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    Why Getting Your Goals Doesn't Make You Happy, And What You Can Do About It
    Erin Mac
    • Dec 16, 2018
    • 5 min

    Why Getting Your Goals Doesn't Make You Happy, And What You Can Do About It

    I have been goal-oriented my entire life. I am not sure if it was innate or something I learned from my father, because he has always been goal-oriented too. For as long as I can remember I would set goals, achieve them, then try to set even loftier goals. I would set physical goals, spiritual/emotional goals, financial goals, you name it I would set a goal about every aspect of my life. I was under the illusion that if I set and achieved goals that it would make me happy. It
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