I would say this interpretation really hits home. Definitely a lot to think about. I relate to what you said completely. I am about to make a cross country move instead of entering into a doctorate program. I am in a career I dislike and will be actively trying to change career paths through networking once I have moved. My father wants me to stay and go into the program, and I understand it is a wonderful opportunity, however I don’t feel it is right for me. I feel a lot of pressure to make the “right” decision because if I go off on my own and somehow “fail” then I’m afraid I will feel like I missed an opportunity, or he was right, or something like that. My boyfriend is going with me on this move.
Another thought I had come to me from your interpretation is that I actually really dislike being told what to do and I wonder if this is because I felt that I couldn’t speak up when my father told me what to do. I am still struggling with finding my voice and not letting people walk on me. I long to work for myself and start a business so I don’t have to answer to anyone but myself. Maybe these are connected.
I also want to say I love my dad very much and he is one of my best friends which makes this all the more difficult!

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Sara,
First to answer your question you do not like being told what to do. Likely that trait is from your father always telling what you do. Some people who follow in experienced the same growing up could either have a personality of needing to be told what to do or be that type person themselves {always telling others what to do}. It gets down to individual factors and other early life experiences. Either way the trait is often unconsciously motivated by early life grounding. I always want to learn what early life was like for a person when matching the my analysis to those experiences as presented in the outline of emotional energies that come from an analysis of a dream. It is only when an dream analyst knows the personal info that can be done.

Note: There are many like myself who have the ability to properly interpret dreams but only in an outline of the energies. Using Jungian concepts allows this to be done.

I believe we do know the intent of the dream since you have provided personal information that pretty much matches the outline of the energies. You have always capitulated to your father's wishes whether you felt it was right or what you personally wanted. It has probably limited your true potential since you are you and not your father. Consciously you were aware of this but unconsciously didn't realize how deep it motivated other actions and traits {not like being told what to do}. Your dreams will attempt to communicate these unrealized traits and actions so you become aware of the balance it possesses psychologically {dreams focus primarily what is out of balance}. This particular dream doesn't look to mention this trait but others will especially if the trait is a major negative. On the other hand it could be a positive since anyone who gives in to others demands whether right or wrong will never be able to make decisions on their own. Understanding why you have this trait after giving conscious thought to it may be an indicator it is time to break the chain and follow your own path.

A thought about the dream title. Often the title is telling of the intent of the dream. On the topic of the drill this is what the dream dictionary has to say about its meaning.
-To see a drill in your dream indicates that you are headed toward a new direction in life. You are opening yourself up to new experiences and insights.

Dreams don't often tell a dreamer what to do, they attempt to communicate what the emotional energies are that motivate the conscious life of the dreamer. Because it was a conscious inclusion in the dream title it is a good indicator your unconscious is attempting to tell you what you really want, beyond just ego desire and going
to what you should do. If you look at the drop down menu on my Power of Dreams website under About you will see a link page to Joseph Campbell. Campbell is my spiritual mentor who 'turned me on' to Jungian psyche in 1992. One of his better known quotes and one I often cite because it opened my eyes to my potential was as follows:

"If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be."

I can not name the number of times doors opened in my life when I saw only barriers or could not see at all. Up until I was 42 I never realized I had the ability to analyze and interpret dreams. I was a sports fanatic, couch potato, political junkie who had three failed marriages {which I now realize why from my own inner psychological search}. Then I saw Campbell in the Power of Myth and in one night my life changed. If I had not followed that path no telling where I would have be in life but I am sure I would have never realized my full potential. That goes to another quote by Campbell about the meaning of life.

"People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. ... I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive."

He elaborates in other speech that there is no real meaning in life but you have to find meaning in your own life. Could you be at that point in your life? We only get one chance and when the heart speaks it is often emotional but when the soul speaks it is your true self. More often than not meaning has to do with creativity and that is associated with spirituality {not religion but being in accord with nature and our true selves and what is right and virtuous and honest and giving of oneself to the other}. The fear of failure may be more from about the relationship with your father and that being a barrier, doors will open when you follow your bliss.

Jerry

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