Self Goals

In life, every now and then, there are times when you are bogged down with its complications, struggling to find your way out, analyzing, and at most times, over-analyzing the facts and possibilities in front of you. But, amidst all of that, if you can drive your self-goals, you'd have the passport to your happiness. It sounds mean, but that is how we all are made.

For some time, imagine that whatever you do has no direct or indirect interest for you, would you still do it? I bet, no. Long back, a dear friend shared with me a story of woman in the desert with her small baby, stranded alone under the scorching sun, where her only chance of saving her life was to sacrifice the baby, and take his support to avoid the sand which would otherwise burn her. To my surprise, I was told that the lady, did that, and saved herself.

We are programmed to do things for ourselves. That does not necessarily has to mean that you don't care for your loved ones. It just means that out of all the time that you get, always spare some time for yourself, some time to work towards your goals, because otherwise you would be only fooling yourself.

Setting self goals is a continual exercise, and at various stages of life, one needs to assess their situation, and accordingly set the goals for themselves. These goals will help you drive yourself and your loved ones, and the closer you keep getting on achieving them, the better you'd feel. In the absence of self goals, you could expect restlessness and lack of purpose of being. And that is a very sad place to be. Try doing a rewind of your life, and think about people who are genuinely happy. You'd end up realizing that however small or insignificant, they do have some self goals that drive them. Because in their absence, its difficult to justify your being, and thus be happy.