Goals

Achieving goals doesn’t guarantee happiness, but I can understand why you might think that it does. I mean, that’s what we’re taught. Goals = Success! When we check all the right boxes and make the right moves, we’ll be happy. When we achieve our New Year’s Resolutions, we’ll be happy! When we finally have the perfect career, marriage, family and house, we’ll be happy. And when we’re wealthy and skinny and look like we’re starring in a damn perfume commercial, we’ll be happy[...]

If you feel like you've made all the "right" moves in life, but you aren’t as happy as you thought you’d be, you've probably realized that sometimes checking the "right" boxes doesn't lead to happiness.  I work with professional, goal-getter women. I’m one myself. And I think what we all want out of life is more purpose, peace and pleasure. We’re taught from a young age that if we work hard and achieve our goals, we’ll be happy. And as high achievers, we know how to achieve our[...]