My Year Of No Goals & Soft Living

This blog is a part of the newsletter I’ve sent out earlier this year. It’s more of a personal share on my current mindset and focus (or lack thereof :)).

This year I’ve been doing some things differently. For starters, I didn’t set any goals or intentions. No word of the year.

For a while now I’ve been noticing an internal contradiction: as I accomplished some of my long standing goals, I began to feel growing restlessness and quiet dissatisfaction within myself.

It was like a part of me that had always propelled me forward didn’t get the memo that it’s time to loosen the grip. Time to settle in and harvest the fruits of my labor. Time to stop running towards things. That part of me needed a reminder that we’ve arrived—and at the same time, we will never fully arrive because there is no one place of arrival.

Nothing to Prove. No one to Impress

During this time there was a phrase that started echoing in my mind, seemingly out of nowhere: Nothing to prove. No one to impress.

It didn’t make sense at first. But then, when I was ready, it finally clicked.

I was shifting from striving to being—living as if there’s truly nothing to prove and no one to impress.

Just living for me.

Just existing with no agenda.

Slowing Down. Listening in. Letting Life Lead

When I gave that restlessness space, I could feel my soul longing for rest, ease, and gentleness. It’s been craving a softer way of living—one that moves away from striving and hustling.

Something in me kept rebelling against the ways of living that no longer feel like me.

Interestingly, I noticed that living with ease felt more like homecoming than something completely new.

This is who I am. I love slowness and quiet. I love not having plans or goals (that aren’t even mine). I love moving with a flow and allowing life to guide me. That’s what makes my soul feel most alive and aligned.

Leaving the Hustle Behind

Hustling and working hard certainly had their place and have served me really well. I am grateful for my past self for doing the most. But now, it’s time to put those ways to rest.

Different phases of life ask different things from us. And this phase is asking me to honor my preferences, follow my natural way of doing things, and let go of manufactured goals.

It feels so damn good to lean into that!

Not Needing to Know

I’m just doing what feels good. I’m listening to what gives me energy and what drains it. I’m doing what makes sense. I’m focusing on what needs my attention.

I know that what’s for me will show up in front of me when it’s time. It will be obvious when it’s time to change the course.

I want life to surprise me. That’s what makes me feel alive!