Editing Goal setting (section)

=== Life goals ===
There is evidence that setting and reflecting on progress life goals are an effective intervention to provide both a sense of purpose and increase happiness.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schippers|first=Michaéla|title=Ikigai: Reflection on life goals optimizes human performance and happiness|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/154420667.pdf|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref> In particular, setting life goals based on others leads to more positive emotions and therefore has a more positive impact on happiness than goals focused on oneself. Further evidence for this effect is provided by the more broader personal benefits of prosocial behavior and acts of kindness towards others rather than self care/focusing on oneself.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Nelson|first1=S. Katherine|last2=Layous|first2=Kristin|last3=Cole|first3=Steven W.|last4=Lyubomirsky|first4=Sonja|date=September 2016|title=Do unto others or treat yourself? The effects of prosocial and self-focused behavior on psychological flourishing|journal=[[Emotion (journal)|Emotion]]|volume=16|issue=6|pages=850–861|doi=10.1037/emo0000178|issn=1931-1516|pmid=27100366|s2cid=3964903 |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7pf57270}}</ref>