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The Museum of False Goals

Introjected goals look prestigious on the wall and empty in the soul—return what isn’t yours.

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Graveyard of Starts

Metaphorical Narrative

Polished floors, gold plaques, borrowed trophies. Docents speak in hushed tones about what you should want.

You wander the halls and feel strangely absent from your own exhibit.

Core Insight

Self‑determination theory says motivation deepens with autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Introjected goals—imported for approval—undermine autonomy and weaken stamina.

A values audit restores fuel quality. When the ‘why’ is rewritten in your own language, effort feels lighter and finishing becomes self‑expression, not compliance.

Identity Shift Tie-In

Observer Mode becomes curator. Sovereignty is closing the wing that never fit and commissioning a new gallery in your voice.

Saturday Experiment

  1. Make three columns: Keep, Return, Donate. Sort current goals into them.
  2. Cut 30% of goals today; archive them with a sentence explaining why.
  3. Rewrite the ‘why’ for one remaining goal using only your language, no borrowed prestige.

Sunday Reflection

  • Which plaque on the wall does not belong to them?
  • How would a narrator know a goal is truly theirs?
  • What energy returns when false exhibits close?