Two goals, really. I don’t like multiple goals (because we should really only have one goal; other goals should derive from it) but I don’t feel too bad about it (I’ll explain why).

(1) Find my life goals. (2) Prove to myself that I can execute on goals.

The timeline is fairly arbitrary; essentially I need enough time to have sufficient data points for (2) and not too much time so that (1) doesn’t drag on. And, specifically, let’s say that the deadline is October 10th (the Saturday after my birthday; the time around my birthday is symbolic).

(1) seems daunting. There is an element of intellect and an element of experience that are important to attempt to find my life goals. I feel that at this point in life I have enough of both (or, rather, enough of experience and still enough of intellect). I’ve been introspecting a lot more in the past nine months than I have been in my life before, and based on the kinds of thoughts I’ve been having in the past three months I feel ready.

The reason why I listed two goals and not one is that (1) becomes simply an intellectual exercise if I can’t follow through on my goals. Hence (2). Technically then I should do (2) first and then (1) but there is synergy in how these will be achieved — I will need to change the way I see and do things in order to do (2) successfully, and thinking about (1) will provide me with a framework to help me in this behavioral modification.

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