When I was a child my big dream was to become an astronaut. I dreamed about seeing the stars, seeing the moon, floating weightless in space. I wanted to experience things that I was not able to experience on Earth. I never pursued my dream other than to dream about it. But I knew why I wanted to do it.

As I grew older, I found myself not really knowing what I wanted to do when I got big. As I got closer to high school graduation, I still didn’t know what I wanted to do. Even now, I wonder if I will ever really know what I want to do. I think that if you share some of the same concerns as I do, you find yourself trying and experimenting with many different things. We may find ourselves discontented in our work, always looking for the next challenge or flash in the pan.

The heading of this section is, “Why Do You Want to Go There?” and I think that it is important to focus on the why. In his bestselling book, Start with Why, Simon Sinek basically states that if we start with the understanding about why we are doing something, the details of how it will happen will fall into place. So, take some time to think about why you want to achieve your goal. Do you want to face a challenge, overcome an obstacle, be a good provider for your family, solve a problem, etc. Knowing why you want to do what you want to do is vital in making that dream become reality.

So, how do we overcome not knowing what we want to do or knowing where we want to go. How do we determine what is best for us and our journey? The next few segments I hope will help us gain an understanding and allow for us to better plot the journey of where we want to go and why.