Life Planning for People Who Hate Goal Setting (The Scribble)

Life Planning for People Who Hate Goal Setting (The Scribble)

January 15, 2026 · 27 min · Season 3 · Episode 30

About this episode

This episode discusses alternative approaches to life planning for those who struggle with traditional goal setting.

If you’d rather eat broken glass than set new year’s goals, I’ve got a podcast episode for you! So many of us have PTSD around goals. We feel shame about all the times we’ve gone for something in the past … only to fall on our faces. Every time we see a successful person, we assume they did it “right.” (Set goal. Followed up with disciplined action. Got result.) But what if the opposite was actually true? What if creating your dreams is always supposed to look and feel like a shit show? It’s ...

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