The prevailing school of thought in modern psychology even recommends to prioritize values/ideals over goals. Unlike the latter, the former is an inexhaustible

The prevailing school of thought in modern psychology even recommends to prioritize values/ideals over goals. Unlike the latter, the former is an inexhaustible resource. You can always be kinder, more honest/authentic etc, and no external circumstance can take this away from you. Goal-setting is still important (especially in the short term), but only as a means to live according to your values. Unfortunately, we’ve been conditioned by the modern society to prioritize goals over ideals and then be unhappy/frustrated/annoyed when we either don’t “get what we want” or do but feel unfulfilled because it didn’t bring us the satisfaction we sought, or it was too short-lived, and now we want “more”.