Goal Setting vs Responding to the Impulse in the Moment

Is one better than the other? Are these modes of being and doing at odds with each other?

What do you think?

For me, it’s a matter of timing and the individual. Where are you in your life? What is right for you right now? What is life calling forth through you? Or are you in a preparation or incubation stage?

Perhaps there are ways to balance both for different aspects of your life and work.