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Semi-Related: How do you come up with long-term-goals? Owning a car in the Bay is worthless, real estate is too expensive. Traveling the world is nice, but it m

Semi-Related: How do you come up with long-term-goals? Owning a car in the Bay is worthless, real estate is too expensive. Traveling the world is nice, but it might get boring after some years. I kinda like my work and my life, but I feel like I should have a big future goal.

rohitb91 8y ago
Get married? Have kids? Reach a higher position? Join your dream company? Climb Everest? Do 10 pullups? Learn french? Help kids in Africa? Donate a million dollars? Tip someone a hundred that needs it? Donate 100 books to a library? Fly an aircraft over the Atlantic? Write a book? Get famous on social media? Whatever you want
smckk 8y ago
This might help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQMbvJNRpLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQMbvJNRpLE
xeromal 8y ago
I can see what you mean and you won't have that itch scratched until you find what drives you. I'm an outdoorsman myself, but a few goals I have are building a rally car initially purchased under $1000. You would be able to teach yourself some mechanics without breaking the bank. That skill will transfer to many things. I can't stress the kind of debugging it takes to work on a car. It's debugging code in hard mode because to 'test' your code you have to buy a part. Forces you to really think about things. You could also start hiking taller and taller mountains. 14k or higher is where it starts getting fun. The mountains get as high as you want. Learn how to ride a motorcycle. Super useful if you live in CA. A lot of people think its too dangerous, but honestly a little danger is good for the bones. We put ourselves in too many bubbles. The long-term goal could be to ride down Baja. Have you tried to pick up cooking? Make advances recipes? You could have a goal of cooking for a huge party and everyone being amazed at the food.
kowdermeister 8y ago
That should be the real question. All else is just a consequence of being motivated enough to achieve that particular goal. You are probably fine already, but if you feel that you want more, I would suggest to get some inspiration from a new paradigm you never did before. I've seen this lately, and while he did come up with rather random looking goals, it seems it doesn't matter what they are if you devote yourself fully to them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQMbvJNRpLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQMbvJNRpLE
everdev 8y ago
I've heard to pieces of advice: 1. Pick an unobtainable goal. I had a big goal that I achieved and the sense of diretionlessness was real. Some people say it's better to have a goal you can never finish like "meet as many artists as you can" or "end hunger" as it'll continue to be your guidepost in life. 2. Enjoy the process. If you're working just to get to your goal and you achieve it, you'll have a few moments of bliss when you do and then it will fade. If you enjoy the process itself rather than just the end result then you can experience bliss more often.
jrowley 8y ago
Owning a car in the bay allows you to get to some of the best hiking / running trails in the world! Get a car, then get outside! (or just do whatever makes your happy :)
egypturnash 8y ago
If you want to take a mystical angle on it, start reading stuff about one's True Will.
- monch 8y ago
  Sounds interesting, can you point me to a little more?
  - egypturnash 8y ago
    I’m too lazy to do more than drop you in at the deep end: http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/True_Will http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/True_Will
ssivark 8y ago
I have a couple of book suggestions that might help you start exploring the question for yourself: 1. Man's search for meaning, by Victor Frankl 2. Ambition, by Gilbert Brim

rohitb91 8y ago

Get married? Have kids? Reach a higher position? Join your dream company? Climb Everest? Do 10 pullups? Learn french? Help kids in Africa? Donate a million dollars? Tip someone a hundred that needs it? Donate 100 books to a library? Fly an aircraft over the Atlantic? Write a book? Get famous on social media? Whatever you want

smckk 8y ago

This might help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQMbvJNRpLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQMbvJNRpLE

xeromal 8y ago

I can see what you mean and you won't have that itch scratched until you find what drives you. I'm an outdoorsman myself, but a few goals I have are building a rally car initially purchased under $1000. You would be able to teach yourself some mechanics without breaking the bank. That skill will transfer to many things. I can't stress the kind of debugging it takes to work on a car. It's debugging code in hard mode because to 'test' your code you have to buy a part. Forces you to really think about things. You could also start hiking taller and taller mountains. 14k or higher is where it starts getting fun. The mountains get as high as you want. Learn how to ride a motorcycle. Super useful if you live in CA. A lot of people think its too dangerous, but honestly a little danger is good for the bones. We put ourselves in too many bubbles. The long-term goal could be to ride down Baja. Have you tried to pick up cooking? Make advances recipes? You could have a goal of cooking for a huge party and everyone being amazed at the food.

kowdermeister 8y ago

That should be the real question. All else is just a consequence of being motivated enough to achieve that particular goal. You are probably fine already, but if you feel that you want more, I would suggest to get some inspiration from a new paradigm you never did before. I've seen this lately, and while he did come up with rather random looking goals, it seems it doesn't matter what they are if you devote yourself fully to them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQMbvJNRpLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQMbvJNRpLE

everdev 8y ago

I've heard to pieces of advice: 1. Pick an unobtainable goal. I had a big goal that I achieved and the sense of diretionlessness was real. Some people say it's better to have a goal you can never finish like "meet as many artists as you can" or "end hunger" as it'll continue to be your guidepost in life. 2. Enjoy the process. If you're working just to get to your goal and you achieve it, you'll have a few moments of bliss when you do and then it will fade. If you enjoy the process itself rather than just the end result then you can experience bliss more often.

jrowley 8y ago

Owning a car in the bay allows you to get to some of the best hiking / running trails in the world! Get a car, then get outside! (or just do whatever makes your happy :)

egypturnash 8y ago

If you want to take a mystical angle on it, start reading stuff about one's True Will.

monch 8y ago
Sounds interesting, can you point me to a little more?
- egypturnash 8y ago
  I’m too lazy to do more than drop you in at the deep end: http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/True_Will http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/True_Will

ssivark 8y ago

I have a couple of book suggestions that might help you start exploring the question for yourself: 1. Man's search for meaning, by Victor Frankl 2. Ambition, by Gilbert Brim