Mission (not) accomplished

How do you define an accomplishment of a mission? Will you mission be accomplished when you have finished the execution of what you intent to do? Or when you have finished the execution and the effect is set afoot?

Well, the redifinition on accomplishing the mission is something I need to do after contemplative thinking on the previous experience. Do you know why? I tell you why.

Last week I was given an easy choice whether staying home to do my work and rest myself (I felt tired of travelling, you know) or going to another city for spiritual enlightenment. The pure and thirsty self would certainly choose the latter, right? But not me. I decided that I took the former.

So I stayed home, working on my overdue work, enjoy my quiet time with electricity off (this wasn't on the plan) and laid back. The main reason was my overdue work had been cleared away. Was it really so?

Well, I have to say no. Taking a wrong reason for something that is so obvious, is only meant that I have made a wrong choice from the beginning. Because what I thought had been accomplished is now going back to zero. Another words all the effort has been zero off. All the work has gone as is nothing has been done. An unconcious act has made all the choice of staying home means nothing because there is not any benefit I can take from that choice. What seems to be the accomplishment has dissappeared into nothingness.
Is it because of the first intention has been mistaken? Is it just some kind of coincidence? Or is it just my stupidity? Well, my contemplative thought gave me some answers. And the answer is yes, my intention isn't noble, yes, it isn't coincidence and you are definitely stupid for not listening to the voice of the heart :)