The idea that we must set personal goals and work relentlessly to achieve them, bothers me. It implies that you should make plans & then follow them no matter what.
It is a set up for being labeled (by self or others) as a quitter.
Which doesn't help anyone.
I prefer to move toward an idea of what I’d like my life to be like, rather than goal. Then adjust as I learn.
Circumstances change, I learn more, new opportunities appear.

it is always possible to /choose again/ as
@JerryWeinberg & Virginia Satir taught.
At one time in my life, I had the idea I wanted to own and run a book store. I loved books. I read voraciously. Seemed like a perfect fit.
I could have relentlessly pursued that. Spent my life’s savings. Taken out loans.
However, I decided do a test and got a job in a bookstore.
My experiment led me to chose again.

I went back to programming, met
@JerryWeinberg, went to grad school, went out on my own, wrote 3 books (so far)...
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