Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life.

Female backpacker sitting at a wooden table with a vintage typewriter, overlooking dramatic sea cliffs and ocean, reflecting on life, inspired by a Hunter S. Thompson quote about choosing a way of life.

“Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living within that way of life.”

This quote is often attributed to Hunter S. Thompson, the American journalist and author best known for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It comes from a famous letter he wrote in 1958 to his friend Hume Logan, where he reflected on how to approach life choices. The core idea is to shape your life around the way you want to live, rather than chasing external goals for their own sake.


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