The Day I Stopped Writing Big Goals

  I used to think big goals were the roadmap. Turns out, they were the biggest distraction.

My old notebooks were filled with crazy goals:

• Build a unicorn startup in 5 years

• Gain 1 million users

• Raise $10M funding

I thought ambition = success. But in reality, those giant goals became a prison. Every day I felt like a failure because the gap between where I was and where I wanted to be was massive.

Then one day, I decided to quit writing big goals. Instead, I asked myself: What’s the next small win I can achieve today?

It was liberating. Suddenly, progress wasn’t about hitting impossible milestones—it was about stacking small victories. Fixing one bug. Closing one client. Writing one useful blog.

And here’s the funny thing: when you stop obsessing over the big picture and focus on today, momentum kicks in. Momentum builds confidence. Confidence creates consistency. And consistency? That’s where the magic happens.

I didn’t reach those notebook goals in the exact way I imagined—but I built something stronger: a system that keeps moving forward no matter what.

📌 Lesson? Big dreams inspire, but small wins build.