How long does it take to achieve a goal?

As I write this post, I am sitting on the plane traveling from Doha to Tanzania approximately a 5hr flight. We have already travelled 15hrs from Sydney to Doha and then had a 3hr layover. By the time we arrive at Tanzania we would have been traveling for 24hrs.

I could say traveling to the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro is a long journey! But I also can’t believe we are almost already there, given it is only 9 months since I made the decision. So how long does it really take to achieve a goal?

Is it from when you decide on the goal? Is it from when you take action towards the goal? Or is it the journey you undertook to get to the point to decide on the goal?

Is it 9 months? Is it 7 days? Or is it 44 years?

However long it is I know the time doesn’t matter cause when I achieve this goal to summit Mt Kilimanjaro I know I will understand the true meaning of the statement “You are always in the right place at exactly the right time, and you always have been.” –Rules for a Knight, Ethan Hawke