At one time or another all of us have set goals. These goals have given us good reasons for getting up in the morning. We’re always moving closer to, or away from, something which seems to be strongly effecting our lives. If you’re in college, graduation day represents a goal – it may be four years down the road, but it’s still in sight.
When you find a job, the goal may then change from job seeking to one of new career opportunities. Many of us work toward improving ourselves, not because of what others may think, but because we’re driven to do much more than simply exist. Every individual wants their time on Earth to have some sort of meaning, and this meaning may be for ourselves, our neighbour’s or even for the whole world at large.
What are a few of your most inspired goals and dreams? If you’ve never taken the time to write them down, buy a journal and do just this. If its been awhile since you’ve really delved into your thoughts, don’t worry about it, this personal endeavour will take quite a few sessions.
It doesn’t matter how off-the-wall these dreams may seem, make sure to write down every singe one of them. The culmination of dreams is not necessarily a lifelong career. You might really want to climb a mountain, but this certainly doesn’t mean that you have to be a professional mountain climber to do it. Scaling a mountain is an experience you’d like to have, and by fulfilling that desire, this adds a measure of character to your life.
You may not meet all of your goals. An unmet goal can – by chance, either lead us down a better path, or drop us into a new lifetime low. Strive for the former. Some of us are so set on keeping up with our ideals that we don’t realize the harm that we’re doing to our own level of joy in the process.
Take a good long look at your goals and dreams list. Who knew you had so many desires. Life is not about pursuing one path and then staying on it for the rest of your life. It’s about the detours and stops we choose to take that turn us into well-rounded and understanding people.
Only you can answer the question, “Is Your Life Fulfilling?” No one knows your heart like you do. It’s the fundamental question many long for someone else to answer for them, but you’ll soon realize that any answer another would give would be wrong – because they’re not you. You know yourself best, so begin using your goals and dreams as a guide to find the fulfilment you’re longing to achieve.
Alan Gillies is the Founder of Learning 2 Live, an online Lifestyles resource which mixes business with pleasure, covering a number of Lifestyle topics which include Relationships, Health, Wellbeing, Career, Travel & Coaching. Alan has extensive hands on experience across a wide range of business disciplines including Coaching and Mentoring, Change Management and NLP.
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