If you search on a search engine for “no goals” or “life without goals” you get some sites that emphasize the importance of setting and achieving goals, but there are some other voices who say that setting goals is often an issue for them, so they try to live without goals.
Some of the problems they indicate are that goals often end up being achieved differently or on a different schedule, so it seems pointless to set goals, or they can get things done without making it in to a “goal”.
I was curious if you’ve seen this philosophy and experimented with it: what are your opinions on “living without goals”?
I did zen training for many years, and spent a long time seeking the ideal of “being nobody, going nowhere”.
I believe that having no goals makes life a living hell. You get dopamine when you approach a goal. Without any goals, you get no dopamine. Without dopamine, you live in hell.
for some it’s just semantics, they want to do things but not call it a goal, or want to reform the goal seeking process
I think one of the issues is some goals don’t go according to plan so then people become more flexibile but then it can get to the point of like why set a goal at all