How Goals Evolve
I’m at the brink of starting something new and different. It is something that would be business and income related. While I was looking through some old files aka junk in my computer, I came across some old goals (no longer junk but gems) I’ve written down way back in 1998. Yes, some of my files go back that long. I’ve switched computers several times and I do wonder how some stuff survive through all that.
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Anyhow, I have little text files from 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2008. The most recent one is a mindmap. Not sure what happen to those in years in between. I might have them written down on some of my notes in my old journal.
Seeing my old goals was interesting. It gives you insights to who you are back then. What you thought was important. It is also interesting to see how your goals evolve over time. Some of the goals which I held on to for many years, now is no longer important. For me, I noticed that as I grow and change, priorities change. Some of the goals I accomplished much later than the date I set and I even had a goal to have a girlfriend. Yeah, right! What a lousy goal since I have no control over that and my social skills are … let’s not go there. Enough to say that the goal did not happen at the appointed time. I did find my better half over 6 years back and it been great.
Back to the point I want to make with this article. I’m at the point to putting down some short term goals and it feel a bit scary initially. Looking back, while there was a time I felt down & disappointed when I did not achieve the goal then, and somewhat kicked myself, at this point, not achieving the goals is okay with me. And I’m beginning to see that while goals give direction, it is not the be all and end all.
I looked through some of the goals and wonder what it would be like if I got them. Perhaps it would give some new experience e.g. having a sports car and show off a lot (okay gotta keep pride in check) but other than that, I don’t see much benefit it would bring to me. Some might say, I’m trying to comfort myself. Well, maybe but I don’t think so.
Like I mentioned, goals gives direction only. That too direction can change. Looking back, while I think that goals are important, they are much overrated. They cause you to grow, to learn, to change. While the less important goals 10 years down are left on the wayside, I realized, some more important ones came true albeit later.
What about you? Do is to keep your goals list of yesteryears? How do you relate to goals after a decade of setting them?
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