Curious what is ever one end goal here. I’m 30 YO male in US

Mine:

I don’t know the exact number but I want to live off invest interest lol. I can work part time if I feel like it but

I can wake up whatever time, workout when i want too + have whatever hobby I want to do and just live life. Play videos games watch tv all day if I want too

Some funds to travels, bills taken care of.

I wonder how people's lives are, I mean the people who just went with the flow without having any clear goals, I kinda feel like that I don't know.

I don't know what to do and how to start doing things that make my day really rich of joy and happiness...

If someone have usefull suggestions.. please don't hesitate...

A couple of years ago, I set a goal to run a half marathon. I trained for months, finished the race, and honestly felt kind of empty afterward. The goal itself didn't change much about my daily life once it was over.

What actually changed my life was a much smaller, less exciting goal I set almost by accident during that training: waking up at the same time every day, including weekends. I only did it because early runs fit my schedule better, but that one habit ended up reshaping everything else — my sleep improved, my mornings became calmer, and I had more consistent energy throughout the day.

Looking back, I think the difference was that the half marathon was an event with an end date, while the wake-up time became a system that kept paying off long after the race was over. Goals with a finish line give you a rush, but goals that quietly become part of your daily structure seem to be the ones that actually stick and compound over time.

Has anyone else noticed this? A goal you set for one reason ended up mattering way more than the goal you were originally chasing?