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I hit every goal I set - the title, the income, the house - and sat in my car in the driveway for 20 minutes on a Tuesday not knowing why I wasn't happy - Silicon Canals

Achieving goals can lead to disorientation and emptiness if they are extrinsic rather than intrinsic.

I have everything I was promised would make me happy - the mortgage is gone, the kids are thriving, the marriage is solid, the account is full - and the emptiness I feel sitting inside all of it is the loneliest kind because you can't explain a void that has no right to exist - Silicon Canals

Achieving all conventional life goals—career success, paid-off mortgage, strong family, full retirement account—can leave a person feeling empty and purposeless without understanding what comes after achievement.

Mindfulness

fromPsychology Today

1 month ago

When Success Feels Empty

Meaning is actively designed through experimentation and action, not passively discovered through waiting or reflection.

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I hit every goal I set - the title, the income, the house - and sat in my car in the driveway for 20 minutes on a Tuesday not knowing why I wasn't happy - Silicon Canals

I have everything I was promised would make me happy - the mortgage is gone, the kids are thriving, the marriage is solid, the account is full - and the emptiness I feel sitting inside all of it is the loneliest kind because you can't explain a void that has no right to exist - Silicon Canals

When Success Feels Empty

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