My OCs name is Dreamstream and for a good reason. My OC is based off me. I am a dreamer. And as a dreamer, I want to talk about it. Everyone knows that dreaming is good, but have you ever been told it's bad? Or even dangerous?

I have had the experience of all types. Metaphorically, if my dreams were compared to dogs on a leash, a majority of the leashes are unrealistically long.

I put goals up, dreaming I can reach them. Hardly do I because the goals are unrealistic. For the longest, this would cause me to be disappointed and hard on myself. Then I realized these high goal bars are good for me personally. People tell me "You shouldn't do that. What if you don't make your goal." My response, "At least I gave my all to try." This is a good and bad dream. At first, it was bad because it would hurt me since I couldn't reach the expectation I set for myself. Then when I realized that this unrealistically high goal (more of a dream) helped me in the long run to accomplish things I wouldn't have tried, it became a good dream.

But there are flat out bad dreams.

Like in relationships, you need a healthy combination of dreams and logic. Too much dreaming will cause you to miss some major red flags, or even ignore them when they come up. This could cause you not to stop the disastrous relationship, and you could get seriously hurt; while too much logic will cause you to over analyze the relationship. Like it's under your microscope. This could kill the relationship.

Other dreams can be risky. Example: house flipping.
Not everyone is cut out to flip houses. It's a lot of physical, mental and financial work. You can either get a possibly huge profit, or you could lose it all.

Then some dreams seem fine or even great to you, but it seems like everyone else wants to destroy it. These are complicated dreams. They are complicated because, depending on what the dream is, it could be good or bad. The best thing to do with these types is to keep an open mind, get others opinions and the reasons they have that opinion.

In fact, it is good to have an open mind, get others opinions and the reasons they have that opinion with practically every dream you have. Someone else may have a better way so you can achieve your dreams.

Lastly, there are the dreams that can't harm you. Example: I dream about if Equestria and MLP are real. How tall would an MLP be to me? A girl of a height of 5'5". Would Dreamstream be the size of a large dog or more of the size of an actual pony? Dreams like these are harmless as long as you keep them in check, so they don't distort reality. They can actually be very good because they will enhance your imagination. As a fiction writer, this is a very good thing.

So keep dreaming everypony!
-Dreamstream