Systems and Goals

I’m having a problem lately of comparing myself to others. It’s the whole missing the forest for the trees type thing with me. It seems that so many of my peers are getting married, getting new jobs, graduating for college, etc. Because of this, I’m getting so focused on the goal of becoming a published author, as I feel the need for some sort of achievement. However, I’m missing the journey.

At the end of the day, all I can really do is what’s reasonable and what I am capable of. Reaching the goal is something I’ve been striving to do, so maybe there’s anxiety and frustration in working a long time to reach the goal and not achieving it yet. As long as I’m working towards the goal and having a system to consistently work on it, I can only have faith that I’ll eventually reach something.