Don't allow yourself to become so discouraged by the effort it takes to get there, that you begin downgrading your dreams until they just become nothing. Don't give strength to your fears! Write about this in your journal. Anything that doesn't come into your life to destroy, will make you grow. Always be thankful for the experiences that make you grow into a better person and that enrich your life with greater wisdom and sound perspectives. Write about such experiences in your journal. Don't trust your fears as far as you can throw them. And try to throw them very far away from your dreams! Take this statement and break it apart and reconstruct it in your journal as if applies to you. Where is your focus? Is it in the right place? Write about it in your journal. Write about how you are different and can express your talent in a unique and personal way, fro a personal point of view. Insecurity likes to come out of nowhere and try to get at you, don't take the bait...