What is the point of a goal if it doesn't contribute to how you want to feel?

This thought has been stuck in my brain since I heard that question this morning. I enjoyed a morning coffee chat with a group of witchy sisters as a kickoff to a Samhain shadow work focus. This time of year is one where our Sisterhood is focusing on releasing things that no longer serve us - allowing them to be "die" and be buried just as Mother Nature is putting the earth to sleep for the winter.

Symbolism is a beautiful thing.

It's also extremely helpful in harnessing energy to focus toward a special goal.

That's where I'm at right now in my life. I want to find a new purpose. To do that, I need to release that which no longer serves me.

Why have a goal that doesn't serve how you want your life to be?

I didn't think that releasing goals might be part of the items that no longer serve me.

Perhaps ultimately that is what this shadow work is going to be about for me as I tread this new decade in my life. What I was told I should want, versus what I really want. Now that motherhood is entering a new chapter, I can enjoy exploring some deeper personal meaning in my life. I'm excited for this journey and to see where it leads me.

But first, I need to figure out what goals still apply, and which goals no longer serve.

So how do I want to feel?

I'll be asking that question of myself as I sit at the crossroads of new self-discovery.