Lofty goals are great. I love lofty goals. Unusual goals are great. I love them too. Goals everyone else thinks are crazy—pursuits no one else but you may see as worthwhile—are great. We are all different, and so are our goals. But in one way we are all the same. We all have certain basic needs. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs lays out a theory that psychological health is based on fulfilling innate human needs in order of priority; fulfill all the “levels” and boom: You’re self-actualized. I’m not as smart as Maslow, so my hierarchy is simpler: We all need to be healthy. We all need to maintain
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