The Art of No Goals
It’s taken a while but I did it. Since a kid I’ve had idols like Bill Gates (definitely shouldn’t be anyone’s idol at the moment), Steve Jobs, and even Elon Musk (again not a good idol in this day and age). Having power, prestige, and money through technological advancement and beautiful products was something that always inspired me to be an engineer. Until I retired.
Even for the first two years of retirement I was busy coding away trying to make software products that would overtake the world in a particular domain. I failed. I stepped back and took two more years to figure out what actually I was trying to achieve. I did nothing in those two years. Maybe not exactly nothing, but close to it. I took up Olympic Weightlifting, and also got addicted to flying planes in X-Plane. I needed to give my brain a break from the previous 25 years of indoctrination.
Now that time has passed, I realise I don’t need to be like anyone. It’s ok to not be hugely successful. It’s ok to be a nobody. Therefore it’s ok to do nothing productive. It still feels weird when I think about it, which means I’m not fully 100% believing myself but I’m close.
