How pointless are goals?

A final year student I made a lot of mistakes in my life Never ever worked hard to my fullest potential Didn't studied well even though I had potential during JEE Keep getting attracted to girls(very few times), even though I am training myself not to. Becoming emotionally down often Feeling guilty of not being able to have someone to talk to. What I simply want is to work to my fullest potential without getting attracted to the other gender so that there are no distractions and becoming mentally strong to the point that I don't need anyone else continuously present in my life for me. There has to be a way Almost everyone around me are so strong My gut believes I don't have that much time left I just want to fix everything for my parents and my brother And leaving with a pride and honor of a MAN.

While it is a matter of personal preference, it is worth considering whether publicizing and structuring the discussion of a parent's death for content consumption is the most appropriate way to grieve. Alternatively, it could be argued that society has evolved to include new forms of grief expression. Nonetheless, it is important to approach such sensitive topics with care and respect.

Hi all, I have noticed that the experienced senior people around me [ ICs, EMs, etc ] have too much work and they are always in a work mode. Seeing them makes me wonder whether I would want to be like them in the future. All the senior experienced people here, how stressful / hectic / difficult is your work life as you move up the corporate ladder? Is it even worth it to chase meaningless numbers, and promotions, and grow up the career ladder?

I'm going to be graduating from BBA, tier 3 college. I fucked up in 10 and a bit in 12th i took commerce, even though i was interested in building product and working on technical aspect of things. Then in the covid period, i panicked and thought I'll probably loose my year if I'll wait to take addmission thus took admission in tier 3 college, half of the college period i attended from home, in the mean time i learned little bit of scripting and built some shitass blockchain project which ended up amounting to nothing but i enjoyed that. Now idk what I'm gonna do in future. Currently I'm working towards studying for CFA lvl 1. Why? I've loved financial aspects of valuations of companies so thought i might as well do this in the time I'm unemployed. I think my end goal is to work somewhere where i can solve product related problems or evaluate new startups. Consulting sounds cool too BUT me being from a tier 3 college i feel like I don't have a chance. Hell, i don't even know what's the purpose of my rant here, but hey if you have something to share please do :)

Let me start by listing mine 1. Get into shape 💪 - I’ve set a target weight for myself, and a target muscle mass and body fat percentage 2. One book a month 📕 - This is something I’ve tried over and over but never seemed to achieve. 3. Delve deeper into devops 🔄 4. Complete a few side projects I’ve had in my backlog for months 5. Quit smoking 🚭 What are yours?

I have over 5 years of experience in product management and have worked with 2 companies in the past. On multiple occasions i felt that I am struggling with what to build next. Generating a laundry list of ideas could be easy but generating an impactful roadmap is something that i struggle with. Is this because I am incompetent as a product manager or other PMs also get stuck in similar situations, if yes then what do you do to come out of it?

Let's ask Modi ji to make this a law. Everyone should work 84 hours per week. All of us have wasted too much time in the last 10 years already.

I noticed a pattern in myself. I chase a goal, I achieve it, be elated about achieving that goal for a few hours (A few days at best, if it's some really really great achievement), and everything feels the same again I'm off thinking about the next thing. Once I've got it, my mind just goes "this wasn't such a big deal". I got a pretty nice rank in NEET UG and also cracked the internship at Microsoft. I have won hackathons. I have overcome my shyness about talking to strangers. I have a lot of things to be proud of. I came really close to killing myself but have managed to live on, and this is my greatest achievement by far. I just wish I could be happy.

What's the one thing you had wanted to change / start / stop doing this year - call it resolution at the beginning of the year? How are you doing on that? I wanted to get into a better rhythm on fitness and sustain the good eating habits from last year. Where am I? After a wasted JFM quarter, did somewhat okay in Apr, May and June. July has been not too bad. Baby steps: trying to get 3-4 hours in a week for fitness. I have realised habit formation is a function of stacking. When I workout on Saturday, I want to go to the gym on Sunday too and then on Monday and Tuesday and so on.. When I miss 2 days in a row, then I degrade to saying okay, let's start on Sunday - as a fresh week. Trying to break out of that and convincing myself today is as good as Sunday. :P Definitely improved, but a long way to go. Would love to know about others here on and hope to get more inspiration. As they say, one day at a time. So do you want to wait till Jan'24? :)

Capitalism has its limitations. Being employed or being your own boss both require mindfully not becoming a slave. To be the master of your own destiny is true empowerment. While money is important so is knowledge. The hindu iconography of Lakshmiji, Ganeshji ans Saraswatiji emobies the message of this post. Do not spend all your time, resources and energy in only earning a salary or creating profits for a start up or an employer. Differentiate economic goals from purpose in life.