Originally Posted by
tjspiel
I think folks are being a little hard on the OP.
I know people who only seem to be able to run on a regular basis when they are training for a race. I also know people who are much more successful losing weight when they have a target weight in mind.
Personally, I work better if I have some sort of deadline to meet, - even if it's self imposed.
Goals are a time honored way of accomplishing things. So there is nothing wrong with or unusual about having a goal for commuting miles. Whether you give up some vacation to meet those goals is another question, but like I said before, it depends how important the goal is to you and what it is you'd really be giving up.
That's pretty much the whole story right there. You're not doing this to impress me, or any of us here inside the computer, so don't worry about what we think. If it feels to you like you're not meeting your goal, well, then you need to ride more.
Thank you both! Not only are goals a time honored way of accomplishing things they seem to have lost value. And rhm you're exactly right, and if we all (myself included) focused on answering questions asked versus lecturing on our opinions, forums (and maybe real life) might be much more civil!