Dreams are said to be a state of unconsciousness, but they don't always have to be.  Marcy Nault is living proof that dreams can come true. 

 Nault, a fiction writer originally from Boston and currently living in Sacramento, created a list of 20 dreams she wanted to accomplish throughout her lifetime. The list included learning to figure skate, traveling around the world and learning how to salsa dance. During an eight-year period she accomplished her entire list of dreams. 

 Nault said she knew she wanted more but wasn't inspired to pursue her dreams until she ended a long-term relationship about two years ago. She had moved to California with her partner, but what she found in Sacramento at the time wasn't what she was looking for. 

"Honestly, I (thought), I don't think I want to live in Sacramento," she said, adding that she was just looking to make her partner happy. "Two years ago, when I left the relationship, I (thought), I can go back to Boston, a place that I know that I love and I have all my friends and family, or I can really experience living her in California."

 After deciding to stay in the Golden State, she moved out of Folsom, where she had started a life with her former partner, and moved to College Greens by the American River. She said at that point she realized what Sacramento truly had to offer. She was also able to accomplish her most challenging dream: buying a home outright.  

Nault was previously a homeowner in Boston, but she decided to sell it before her move to California. She said she never lost the urge to become a homeowner again. Owning a home in California became a dream on her list. 

After accomplishing her first 20 dreams, Nault decided to extend her list to 101 dreams, but said she was only trying to make herself feel better after the break-up.  She noted she was only trying to make herself feel better, she didn't think she was going to accomplish them.

 "I sat down and I started thinking about the things that I had done over the last couple of years that really made me happy," she said. "I had a list of 20 things that I had done, and I (thought), well, if these things made me happy, what else makes me happy? If there were no limits in life, what would I want to do, where would I want to go?"

A friend she had met in Sacramento invited her on a trip to Alaska, which just happened to be on her list of dreams. Soon after she was going to Disney World, hiking in Yosemite and scuba diving. 

Local writer Jazmin Matuabjia said she experienced part of one of Nault's dreams. Matuabjia and Nault met in a writers' group in Sacramento. They became good friends, despite their different writing styles and topics, according to Matuabjia, and soon were on their way to Vienna to make another of Nault's dreams come true.

 "Marci is a lot more complex then she is assumed to be, but she is also very warm and giving," Matuabjia said. "The first thing you learn about Marci is that nothing surprises you." 

She said that all of Nault's dreams are very ambitious, and there is no doubt in her mind that she will accomplish all of her 101 goals. Some goals that Nault has yet to accomplish are visiting Hawaii, New Zealand and Galapagos, passing senior moves in figure skating, bungee jumping, flying an airplane, wearing a fabulous dress to an elegant event, learning photography, and writing a New York Times bestseller.

Currently, Nault is working on making it on that bestseller list.  She is trying to publish her first novel, "Who I Am With You," which is about a girl in her 20s who ends up living in a community filled with 70-year-olds. 

Nault's agent, Yfat Reiss Gendell of Foundry Media, said her book is currently being looked at by 40 publishers. Gendell said it was going to be a bit tough for Nault's book to get published, since she is a first-time novelist, but she believes in her and her novel. 

"What's great about Marci is that she really does follow her dreams," Gendell said in an e-mail. "Many people dream about writing a novel.  Marci has actually done it. If anyone can make her dreams come true, it's Marci."

Gendell said Nault has only expressed interest in publishing the book that is currently on the table, but she would be excited to read anything that Nault sends her way. She noted that Nault is a great writer. 

But what is Nault's more desired dream?

 "I want to grant a Make A Wish for a child," she said, adding that she believes the Make A Wish Foundation is an inspirational organization. "I don't know how I'd go about that, but I've been so fortunate in my life, and to make a child happy would be amazing." 

Nault said she will continue to pursue her 101 dreams. She said she wants to inspire people of all ages to follow their dreams. 

She has given herself until June 4, 2012 to accomplish her entire list. When asked about the time limit, she said she wanted to move on to other things in her life, such as starting a family and possibly moving back to Massachusetts. 

To learn more about Nault's dreams, visit 101dreamscometrue.com.