For around 3 years, I was living in a Chaos where I wasn't paying attention to anything around, I was just working aimlessly and not thinking rationally if I'm improving or anything for that matter and my days were passing one after another, I can't remember the jump between 26 to 29 properly, if I did anything significantly.
Long story short I joined a new start up last April as a Senior Dev and my productive shot up in terms of work getting done, then I started being mindful of what I'm doing weekly and retrospecting actively about work, eventually few months back while I realized that I haven't filed my taxes yet and I'm in better place in terms of work but anything personally I've no "goals" or things to be excited about.
So one fine Sunday, I made a google doc for things that I need to do and I also lacked clarity about how my credit card charges work, Like I know I can pay a minimum but what really happens when I keep paying minimum , so I started noting down things that I would like to understand further in that google doc as a checklist, this is my weekend activity, I denote my weekdays for work and one weekend I dedicate to the things in the Doc. It brought a bit of sanity to life.
So calling it either a Quest or Goal doesn't matter , what you need is a process that works for you .
Now in 8-10 weeks I'm aware about :
1. How my credit card charges work, what reward it has, Also I'm approaching zero debt , I can't pay 3.5% every month.
2. I understand what happens if I use my credit card/ debit card in a foreign country, why I should a particular type of forex Card .
Also , I've noted all this learnings in the same doc because I can't really retain my knowledge after over a year but if I keep seeing it , it might help a bit .
(Also, I'm trying to actual be involved in conversations here , instead of lurking , so that I can actual form my own opinions )