My understanding of not being attached is that you can aim for things and work towards them and enjoy them, but not to let your outcome, be it happiness or wealth or health or love or whatever, become attached (ie, dependant on) to that certain thing/event happening. This means that if you want happiness, you aim for happiness in lots of things and don't make, say, getting a new job, the 'must' which has to happen so you can be happy.
It doesn't follow any major religion or spiritual practise, but it makes sense to me. Don't let your goals be dependant on only one or two things to make them come true, let the goals/outcomes/desires come from any possible source or direction, and be open to this.
Wolverine
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