It’s not all about goal setting.

For the high achievers and ambitious ones, this one’s for you.

We live in a world that celebrates ambition and praises goal achievement. We focus on a specific vision of what we think success or fulfillment will look like, create a plan and then it’s blinders on for marching towards that specific thing. Then, eventually we obtain that thing and we wonder why we’re not happier.

Life isn’t a check list.

Instead, it’s more like an intricate tapestry woven with experiences, relationships, and personal growth. When we become too focused on reaching the next goal, checking of the next milestone we think we’re supposed to be reaching, we don’t live out these experiences fully and we set ourselves up to miss some really big, and maybe simple, experiences in life.

Don’t get trapped in tunnel vision.

One of the main reasons I’m not a huge goal setting fan for things in my personal life is tunnel vision. Being a get-shit-done person has it’s positives for sure, but it also means it’s easy to fall into the trap of doing the next thing after the next thing just for the sake of accomplishment.

Be present.

Through each and every experience and milestone, pause to feel the successes of your achievements. Stop of evaluate if you’re feeling happy, fulfilled, joyful. Reflect if you’re growing the way you’d hoped. And maybe, just maybe, consider going off course for an idea, an opportunity, or a dream that finds you during the journey.