Originally Posted by Lampwick
When the question comes up as it does from time to time, about what is your goal, my answer is always 1/4 inch more than I have now.
Seven inches is a nice thought, but I’d suggest that you aim for 5 inches now. When you reach 5 inches, make your new goal 5 1/4 inches. What if, starting at 4.7 inches, you wound up at “only” 6 1/2 inches? Would that be a success for you, or would you think you’d failed because you fell short of seven inches?
Originally Posted by KingdomCome
Personally that’s a failure for me. If your goal is 7 inches then you keep on trucking until you hit 7.
You’re a glass-half-empty kind of guy, then. If I started at 4.7 inches, I would appreciate the 1.8 inch gains that got me to 6.5 inches. If my gains stalled with 1.8 inches, I’m still 1.8 inches ahead of where I was, not a half an inch shorter than a seven mythical inches that I never was.
But each to their own. I’m not saying that you’re wrong with setting a goal and pursuing it until you get it, but I hope that you appreciate the improvements along the way. To me, what really counts is not the number, but how it’s working for you.