When I was 18 I wanted to be in the Navy, work with electronics, and be married. I accomplished all of those goals before I turned 19.
After a few years in the Navy I had shared goals with my wife. We wanted children (had two girls) and she wanted me out of the Navy. I got out, doubled my income the first year, we bought a house and raised our kids.
With two kids we found that the schools in Southern Virginia weren’t very good so our goals changed to include good schools and return to Pennsylvania. We moved to a small town in North Western Pennsylvania which had good schools and jobs that satisfied my wive a registered nurse and advanced my professional goals.
Now it’s almost 50 years later and we have new goals, or at least discussing them. She wants to retire, I’m ambivalent. Our children are educated, grown, and married so now our goals will include our grandchildren. I’ll let you know when we figure them out.