Believing you'll be happy once you hit your goals is a myth… Image via Unsplash I always said I'd be happy if I reached a certain goal I had set. Maybe get a better job, move to a better house, or achieve some other milestone. But with time, I realized that every time I reached that goal, I wasn't any happier. Instead, I set yet another goal, and expectations piled up again. And until I hit that goal, I'd just be miserable—a shell of myself. While setting and achieving those goals improved my happiness, the happiness didn't last. So, I realized being unhappy now and believing I will be happy once I achieve my goals is an erroneous belief. So, why was I not happier whenever I hit my goals? Well, keep reading to find out. 9 Reasons Why Hitting My Goals Didn’t Make me Happier In this section, i’ll take you through the reasons why hitting my goals didn’t make me more happy. Let’s get started. 1. Unrealistic Expectations I used to believe that achieving my goa