I have spent most of my life not commending any number of aspirations and pretensions which others hold or recommend.
Some aspire to power, though most aspire more to a myth of what power is, how it can be obtained, and how it is exercised. Unpowerful people confuse having power with being able to coerce specific actions from others. The truly powerful do not need to coerce. Others are actively trying to anticipate the preferences of the powerful people and it is that active anticipation which creates the power.
I knew a student once who aspired to owning a firearm for the illusion of power it promised. I contrast that to David of Israel who kept of company of armed lads from his early days in Ziklag; his power was in his influence over the lads and never in his own carrying a spear or a bow. But David is a good example of 2 other sources of power. One is his invocation of righteous actions. This manifested in such decisions as not harming the annointed King Saul or in celebrating and honoring the ark of the covenant. A second form of power arose from his own musical art and his support of other musicians, for which he obtained a level of influence far in excess of anything tied to force of arms.
Many aspire to wealth. I know of 2 issues with that. The first is that most people seem to imagine only a very limited kind of wealth, the modest sort which only gives you enough to pay your expenses and have a bit left over. At that level you can redirect your worrying to something else but you are still functioning in a transactional money economy; you are still paying attention to ordinary expenses. You are not wealthy until you have no home mortgage, no auto loan, and no credit report.
Another group aspire to honor. Many would be satisfied with the pretense to honor in which people address you with honorifics (perhaps "doctor" or "Mr. President" or "Colonel") when you are in the room but snicker at you when you go away. The real thing is more tricky. You can be honorable but that may not correspond with being honored. To be deserving of honor is not a bad aspiration to but being honored within your lifetime may not be within your control. How many painters, Presidents, musicians, and inventors have had their level of honor reevaluated multiple times during and after their lives?
Still others have lower aspirations. They may aspire merely to be a corporate executive or an airline pilot. Or they may want to be an author whose stories entertain themselves and perhaps a few friends. Or to be a reliable worker who is never unemployed from graduation to retirement (a modest goal that I myself achieved without ever aspiring to it).
In the end I guess I aspire to having worthy aspirations but I worry that is just aspiring in circles.