any goal I make up seems wrong and do not motivate me in the present moment to take action
You are not supposed to "make up" goals, you're supposed to discover them and make them explicit. By and large your consciousness doesn't create terminal goals, only instrumental ones. The terminal ones are big dark shadows swimming in your subconscious.
Besides, it's much more likely your motivational system is somewhat broken, that's common on LW.
a goal which is universally shared among you, me and every other Homo Sapiens, which lasts through time
Some goal, any goal? Sure: survival. Nice terminal goal, universally shared with most living things, lasts through time, allows for a refreshing variety of instrumental goals, from terminating a threat to subscribing to cryo.
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