Is it unhealthy to write about your life and goals?

No.Why would it be?
Disappointment is just that.Disappointment.Everybody feels that and believe it or not,they survive!
Have fun writing. :)

No. Best way to visualize goals is to put them into a concrete form. Writing them down is the most obvious one.
If you don’t know where you are going, how will you know how or when you get there.

Journaling ones’ thoughts can be cathartic. As for goals, I agree with @josie. Be cautious though about not adjusting goals along the way. Too many curve balls are thrown into one’s life. If we are too rigid in sticking to the goals set, incredible opportunities get missed.

Edit: I agree with @thorninmud. After running across an old journal from my teens recently, it was hysterical and somewhat pathetic to read an old notebook of collective thoughts. It ended up in the recycling bin.

If nothing else, it will be a source of great amusement when you discover it in a drawer 20 years from now and reflect on how many unexpected turns life takes.

I don’t see why it would be bad. If you feel the urge, write.

We should document our goals because written goals clearly produce better results.

Everything I’ve read, or heard from my psychology major friends says it’s one of the healthiest things you can do. People who journal are often the most well rounded individuals.

In general it’s not at all harmful to write about goals and aspirations – as long as you never show it to anyone.

I can’t imagine how it would be.

In any case there is no common wisdom that opposes the idea, and there is a lot of support for journaling.

Just so long as your goals aren’t completely unrealistic while you take them as the standard of your success in life. Like don’t expect to save the world. That’ll lead you into a world of trouble if you really believe that’s what you are supposed to do.

I don’t see anything wrong with writing the goals even if they aren’t realistic. Why should we inhibit the impulse to write just because the content might be unrealistic? A lot of journaling is sure to be unrealistic because it’s typically extremely subjective; but why shouldn’t we exorcise our demons and give vent to our fantasies in writing? Keeping it private is a good idea, of course.

I can see an argument for keeping your goals realistic; but I can’t see a caution against writing your goals down for yourself only after you’ve made certain they’re not too ambitious. And what if they are to win an Olympic medal, star in a movie, become a millionaire by age 30, marry into royalty? These things do happen to some people.

@Jeruba Is the goal of being the next worldwide savior worth writing down? What if you believe your life will only be successful, and you will only be worth anything if you become that savior? Otherwise, you’re scum.

Frankly, I don’t recommend that people try on goals like that. If you think you will not be worth anything unless you attain that goal, you’ll never be worth anything. Not good.

> Frankly, I don’t recommend that people try on goals like that.

@wundayatta, neither do I. But it seems to me that you are taking issue with the goals themselves, with formulating them and holding them, and not with the act of writing per se. I was talking about writing, which is what the OP asked.

@Jeruba I see. My understanding of the question was different. I thought it was about formulating goals, and writing is just part of the process, not that it was about writing, per se.

Well, and maybe it was. I guess only the OP can tell us.

Write and write and plan and set yourself goals to achieve or , at least, strive for. It is one good way to see how your goals may be reached . Another way to see if they are even goals you would wish to achieve. Write them out and see.