Do you have life goals you strive to achieve or go with the flow?

[Nik]

Don't think either approach is superior over the other, as the attitude should fit personality. One is happy with achievements, feeling them being meaningful, while another is frustrated with constant pursuit of ephemeral goals. Someone else addresses eventualities as they come and enjoy life as it is, applying only tactical maneuvering.
What's your approach?

[Darrel]

When I was younger I just went with the flow. But now since there are things that I want to accomplish and gain, I have to set goals and push myself to achieve them. Not to say that there isn't times where I won't just go with the flow but it has to something that is worth my time.

[Ian]

I have almost always followed goals, and depending on how you assess them, I have generally achieved them - it has been getting others to agree with me where i have failed. Also failed in one sense with ebooks - sales are not exactly scintillating :-( Still, I persist. Next goals are to speak at an international conference in June on astrobiology to see if I can persuade any to consider my theory on planetary formation, and to finish my book on the application of guidance waves to chemical bond theory. That will not be a hot seller, but I shall at least have archived my work.

[Scout]

When I was younger, I set goals, and I achieved them. Those goals were set based mainly on what others expected of me.

Now that I'm older, I set goals daily. I have a list. I feel good when I can check things off, but I'm also okay with moving less important things to tomorrow's list. Tomorrow is another day.

[Ian]

Good thinking, Scout. It is one thing to have goals, but to set deadlines for them merely makes you miserable, except of course for the odd goal that has to be done in a certain time.