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Is it acceptable to have no career goals?

For

Not everyone needs a grand plan to live well.

Against

Goals give direction and motivation.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Me neither and I couldn't care less, a state of mind and being is what I love not a specific career.
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  • if you don't have goals for your career, then use your career as a means to the ends of what makes you happy.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • going with the flow can lead you to places you don't really want to go.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • You don’t need a passion to build a career, just a direction.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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