An attitude of idealism may drive you today yet also distract you from your immediate goals. In seeking to solve the difficulties you're facing in the present, you may be looking too far into the future and hinging your success on events that may or may not come to pass. You'll likely have an easier time accomplishing your goals if you are more realistic when considering your current situation. Though you may not want to think about the challenges you must face today, your chances of overcoming them will be greater if you assess the nature of your challenges and do something about them now. Practical solutions to your difficulties may present themselves once you have accepted your circumstances. Allow yourself to courageously confront your issues head-on.

When we look at our circumstances realistically, we stay grounded in the present moment and are more able to assess, react to, and deal with our current situations. Though imagining a better future can be a pleasurable activity, looking sensibly at our current situation is a more effective way of creating the future that we envision. You'll also be more apt to think about your life as something you can direct instead of something that will hopefully happen as long as we engage in wishful thinking. Take a realistic look at your life today, and you will be able to create the future you are anticipating.