Of dreams and wishes… How do you make childhood fantasies come true?

“And I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real…” – Dire Straights

I want to live in San Francisco. I want to take up an adventure, move out west, make due on the big dreams I’ve been conjuring up since I was a little girl. I want to ride a Harley out there – or maybe drive another bright red convertible – and have a little apartment. I want to be a bartender at night and work at a respectable PR firm during the day.

But how? How do you just drop everything and go?

I’m staring freedom in the eye. I graduate in May with nothing to do, no job for the summer, no real commitments in the near future (or none that I can’t get out of, anyways). I have to do this now. I mean, once you start life, there’s no escaping. Pretty soon you have a job you can’t leave, social commitments you’re bound to, and a dog waiting at home that’s dependent on you. There’s no way out. Once you start the rest of your life, how do you drop everything, move wherever you want to go, and take a shot at that thing you’ve always wanted to do?

Read the Alchemist by Peter Coehlo (click on its image on the right to buy it yourself).
Then you’ll want to make all your dreams come true.

I just need suggestions on how to realize mine…