Beyond Goals: How to Make 2025 Truly Count - Readwise Highlights

Metadata

  • Author: Mo Issa
  • Full Title: Beyond Goals: How to Make 2025 Truly Count
  • Category: articles
  • Summary: The author reflects on how to make 2025 meaningful by focusing on the process of achieving goals rather than just the end results. He suggests combining goal-oriented activities with enjoyable, purpose-driven ones to find more happiness and fulfillment. By embracing daily practices that bring joy, we can savor life’s journey instead of only aiming for distant achievements.
  • URL: https://moissa.substack.com/p/beyond-goals-how-to-make-2025-truly

Highlights

  • “The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. (View Highlight)
  • Postponing our happiness is no way to live—The more we continually strive towards success, accomplishments and goals, the more miserable we feel. (View Highlight)
  • The philosopher Robert M. Pirsig wrote, “It’s the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top.” While goals give structure and direction, it is the day-to-day act of climbing—the system—that makes life meaningful. (View Highlight)