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Empty and unintentional pursuits are too common
After significantly increasing my income, I felt nothing. I knew that money couldn’t make me happy, but knowing that money doesn’t change you was a liberating feeling. Knowing that having more resources than needed doesn’t always make you feel any better was liberating.
Monetary resources can create more opportunities for you, though, that can help add more meaning to your life.
When I review my goals, I always ask myself some questions.
Here are some of the example questions I ask myself:
Does this goal stress me out or make me feel like I’m in the sweet spot?
How is this goal adding value and positively impacting others?
Does this goal add peace, joy, and fulfillment to my life?
How will accomplishing this goal make me feel?
How do I feel about pursuing this goal?
What do others get out of this goal?
How does this goal improve my life?
Why do I want to accomplish this?
What is the end goal here?
What is the motivation?
Question your goals thoroughly.
Ensure that you’re not pursuing goals just for the pursuit.
It’s easy to waste time pursuing pointless goals.
If you desire to live a more meaningful, purpose-driven, and intentional life, you must interrogate your pursuits and be willing to abandon them if they no longer make sense.
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