Realization 1: Stop Setting Goals

Because it’s keeping you stuck!

Jyotishree
2 min readSep 18, 2024
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During an argument, my husband told me that my problem is that I lack long-term vision. I don’t know where I want to see myself 5 years or even one year down the line.

But I see that as a strength.

I remember when I was working in my full-time job, I got this question a few times about where I wanted to see myself 2 or 5 years later.

I always said I wanted to see myself as a team leader or in a managerial position. To be honest, I never had the answer.

And thank God, because not having a set goal allowed me to explore other options. Otherwise, I’d still be stuck in a night shift job with no satisfaction and a lot of burnout.

Not having a plan allowed me to:

  • Get into freelancing
  • Switch from content writing to social media marketing
  • Try managing Instagram accounts to growing LinkedIn personal brands, and so much more!

As much as I advocate setting goals or having plans, I cannot disagree that sometimes the best things in life are unplanned.

I come from a middle-class family and I never had any big goals or dreams in life. Whenever I set any goals, they would always be very mediocre or…

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Jyotishree

I write about freelancing, self development and spirituality.