when is the right time to admit to yourself

[leftofthedial]

that your dreams are not going to come true?

And then what?

[Floogeldy]

1. Never

Do you read me?

[leftofthedial]

2. loud

and clear

[LeftyMom]

3. Are they attainable ones or not

If they're healthy goals, keep working at them as long as you can. If they're flights of fancy, it may be time to let them go.

The hard part is telling the two apart honestly.

[uppityperson]

4. Form new dreams. I start with low expectations and am pleasantly suprised

when things turn out better. You need dreams, but you also need realistic dreams, and you have to have dreams to aim for but not necessarily ever reach the ultimate wow goal. But you might. But if you don't, and the dreams are realistic, keep trying and be happy with where you are and who you are, the trip as well as the ending.