> But each time she reached a new milestone, she didn’t feel any real joy. Because culturally, we put happiness over the cognitive horizon. A place we can neve

> But each time she reached a new milestone, she didn’t feel any real joy. Because culturally, we put happiness over the cognitive horizon. A place we can never reach if we continue to believe that in order to be happy we must achieve certain goals. I think the trick is to find happiness first, and then worry about goals. Counterintuitive but it’s much easier to pursue goals when you are in a happy place!