3166: Bring Back Your Childhood Dreams by Chris of Keep Thrifty on Improving Mental Health & Self-Help

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3166: In "Bring Back Your Childhood Dreams" by Chris of KeepThrifty.com, rediscover the power and simplicity of your childhood aspirations. Chris shares how reconnecting with the dreams of our younger selves can reveal genuine desires and lead to a fulfilling, simplified life. Through personal anecdotes and practical advice, this episode will inspire you to rethink what's truly important and how to pursue it. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.keepthrifty.com/bring-back-your-childhood-dreams/ Quotes to ponder: "Children have an amazing ability to dream - to think of possibilities for the future without care for what’s possible, practical, or socially acceptable." "Our grown-up sensibilities would tell us that our path should have been climbing the corporate ladder, upsizing to a bigger house and pursuing the material goods that show you’ve made it." "By using why’s, I’ve been able to get to the core of each of my childhood dreams in a way that makes them achievable regardless of my situation." Episode references: The Power of Now: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Now-Guide-Spiritual-Enlightenment/dp/1577314808 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is optimal living daily episode 3166.
0:04.0	Bring back your childhood dreams by Chris of Keep Thrifty.com
0:08.0	and I'm Justin Molick.
0:10.0	We're going to jump right into today's post as we optimize your life.
0:18.0	Bring back your childhood dreams by Chris of Keep Thrifty.com.
0:24.0	Some people have great clarity of what's on their bucket list,
0:27.6	the things that they want to accomplish with their life,
0:30.4	but others struggle, not even knowing where to start.
0:34.0	If you're struggling with finding big dreams worth chasing, consider seeking inspiration
0:39.4	from a younger version of yourself.
0:42.1	Digging up your childhood dreams. Children have an amazing
0:46.4	ability to dream, to think of possibilities for the future without care for
0:51.2	what's possible, practical, or socially acceptable.
0:55.0	As we get older, our vision for our lives tends to narrow as we're influenced by the
1:01.3	messages we get from our peers, media, and advertising.
1:06.2	Some of this shift comes under the guise of practicality, but too often we end up discarding
1:11.1	dreams that could be worth pursuing.
1:14.4	As my wife and I have explored goals in our own lives, one of the recurring things we've seen
1:19.6	is how the spirit of our childhood dreams still speak to us. Think back to your childhood. What did
1:26.4	you want to be when you grew up? How did you picture your life? Where would you live?
1:32.0	Where would you travel? How would you spend your days? Do any of those dreams still speak to you?
1:38.4	A little white shack. When my wife Jamie was young, she dreamed of living in a little white shack with the lover of her life and kids.
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