Are You Moving in the Right Direction in Life? Stop Chasing the Wrong Goals and Start Living with Purpose

Are You Chasing Goals That Don’t Even Belong to You?

Let’s be real for a second: you can have the corner office, the six-figure salary, and a wall full of framed certificates—and still feel completely empty inside. That’s the brutal truth no one talks about.

Just because you’re checking boxes doesn’t mean you’re living your truth.

If you're hustling toward a life that looks good on paper but feels off in your gut, it's time to pause. Because success—real success—only feels good when you're heading in the right direction in life. Otherwise, you're sprinting toward burnout with nothing to show for it but a fancy title and a whole lot of anxiety.

Right Goals vs. Your Goals: There’s a Huge Difference

Here’s the thing about chasing the wrong goals: they still take up your time, energy, and soul. Just because everyone around you is obsessed with climbing the ladder doesn't mean you should be too. Especially if that ladder is leaning against the wrong damn wall.

Ask yourself this: are the goals you're chasing rooted in your desires… or are they hand-me-down dreams from your parents, your industry, or your Instagram feed? If you’re pursuing a life based on what you should want instead of what you actually want, no achievement will ever feel like enough.

The Cost of Misalignment: Why It Never Feels Like “Enough”

When your goals aren’t aligned with who you really are, everything feels like a grind. You might be praised for your ambition, applauded for your success—but deep down, you know something’s missing. That’s what happens when you’re out of alignment with your purpose.

The truth? You were never meant to follow someone else’s blueprint. You were meant to build your own. And the moment you stop trying to impress people who don’t even get you is the moment you start finding peace.

How to Know If You’re Moving in the Right Direction in Life

So how do you know if you’re actually heading in the right direction? Start by checking your internal compass, not the external applause.

• Do you feel energized by what you’re working toward—or just drained?

• Are your goals bringing you closer to your most authentic self—or pulling you away?

• If no one else was watching, would you still want the life you’re building?

  
  

These aren’t small questions, and they can lead to big shifts. When your goals are aligned, they don’t just look good—they feel right. You move through life with clarity, confidence, and fulfillment.

Give Yourself Permission to Pivot

Let this be your permission slip to make a change. To quit chasing what’s not for you. To stop trying to win someone else’s game and start playing your own.

Because here's the truth: making a shift—no matter how scary—will always feel better than staying stuck in a life that’s not yours. You don’t need more promotions. You need more purpose.

Build a Life That Feels Like You

If you're going to pour your time, energy, and passion into something, make sure it's aligned with your truth. The world doesn’t need another perfectly polished resume—it needs more women living boldly, authentically, and on fire for their own dreams.

So slow down. Check your direction. And if you’re climbing the wrong ladder, climb down. Then take one powerful step in the direction you were always meant to go.

Your dream life is waiting—not at the top of someone else’s path, but right in the middle of your own.

If you need a little help figuring out what if you are climbing up the right ladder, Download Your Free Designer's Blueprint to pause, see where you are now, and where you want to be.