Follow your dream

I'm going to be crazy here. I'm going to go against nearly everything I've said before. I'm going to sound like I am being negative. But I'm not.

So many people say "follow your dreams" and "you can do anything." Which, as we all know, is impossible. I'll never play for the NBA since I:

Am not male.
Am five foot five.
Am 36 years old.
Haven't played basketball since 8th grade.

Something I've been doing this month with my time off (besides work on getting Escape Pod back online) is...