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I just ran into an intriguing blog post where the author seems to essentially bring stability and predictability into his life by deliberately pursuing an impossible goal, and remembering this comment, got curious about what you'd think about it:
The first thing this makes me think of is the Babylon 5 episode "Grail." The concept appeals to me in a romantic sort of way.
I saw that on your Facebook before I saw it here, so already had thoughts on it.
1) I can see how it's less scary to think about, as a goal.
2) Picturing it in my head, I can't imagine myself using this and actually feeling motivated to work really hard because of this goal. But that may be less because it's impossible, and more because it's big and vague–my brain has an established problem with big vague goals.