{"id":900,"date":"2024-07-01T07:57:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T05:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/?p=900"},"modified":"2024-07-02T08:17:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T06:17:03","slug":"resurrecting-dreams-and-old-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/?p=900","title":{"rendered":"Resurrecting dreams and old projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Have you lost a\ndream along the way? Did you shelve it because of unforeseen challenges? Do you\nhave projects that have become dormant due to time constraints or shifted\npriorities? Did you know that revisiting a dream or resurrecting an old project\ncan be a profoundly rewarding experience, as it provides fresh insights, renews\npassion, and gives a sense of accomplishment? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When reviving an\nold project or exploit, we\u2019re reconnecting with past ideas and aspirations, invigorating\nmotivation. While the idea of resurrecting an old project is exhilarating, it has\nits challenges. One of the main hurdles is its potential for outdated or\nirrelevant content. What was once innovative or necessary might no longer be\napplicable now. Also, revisiting a dormant project may bring back memories of\npast failures or frustrations; overcoming these requires resilience and optimism.\nThough ignoring previous setbacks is a hard thing to do, it\u2019s worth a try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have recently revisited\na project that came out of a family challenge a decade ago. A relative said I\nwas too pragmatic and not creative enough to write non-fiction books. Well, in\n2014, I wrote “Future Perfect”, a novel about a woman without a known\npast who battles against secrecy, insecurity, and the unexplained kindness of\nothers.  A few weeks ago, I revived it\nafter reading the Conversation’s 3 June 2024 article by Kate Falconer entitled,\n“You can now be frozen after death in Australia.  If you get revived in the future, will you\nstill legally be the same person?” It has been 10 years since Future Perfect<\/em> was published, but the\nstory has never been relevant today. Except for its cover, nothing has been\nchanged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perfection doesn\u2019t\nexist; if it does, there’s never enough time to achieve it the first time, but\nthere’s always time to go back to improve it (There\u2019s always room for improvement<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first step to\nreviving a dream is to do activities related to it, e.g. changing a career,\nlearning a new skill, or saving money for a trip. Revamping an old project is a\njourney of rediscovery, growth, and reconnection. With perseverance and an open\nmind, one can turn a \u201cdream-only thing\u201d and an old or unfinished project into a\ntestimony of imaginativeness, resourcefulness, tenacity, and self-satisfaction.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.\u201d \u2014C.S. Lewis (British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian, 1989 \u2013 1963). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have you lost a dream along the way? Did you shelve it because of unforeseen challenges? Do you have projects that have become dormant due to time constraints or shifted priorities? Did you know that revisiting a dream or resurrecting an old project can be a profoundly rewarding experience, as it provides fresh insights, renews … Continue reading Resurrecting dreams and old projects<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-and-social-development","category-social-political-cultural-economic-issues","category-values-and-principles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=900"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":905,"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900\/revisions\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roladesocietalblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}