Well, this might not apply to elite performers like athletes or artists.
But, for me personally, having any kind of goal becomes a major hurdle in getting started. Take this blog as an example. Every time I start out to write something, I try to envision whether that particular topic will end up becoming long, interesting or worth writing. As soon as I cannot see that future, I completely lose all interest in writing or rather starting itself. Only when I find something worth and qualifying all criteria, can I start writing.
This inherently is contrary to the very reason I started this blog. I want to write this blog so as to run far away from the grip of social media loop of likes, subscribes etc. This means I should write whatever is on my mind and not worry about how the end result will look like.
This applies to life as well. Often we do not start because we start with a goal in mind or some kind of expectation in mind. And throughout the process of that task we keep gauging our current output with the expected output and that is what drives the motivation in that moment. If we see that the task is meeting the goal, then we feel good and keep going. But while that may help in some cases, often that keeps us from starting anything. Exactly how I haven’t written a lot in last few months as I just do not get started.
So rather than having a goal, the goal itself should be to not have any goal. With that in mind, I will try to keep my writing game up.
On life and time 