralysis, overthinking, mental resistance, there are a million roadblocks out there that can slow you down. Find your motivation, embrace the struggle, and blaze your own trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is sort of what this news section has become for me, an opportunity to revisit writing\/creativity and keep that internal fire alive. I&#8217;ve always had big dreams and a wild imagination for what &#8216;could be&#8217;. I sometimes lack the compass for what direction to start the journey and can off end up on lengthy side-quests. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Coastal-Views.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Coastal-Views.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Coastal-Views-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Coastal-Views-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Whenever there isn&#8217;t a clear path forward in life it can be incredibly frustrating and confusing. As chances are you know what you want, you just don&#8217;t know how to get to it. How to make that dream a reality. Some careers and ambitions have tried and true guidelines and benchmarks that allow you to check boxes and come out on top through following a well worn (but still rigorous) trail to the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other routes take you deep off the path, maybe even in the wrong direction away from your goal, and require intestinal fortitude to be strong enough to keep going when every step is uncertain, and you&#8217;re feeling down and out. That&#8217;s when you have to let your dream catch you, to remember what you are fighting for and why it matters. To remind yourself of the stakes and of the beauty that could be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s what the message today is &#8211; to you and to me &#8211; to keep going, keep pursuing your dreams. And they don&#8217;t all have to be some seismic thing, but just something good for the future. To make your life better and those that are around you better is a wonderful gift. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~ CS <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARCH 2026 &#8211; Being able to realize dreams &#8211; to take your vision and make it a reality &#8211; is an incredibly valuable skill. And it isn&#8217;t just one thing is it? Taking a goal and making it into actionable &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/?p=1456\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,50,8,212,5,37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1456"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1462,"href":"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456\/revisions\/1462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavegardenarts.com\/wga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}