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RE: Dreaming

in #writing7 years ago

That sounds like a nice dream to me. I see dreams and goals as a direction to put my energy. When you get too invested in the outcome, you can never be content, because when you reach the goal, you find you don’t know what to do with yourself...if you even reach the goal. Expectations stress us out, making it harder to reach the goal.

You are in a good place!

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One big thing I didn't really take up enough on this post was the "you can never be content"-thing. I've seen too many people who get too obsessed with their goals and dreams so in the end, even if they reach their goals, they are not content.

This made me think of Hemulen in the Moomins. At first, he collected stamps - until he finally got the perfect stamp collection. He got depressed and someone mentioned "Instead of being a collector, he is now an owner - which is not even nearly as fun".