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One of the most important aspects of living your dream life is deciding upon a grand goal — the great vision of your life. Achieving personal happiness is difficult if you don’t have an overarching goal to achieve, a theme that inspires you to keep going when times are tough and that isn’t compelling enough to even get you out of bed in the morning. If you are the kind of person who struggles to get motivated to even wake up or take a shower, let alone go to work, school or university, then you need a goal.
The best way to start thinking about your Big Goal is to start by considering what it is that gets you excited. It might be something like computer games — in which case, your grand goal might be to become a computer programmer or games designer. If you really like helping people, like I do, and that really excites you, you might want to consider being a counsellor or social worker. However, don’t stop there! Your big goal (if you’re thinking about becoming a games designer) should be to set up your own games company or launch a new type of console or some other larger vision. If you want to be a counsellor, think even bigger and consider setting up your own drop-in centre or counselling service. It doesn’t matter what your big dream is, as long as it –
MOTIVATES YOU to get up in the morning and work on achieving it step-by-step every day
COMPELS YOU to overcome all obstacles to achieving it, so that you never get “down” or want to give up
FULFILLS YOU in its towering vision and all-encompassing scope of satisfying your personal needs and deepest desires on many levels, so that it becomes “your life’s work”
BRINGS YOU closer to happiness the more you work on achieving it
TRANSCENDS the “norm” of everyday living to transform your life into something greater than yourself, so that you and your vision complement each other and are an expression of each other
Now, it’s not necessary to have the same dream for your whole life — you may find that what you thought would satisfy you when you were 20 years old does not fulfill you when you’re 45 — if so, change it! The more you understand yourself, the more accurate your dream will be in allowing you to have the life you’ve always desired!
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This post was originally published on Medium and is republished here with permission from the author.
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