What to do after an important goal is achieved

What happens when you finally achieve an important goal?

What happens when you finally get paid more? What happens when you finally open a gym membership, or get your diet corrected? What happens when you finally find some cool friends, or upgrade your dating life?

What happens next?

Take a moment to enjoy it. Take a breather. Take the day off, and just do what makes you happy. No pressures. No worries. Because, we know that you’re probably going to come up with a new goal tomorrow. We all do it. Enjoy your victory.

If you like reading, let yourself sit around and read all day. If you like sports, let yourself indulge in a few sports games. If you like a certain food, I guess, go ahead and indulge in it.

We could be hard charging all the time, but is that really a wise way to live?

Recently, I was watching a short documentary on a 109 year old man. He was dropping his pearls of wisdom. He was telling his secrets for a long life. Honestly, you could tell he was a happy guy. Why? Because he was smiling the entire time. People who say they’re happy, but never smile, are not happy. I don’t believe them. If you’re happy, you smile. Period.

I’ve seen people who claim to be happy, yet they barely smiled throughout our conversation. Yeah. Sure. I don’t believe you for, even, one second. Regardless, of what you claim. Being happy equals smiling.

Anyway, this old man lives life by doing things he enjoys. If it makes him happy, he does it. If it doesn’t make him happy, he doesn’t do it. Simple. At 109 years old, he might be onto something 🙂 .

He smokes cigars all day. Why? It makes him happy. He feeds his cats every morning. Why? It makes him happy. He begins his day whenever he wakes up. Even, if it’s 2 am or 3 am. Why? It makes him happy. He has four cups of coffee every morning. Why? It makes him happy. He sometimes indulges in whiskey. Why? You can probably guess. He enjoys a small bowl of ice cream in the evenings. Why? Yes, you’re correct. It makes him happy.

Maybe, we don’t want to live our entire life simply doing things that make us happy. But, why not after a major victory? If it makes you happy, go ahead, go for it.