[Huntingwhale]

I don't think there is anything wrong with trying to live your dreams. But a lot of things have to go right for you that are dependant not only on how much work you put it, but others around you. In the perfect world people realize their deams and everything is happy. Reality is that a lot of hard work has to go into it and a lot of things have to go right for you.

My cousin wanted to drop out of her business admin program to go to art school as it is her dream to become an artist. Ok that's cool. But how are you going to support yourself by being able to paint? Are you going to be able to get a job and support yourself if you do that? My ex was perfectly fine getting fired from every job she had and dropping out of school, because she wrote crappy children's books and thought she could live her dream by being an author. That went down the toilet pretty quick and now she has no education to fall back on.

A lot of factors go into it. It's easy to say you want to live your dream life. But when it comes at the expense of your loved ones and impedes you from supporting yourself, then it's a dumb idea. I've always been of the mindset that yeah ,everyone wants to be an NHLer and make millions. But the fact is most won't. You play the odds and have a backup plan to support yourself.

And I already feel that I live my dream life anyway. After having visited many other countries that are no where near as rich as Canada and hearing how everyone has a dream to move here, I get to live that every day here.