If.

Let me let you in on a silly secret about myself:

I spend a little too much time thinking about "if's."

It's true. 

I'm a dreamer. A romantic. A wishful thinker.

And a lot of the time, I'm thinking, "What if?"

Sometimes, it's silly.

For instance, "What if I could fly?"

Which, by the way, would be my first choice for a superpower.

Again... there's that "if"...

"If I could have a superpower, it would be..."

Other times, it's a little closer to home.

"What if I can't afford groceries next week?"

"What if I can't make rent?"

A lot of the time, I think about my blog, to be quite honest. 

"What if my blog doesn't gain readership?"

"What if people don't like what I write?"  (Simple answer there... then don't read it, silly!) 

See... earlier I called myself a dreamer. But most of the time, I act on my dreams.

Granted, I know I can't physically sprinkle fairy dust on myself and take off to Never Neverland. 

But... for most of my "if's," they are usually followed soon-after by an action.

For instance, "What if my blog never gains readership? How will I pay rent next month?"

I came up with an easy solution for that one:

I added sponsorship opportunities to my blog. 

Not only do you get your ad out there, but you help me out, too.

To be honest, I have yet to be sponsored... but someday I might get lucky. 

Another example would be this blog in itself.

One night I had an idea that began with, "What if I had a blog just for myself and my rantings?"

The next day, Simply Aunie was born.

In fact, that "if" has almost been counterproductive, because now I have four blogs, and sometimes it's a little overwhelming. And "if" someday they don't all exist... then we will see what happens then, too!

See... usually instead of "What if?" in a negative tone, I turn it into a positive one. 

That transforms "What if I can't afford groceries next week?" into

"If I do ______, I can afford groceries next week!"

It's that easy. "If's" aren't always bad. Neither are dreamers. 

You just have to act on them.

Because what makes dreams come true?

YOU.