Last weekend, a friend talked about her now ex-boyfriend. She talked about an evening when she came home with dreams. Dreams of a year abroad, traveling, eating, drinking, etc. Her passion and fervor engulfed the room. Then with a single swoop, he exclaimed, “What about our apartment? The rent? Money?”<\/p>\n
And in that moment, she knew that he wasn’t quite right.<\/p>\n
What do you do when you’re with someone who doesn’t have shared dreams. That your dreams must melt into a mess in sorrow.<\/p>\n
In the last year, in trying to figure out my own project, I have read a lot of new authors. In many of them, they have a supportive partner. A partner that says, “You can do what you need to do.” I read about Ang Lee<\/a> and how his wife encouraged him tirelessly. Because why have an unhappy rich partner when you can have a happy poor partner?<\/p>\n I don’t know if I will succeed, but I am glad that I am trying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last weekend, a friend talked about her now ex-boyfriend. She talked about an evening when she came home with dreams. Dreams of a year abroad, traveling, eating, drinking, etc. Her passion and fervor engulfed the room. Then with a single … Continue reading