"Treat goals as predictions, not fixed commitments After interviewing Buddhist monks and reviewing goal-setting research, Chris Bailey reframed goals entirely: "Every goal is a prediction at where you believe your current and your planned actions will take you." The problem is that predictions harden into expectations, and expectations breed disappointment when life inevitably diverges from the plan. His solution is to edit and even drop goals as new information arrives rather than clinging to the original version, because getting closer to what you actually want is more valuable than stubborn consistency with an outdated plan. Source: Chris Bailey, Modern Wisdom, Intentional: How to Finish What You Start"