What would you want if nobody was watching?
A different question to bring to your next big decision.
Some goals are exciting to imagine living. Others are exciting to imagine announcing. It is worth noticing the difference before you give either one a year of your life.
Picture the ordinary Tuesday inside the achievement. What are you doing? Who are you with? Which parts of the work do you want to repeat? Let that picture sit beside the title, the milestone, or the applause.
You do not have to remove other people from the equation. Their encouragement and your responsibilities matter. But your own interest deserves a place at the table too.