Operation; that means, planned activity.

Goal; that means, reachable target.

Mission; that means, goal-oriented operations.

According to the above thumbnail definitions by Thumoslang, a mission is under way when planned activities are carried out in an attempt to reach a specific target, objective. Therefore, I’m not on a mission if any of the following is true.

• I have no planned activities.
• My activities do not serve the same target, objective.
• My target is not reachable because the reaching is humanly impossible.

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