Setting goals are impactfulways to motivate yourself, while achieving these goals gives a sense of accomplishment.

This is why, at first glance, anti-goals may seem negative or even counterproductive.

“Anti-goals are about strategically avoiding what drains you,” explains life coach and speaker Selena Rezvani onTikTok.

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However, do not stop at just identifying what you hate about your job and simmering in anger.

Maggie Zhou forRefinery29takes anti-goals one step further.

Think of some common relationshipred flags: those are definitely anti-goals too.

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