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jemiller  ·  4310 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Goalsetting: The Dark Side

Life has no inherent meaning, but that does not mean we cannot create it ourselves. And we do just that — going through life setting and achieving various goals. I should mention that like really enjoy seeing how far we have come. You will notice that between building onto ours and others' accomplishments and choosing a new goal to work towards, we value the former most. To say that life has a destination is twisting the situation a bit. No one truly has a clear understanding of who he/ she wants to be at the end. I wish to look back at the end and be satisfied, but I hardly believe that this one word "satisfied" can encapsulate what I will be then. I have found that I begin my favorite drawings with single lines not planning how any of it will come together at the end, but when I turn back and see my creation, I find contentedness. Almost in the same way, I view life as macroscopically unplannable , because some things are outside of our control, but we can plan how smaller events will look and try to match it the best we can.