Admitting you want something badly is scary because now people can watch you chase it. Chase it anyway.

Admitting you want something badly gives people a way to watch you not get it. That is the real cost, and it explains why so many act casual about the thing they think about daily: if you never said it aloud, the failure stays private. The trade is that pretending also keeps you from asking anyone for help.

Tell one person the honest size of what you want. Not the modest version, the actual one. Pick somebody who will remember to ask about it rather than somebody who needs to be impressed.