Well said, I think that approach is good.
Always have something that you're working towards but not something so impossible that you're discouraged. The permaculture work that you do will never be finished, you have successes but there's always some problem to solve & some aspect to improve.
I think we thrive on having a greater purpose & meaning to our action. To be creating & expanding. We seem to wither when we lose that even if we have all our basic needs met.