"As others have said, don't look for goals look for a lifestyle." is really bad advice.

A lifestyle merely describes and/or quantifies the way one lives.

I'm not sure how you get to this conclusion based on the post or the comments, and I am not sure what value it provides. I think this is the precise mode of conformity Thompson is railing against.

Currently, conformity is the common path, "the floating," Thompson describes. It seems to me the outliers with a purpose and the will to swim to their goals find fulfillment along the way.

"A lifestyle merely describes and/or quantifies the way one lives."

This is correct.

I don't draw the conclusion from the post, I make this statement to directly contradict the post, which I believe is unwise.

A further video that underlines my point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbvKrH-GC4