Turn Passion to Reality and Income

“Dreams are like the paints of a great artist. Your dreams are your paints, the world is your canvas. Believing, is the brush that converts your dreams into a masterpiece of reality.” - unknown

I dream about turning my love of Adventure Travel into a business. I know that I won’t make a lot of money at it but it is what I dream about. I have always dreamed about doing this for a living. So I have tried to get creative. I Dream a little - or dream a lot. I ask myself: is it feasible? Is it a remote possibility? Could it work? If the answer to any of those questions is yes, then I have a starting point. Next, I have to consider how much income my dream job will generate, what the schedule will be like, then work my other job options around it.

So, taking a job that is less desirable could lead to my dream job because it would give me the time and money to put the dream into reality. I have thought that my first formal adventure tour would be to go back to the Camino de Santiago with a group of women who would really love to hike the northern part of Spain but are too afraid to do it on their own. I have such a group in my circle of influence. I know that I would not make a lot of money out this venture but that’s ok for starters. I don’t even know if running adventure tours is something I would be good at anyway.

I also thought that I could take a group of women who always wanted to do some backwoods hiking but were again, afraid to do it on their own, down to Red River Gorge in Kentucky for long week-end treks, gourmet over the fire meals and fun, fun, fun.

My brother’s dream is to run Outfitter hunting tours out west. We talked once about how both of our dreams of running adventure tour companies and our love of the outdoors could be merged together. Who knows….but I am still dreaming.

So have you thought about turning your passion into an income stream? If so, were you successful? How did you do it? Let me know.