This is great advice. I sometimes feel that people are put off when their goals are vastly different than one's own. Like, travelling the world is NOT one of my goals, but when I tell some people that, they almost try to persuade me to add it as a goal. It's kind of weird. Especially if your goals are not grand adventures but kind of "small" or "quiet" (like living next to a field of wildflowers or working in a small town library, which are two of my goals!).
Thank you. Interesting. I think my goals are a combination of what I’ve seen and done as well as going deeper into things that interest me. I guess that means that only 10 per cent of my goals are original, I.e. I think that I’m the only person to have thought of them but it’s probably less than that as I would have to check each one out which would take some time.
I also see it as a maturation process. I can start off with a borrowed list but over time by listening to how my inner self responds, I can start my own list. It may be mundane or creative but by trying them out, I build trust within myself.
you write: "This type of investigation is more fruitful than just experiencing the same artists over and over. It’s fun, and you’ll learn something along the way!" This would have been a good time to suggest goals of CREATING as well as experiencing art. Turning"experiencing art" into a goal is rather limiting (although experiencing a live concert by a pop singer/artist can be as expensive as a trip to Paris at this point). There was a chance here to look at active/creative goals as well as passive/predictive-$profit-for-others sorts of goals - drawing as a way of seeing nature more closely leaps to my mind. So often visual art is the most frequent cultural omission in advice arenas such as this, whether to visit museums or create. If people need advice about expanding their options for goals, I wish the advice went beyond routine options.
This is great advice. I sometimes feel that people are put off when their goals are vastly different than one's own. Like, travelling the world is NOT one of my goals, but when I tell some people that, they almost try to persuade me to add it as a goal. It's kind of weird. Especially if your goals are not grand adventures but kind of "small" or "quiet" (like living next to a field of wildflowers or working in a small town library, which are two of my goals!).
Yes I agree, I think some people are threatened when you are different from them.
Thank you. Interesting. I think my goals are a combination of what I’ve seen and done as well as going deeper into things that interest me. I guess that means that only 10 per cent of my goals are original, I.e. I think that I’m the only person to have thought of them but it’s probably less than that as I would have to check each one out which would take some time.
I also see it as a maturation process. I can start off with a borrowed list but over time by listening to how my inner self responds, I can start my own list. It may be mundane or creative but by trying them out, I build trust within myself.
you write: "This type of investigation is more fruitful than just experiencing the same artists over and over. It’s fun, and you’ll learn something along the way!" This would have been a good time to suggest goals of CREATING as well as experiencing art. Turning"experiencing art" into a goal is rather limiting (although experiencing a live concert by a pop singer/artist can be as expensive as a trip to Paris at this point). There was a chance here to look at active/creative goals as well as passive/predictive-$profit-for-others sorts of goals - drawing as a way of seeing nature more closely leaps to my mind. So often visual art is the most frequent cultural omission in advice arenas such as this, whether to visit museums or create. If people need advice about expanding their options for goals, I wish the advice went beyond routine options.
As a mystic, my goal is the endless transformation of my consciousness using Internal Family Systems parts work.
It’s the most challenging goal I know. Kinda don’t recommend it as a life path unless it calls to you.
But self-transformation is a great hobby!
When considering life goals, I invite people not just to think about external goals, but internal ones as well.
Even feeling 10% less self-critical would be epic for lots of folks, and will actually improve your life a lot more than a trip to Paris!