Alright, let’s talk about dreams. Specifically, those ones where you’re trying to open a door, and it just won’t budge. I had one like that recently, and it really stuck with me.
So, in the dream, I found myself standing in front of this really plain, kind of beat-up looking door. Nothing special about it, looked like maybe it led to a basement or an attic. But I knew I needed to get through it. Problem was, the thing was stuck fast.
I remember putting my shoulder into it first. Pushing with all my might. The wood groaned a bit, but the door didn’t move an inch. It felt incredibly heavy, like it was made of solid lead or something. I tried the knob next – it turned, but the latch mechanism felt jammed or rusted shut from the inside. It just wouldn’t release.
I spent what felt like ages wrestling with this thing. I jiggled the knob, pushed, pulled, even tried lifting the whole door slightly in its frame, thinking maybe it was just sagging. The feeling wasn’t panic, exactly, more like intense frustration and this gritty determination. I really needed to see what was on the other side, though I had no idea why.
Waking Up and Mulling It Over
When I woke up, the feeling of pushing against that immovable object was still strong. My shoulder almost felt sore! I lay there for a bit, thinking. Why a difficult door? Usually, my dreams are way weirder than that.
I started thinking about what felt ‘stuck’ in my actual life right then. It wasn’t a physical door, obviously. But there was this project I’d been avoiding starting. It wasn’t complicated, necessarily, but it required tackling something I wasn’t comfortable with, learning a new bit of software I’d been putting off.
It felt like a big, heavy, stuck door in my mind. Every time I thought about starting, I’d find an excuse, just like trying different ways to open the dream door and failing. The frustration in the dream? Yeah, I felt that every time I thought about the project and then didn’t do it.
Connecting to Real Life Action
So, I decided to treat the real-life task like that dream door. Instead of just vaguely thinking ‘I should do that’, I broke it down.
- First, I just opened the software. Didn’t try to do anything, just looked at it. That was like testing the knob.
- Then, I found a beginner’s tutorial. Watched the first five minutes. That felt like putting my shoulder into it, getting a feel for the weight.
- The next day, I actually followed the first few steps in the tutorial, doing the basic setup. It was clunky, I made mistakes. But it felt like the door creaked open just a tiny bit.
- I kept at it, little bits each day. Pushing, jiggling, figuring out the sticking points.
It wasn’t a sudden ‘aha!’ moment where the door flew open. It was more like gradually working it loose, bit by bit. The project isn’t done yet, but I’ve started. The door isn’t wide open, but it’s definitely not jammed shut anymore.
It’s funny how a simple dream about a stubborn door could kind of nudge me into finally dealing with something I was avoiding. Just goes to show, sometimes your brain points things out in weird ways. The key was recognizing the feeling – that struggle – and then actually doing something about the real-world equivalent. Just keep pushing, I guess.
