Do you think that you have achieved what you really desired or still struggling to achieve your desired goals?
Or its kind of illusion that after you have achieved your desired goal, instead of being satisfied, you set another goal?
Or you think that worldly desires bring more desires and it never stops?
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Every day is a struggle. I try to avoid indulging in day dreaming over an uncertain future and try to focus on getting through each day.
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i think everyone set long term goals irrespective of realistic or unrealistic.
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I have some general idea of where i would like to be, but I dont like planning as such. Planning leads to lakeer kai fakeer type attitudes and undermines the flexibility one needs in life. If you lose flexibility, you lose resilience in the face of change.
You really are just better of worrying about your today rather then the unseen tomorrow.
I am always amazed by how unpredictable life can be. So often, I have found myself in situations or places which i would never have predicted in a million years. Such is life. I suppose I have just given up on planning. Just seems futile really.
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Long term planning doesnt mean you have to follow some hard and fast rules or to follow others strictly. You can plan considering resources you have.
As you said you have some general ideas, so your life is inline with those ideas?
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Well, you plan for certain unforseen things. Savings accounts etc, college degree’s, things of that nature.
Moving along more or less. But like I said, im not married to any particular outcome. Will let you know once I get there. 
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Now..this.
Are you married to any woman ? Just wondering
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Nice thread.
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Not just ANY woman, but THE woman.
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Acha baba thwek haiQUOTE
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Or as we Germans would say, Zze woman.
(Back on topic)
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i practice qinaa’at-pasandii…i am happy and thankful for what i got and/or what i’ve achieved but at the same time strive to better it…
…i do my best and leave the rest to Allah!
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I set another goal…a life without a goal feels empty…setting another goal doesn’t mean you aren’t satisfied. Does it ?