We all share the same ultimate destination or “goal” in life so to speak. The good news is, for any avid goal setter, is that it also happens to be the one goal in life that you are absolutely guaranteed to achieve. And that goal is death (as sombre as it seems).
Although it will very rarely make good dinner party conversation, each of us will leave through the same door we arrived. And what we have to deal with in between is our naked, vulnerable humanness.
From my experience as a recovered goal setter, it’s not so much what you do or even achieve that dictates your experience of life, but how you connect to the moment.
For many, goal setting has become an agitation of the mind, born from an inability to be present to the inherent uncertainty of life itself. And this approach to living, regardless of what most self-help material would suggest, often leads to a life of suffering.
So what’s a possible alternative to goal setting?
Living with intention, whilst simultaneously surrendering to the moment. Being kind to yourself and to others and to greet each and every experience in life as the divine gift that it is.