We all have these dreams when we were growing up, whether it was to be a ballerina, veterinarian, president, singer, firefighter, cowboy, etc. We had that dream, but as we got older, we realized that some of these dreams just weren't possible...so we changed them.
Yet, when we are older, trying to make that dream career work we fight it everyday because ultimately...this isn't the dream career, it's a nightmare. It's at that point you have to realize that maybe what was your dream isn't what you're going to be happy doing.
I always wanted to be a high school teacher, even after I decided to join the military I told myself that I would teach when I left the Army. After my short experience at a Chicago high school, I am reconsidering if teaching is what I want to do. No one should ever come home from work and automatically crash out for two hours, or spend more time complaining about work then talking about what was good that day. I realized that maybe, just maybe, while I wanted to be a teacher it isn't what is going to make me happy.
It is true that life is too short to be miserable in your job, or in anything.
So if you realize that what you thought was a dream is simply a nightmare, then make a new plan, set new goals, find new dreams, or dig up old ones. Don't torture yourself, do what will make you happy, even if it takes a few tries.
That's my advice at least.
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