The Disciplined Dreamer is my personal story of everything that I had to endure while achieving one of my long-term goals, completing my bachelor’s degree. It’s here that I share my joys, my sorrows, my passion and my progress along that journey. I pray that everything I share is able to wake up the dream on the inside of everyone that reads it. Each chapter holds valuable lessons that I am still able to employ to this day. I chose to convey those lessons in comparison to a voyage at sea because I felt this was the best analogy to help my readers understand and connect my journey to their own. I never realized that a simple decision would impact the entire trajectory of my life the way that it has but this book is proof that every step that you make towards your goals is a building block for the next.