Ask HN: Easily reachable & predictable long term goals?
For example, when we were a kid we dreamt about going to school, going to college/joining military, getting married, getting a house, and raising a successful family. (Ok, this example definitely doesn't apply to everyone in this site, especially those outside the US)
Because of this, we had some structure, some points where we can pinpoint success in our goals. A large part of our memories and point of happiness can be pointed to where the goals of this script is reached.
As people who join startups, we have big huge ideas that quite frankly, isn't going to come true. Every big goal we have is going to flop due to some circumstances we'll fail at reaching it. That is to say we won't be successful but if you asked the guys at YouTube about the goal of their failed video dating site is, they'll have a great story to tell you. Most of the major success stories out there came from people who had no clue how the start ended up as the end.
This probably doesn't apply to everyone but I'm curious, what kind of long term but reachable goals do you guys have? How did you figure them out?