You work toward a goal, imagining how good it will feel. You arrive, and it does feel good. Then the feeling starts to fade, faster than expected. You are left wondering if there is something wrong; have you somehow failed?
There is nothing wrong. The satisfaction you felt is designed to fade. If it didn’t, you’d stop striving. What you’re feeling is a sign that you’re still alive and searching, not that you’ve failed.
You discover that the achievement you sought was not the goal. The goal evolved; it’s the person you have become in the process, the person who knows how to grow, how to self-actualize, and self-validate your life.
The bigger challenge now is what to do with what you have started, what you have built.
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