How you gonna learn new stuff if you're not curious? If my curiosity faded, I'd just have to kill myself, no point in living any longer if that happens.

I have known a lot of people, young and old, who aren't goal oriented. Sometimes goal oriented people so focus on their goals they miss other opportunities. I really don't see a pattern, but maybe it is where l live.

I too have observed a lessened interest in curiosity and asking questions, and a disturbing trend it is.

I feel that acting on our curiosities should not be luxury..Having something to explore or more to the fact.. to look forward to is critical to our sense of well being. Forgive my Grammar !

I hate making plans. I don't do it much. Especially far out into the future. People cancel a lot.

We live in the information age. if you want to know something, just pull up your favorite search engine and the totality of human knowledge is at your fingertips. there's very little work needed to attain a basic understanding of a variety of subjects. our social reflexes suffer for this. now when we meet others, it seems we are expected to divulge a list of personal statistics. I miss the days when you could get to know someone over a period of time, those juicy moments of discovery when they inadvertently show their true selves, the timidity involved in a developing bond. I don't know if that's quite what you meant, but...

I've never really been a goal-oriented person, though everyone around me tried to make me be goal-oriented. They thought there was something wrong with me.

Maybe when you're younger. Later in life you take one day at a time.