Everything’s easier when you have a clear vision.
Laying bricks is great work when you know you’re building a cathedral, and drudgery when you don’t know what you’re building.
But sometimes you don’t yet have a clear vision. You don’t know exactly where your near term actions are taking you long term. You’re responding and adjusting in real-time.
It’s easy to overthink everything when this happens. To strain and stress and try to find your next vision, or torture yourself over why you don’t have one yet.
In my experience, it’s best to stop all the analysis. Sometimes the vision isn’t clear. That’s OK.
What to do instead?
The right thing.
That’s it. Each day, just do the right thing. Act with integrity. Wherever the unknown path winds, take it, and do the right thing along the way.
Acting with integrity in every facet of life is usually a sufficient goal to get you through when the vision isn’t there.