The friend who remembers your old dream can either preserve it for you or keep you trapped inside it.

Someone who remembers what you once wanted holds a real and double-edged thing. They can keep it safe through a period when you cannot carry it yourself, and they can also hold you to a version of your ambition that you have honestly outgrown. The same act of remembering does both jobs.

If a friend keeps returning you to an old plan, it may help to tell them plainly what you want now, since they are usually acting out of loyalty rather than pressure. And if you are the one remembering for someone, ask rather than assume. The question is simple: is this still what you want.