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Goal - Coggle Diagram

- - - - unique circumstances
        
        make a lasting contribution to happiness
        
        Eg Buying a house
        
        strengthens identity
      - writer
        
        to become famous
    - - non unique rather a process that requires constant attention , intention and commitment
        
        more likely to lead to long lasting happiness
        
        playing a piano, leading a project
        
        especially when they increase your relatedness to other people
      - writer
        
        to inspire
        
        reflect suing mindfulness
  - - - actions become more faster and effective
        
        hyper-egoic self regulation
  - - - about a future event, and justification can always be countered with what if
        
        if something we are afraid of is happening right now, we usually know how to deal with it
    - - observing self - observer of our anxiety, it is anyways there
        
        it is okay to experience anxious thoughts, just a thought not reality
  - - - instead of looking ahead at what is still to come
      - informal activities - being grateful/focus on the positive
        
        research supports gratitude
- - - - future
        
        Goals
      - now
        
        Path to achieve them
  - - - Usually about something that is not sufficient
        
        Awareness of gap
        
        Frustration
        
        Opposite result achieved
        
        falling asleep
        
        Losing weight
      - Increased engagement with goal
        
        Less attention for action
        
        Instead of writing,worried about finishing writing
    - - Miss many worthwhile things that could enrich us, but no direct relation with the goal
        
        conversation with a colleague
        
        improve work env/relationship
    - - why set goal? to be happy?
        
        but research shows that is not possible
        
        achieving goals can only give temporary happiness
        
        we adapt quickly to new situations
        
        hedonic adaptation
      - The momentarily gratification that results from achieving a goal
        
        seems to be the source of motivation
        
        to want more or
        
        to be somewhere else