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- WELCOME TO THE UNREALISTIC LIFE
Look what's changed in just six days.
Sunday, you were asking for permission to want more.
Today, you're demanding it.
Sunday, you were negotiating with mediocrity.
Today, mediocrity is not even on the table.
Sunday, you had dreams that made sense to everyone else.
Today, you have dreams that make sense to you.
Welcome to the unrealistic life.
Population: You and everyone else who refused to settle for someone else's version of possible.
THE STORY
Sarah was 34 when she told her family she was leaving her corporate job to start a wellness retreat center.
"That's not realistic," they said. "You have a mortgage. You have responsibilities."
"Be grateful for what you have," they said. "Don't get your hopes up."
"You're dreaming too big," they said.
Today, her retreat center serves thousands of people annually. She's debt-free. She wakes up every morning doing work that matters.
The unrealistic life became her only life.
She didn't get lucky. She didn't get special treatment.
She just stopped letting other people's fears dictate her possibilities.
She stopped confusing their limitations with her reality.
She stopped asking for permission to be powerful.
THE RECOGNITION
What part of Sarah's story is your story too?
The moment you decided to stop defending small dreams?
The moment you realized that "realistic" was just code for "scared"?
The moment you understood that your hunger didn't need anyone's approval?
The moment you chose possibility over permission?
Most people will never understand why you can't settle for "good enough" anymore.
They'll call you ungrateful. Unrealistic. Too much.
You're not most people.
You're someone who knows the difference between surviving and thriving.
Someone who understands that your dreams don't need to make sense to anyone else.
Someone who's done apologizing for wanting everything you're capable of.
THE TRUTH
Your hunger doesn't need approval. It needs fuel.
Your dreams don't need validation. They need action.
Your vision doesn't need permission. It needs protection.
The "unrealistic" life isn't fantasy. It's the only one worth building.
Because here's what you know now that you didn't know a week ago:
The gap between where you are and where you want to be was never about time, money, or circumstances.
It was about permission.
Permission to want more. Permission to dream bigger. Permission to become everything you're capable of.
You just gave yourself that permission.
THE INVITATION
This is your moment.
Not to go back to who you were. Not to negotiate with your potential.
To step fully into the unrealistic life.
The life where your dreams don't need anyone else's approval.
The life where "impossible" is just the starting point for conversation.
The life where you stop asking "Can I?" and start declaring "I will."
Your dreams weren't the problem. Your life was too small.
Fix the mismatch.
THE BELONGING
You're not alone in this.
Every person who ever built something beautiful was told it was unrealistic.
Every person who ever changed the world was told to be more practical.
Every person who ever lived fully was told to settle for less.
You're in good company.
The company of people who refuse to let other people's comfort zones become their ceilings.
The company of people who know that the only unrealistic thing is wasting your potential to make others comfortable.
The company of people who chose possibility over permission.
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You're living the unrealistic life now. What's the first impossible thing you're going to make real?