The person that lives for the "journey?" ---or--- The person that lives for the goal? Substantiate your choice. Please restrict your answers to these two options only. (I know there are probably more).
2006-09-18 04:42:06 · 13 answers · asked by Lake Lover 6 in Health ➔ Mental Health
ALSO -- assume the person attained their "goal" as they wished.
2006-09-18 04:42:56 · update #1
i find this a difficult question because i am the type of person who is carreer driven i am trying to get good a levels and hope
to go to college and university & then hopefully become a games designer, however this is good adn i would like to achieve it, i know that i will be unable to travel as my work will be my life and this is not who i am, i personally want to be a great painterthat travels the world going from place to place working, and changling lifestyle all of the time, i seem to have been chosing the path of practicality rather than what i really want, so to answer your question i would say thatthe person who lives for the journey is the happier one, becuase even though they will be sad to leave the people they have met adn the places they have seen, they will always be a free spirit that lives their lives to full.
thakyou for your question for some reason it really made me think about what i want from life adn i think i will leave the path of practicality and move to a much brighter path x x x i will climb the mountain andi will sit and take in the view before moving to another mountain or even a lake
2006-09-18 05:02:19 · answer #1 · answered by English gothic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The journey as those who seek a goal may miss out on so much as they are so focused on a particular goal. If that goal does not come, that person is disappointed.
Journey people get to benefit from the little things that happen along the way that deserve notice. The flowers, the trees, the kindnesses, the small achievements, the large achievements, the goals and then beyond the goals. Also, journey people know that there is no one goal, that life is with its ups and downs and that both are to be experienced. Experiencing these ups and downs puts journey people closer to their creator.
Also, journey people tend to know that bad things happen and have to be lived with. Goal people see bad things as an error of some kind.
2006-09-18 05:12:21 · answer #2 · answered by adamsjrcn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Journey.
If you live for the goal, you become frustrated by setbacks. If you are living to enjoy the journey you are better able to accept them as part of the plan.
For example:
I'm doing weight watchers to lose weight right now. If you focus on the big goal of your ideal weight, it can seem so far away. It takes A LOT of motivation to say "I'm going to be perfect for the next year until I reach my goal". It is a lot easier to live with the journey of smaller goals, like; "This week I'm going to eat 2 fruit everyday."
When you focus on the smaller steps of the journey you can enjoy what each day brings. Continuing on with the weight loss example. I can celebrate that I *feel* better about eating more healthy, even if I am not at my "goal" weight yet.
If you are focused on the big goal, you don't have anything to celebrate until you reach it. Then it may seem kind of anticlimatic.
2006-09-18 04:49:15 · answer #3 · answered by Crystal Violet 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The person who lives for the journey because once you have obtained your goal what else is there? The journey is life and all that comes with that. I'd rather enjoy the journey that may eventually lead to the goal.
2006-09-18 04:44:28 · answer #4 · answered by lady_reed_03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person who lives for the journey will definately be happier. That person has arrived daily. From the moment they awake, they are at their desired place. They stop and smell the roses.
The goal seeker may enjoy the thrill of the chase, but he never knows peace until he achieves the goal. Then he must find another goal to continue. He says things like, "When we get a bigger house, I'll be happy. When I earn my degree, I'll be happy. When we have children, etc."
The one living for the journey is happy already.
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2006-09-18 04:53:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The person that lives for the journey. Living for the journey opens many doors and oportunities that having one goal would not allow. Being open while on the journey allows you to discover many things about yourself and the world around you
2006-09-18 04:53:04 · answer #6 · answered by snarf b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person that goes on the journey to achieve the goal. Once achieved, they continue on the journey to obtain the next goal and so on....
2006-09-18 04:49:05 · answer #7 · answered by Twin 2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The person that lives for the journey, i think so atleast, once you reach your goal, theres nothing to keep you going, the journey to the goal keeps you going and pushes you further.
2006-09-18 04:44:34 · answer #8 · answered by Fiona M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person who lives for the goal. They know what they are aiming for which helps everything else in life fall into place.
2006-09-18 04:45:42 · answer #9 · answered by Lacking Daisies 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the person that lives for the journey because their life has been enriched by many experiences
2006-09-18 04:44:14 · answer #10 · answered by island3girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋