not what you're thinking

[pantryslut]

How do you let go of old dreams?

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[manomano.livejournal.com]

Create new ones.

[brooksmoses]

I don't, usually. I do the same thing I do with old stuff that I still like; I stack it in the closet and eventually it mostly fades out of existence until I happen across it rummaging around for something else that I know is hidden in there somewhere.

[helicine.livejournal.com]

trepanation

[bluebrie.livejournal.com]

slowly.

[dangerpudding.livejournal.com]

slowly and painfully, usually. Or, sometimes, by having them come true.

[black-pearl-10.livejournal.com]

Restraining order.

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

I have long conversations with them, and we either agree to part ways (slowly) or they convince me not to let go yet.

[billbrent.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's not? [snort]

Today, I look out the window to see two red cardinals flying through the trees where yesterday there was only one, and I realize that the present is far more delightful and compelling than my faded flights of fancy.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

It might be what you're thinking :) -- it was your post in large part that inspired me to ask.

In other words, my curiosity was piqued; it wasn't anything personal of mine that prompted the question.

[billbrent.livejournal.com]

Thought so. Heh heh.

Really, though, that's the answer I keep coming back to: Find a way to make the present more exciting than whatever I'm hanging onto that no longer serves me.

Today, unfortunately, that involves lots of house-cleaning. :-P And a trip to the dump. Our first-ever houseguest from the mainland arrives in exactly 12 hrs. Gotta go.