Private Utopias

I wonder if anyone has writen about this before...
It seems to me that history is full of people putting their hopes in utopias. This comes through in its most obvious guises and religious conceptions of heaven, or nirvana. Perhaps obtainable through a life of peity, or by the discrimination of God.
Utopian is also an obvious presence in political projects. Socialism, Liberalism, Conservative all have their fair share of utopias.
In recent times, aspirations in political goals have seemed to have waned. Few people ever longer hope for a socialist utopia round the corner.
My question is, has this been supplanted with private utopias? These utopias are the outcome of a more individualist, celf-centred self of modern times. Do people now, instead of placing their hopes and dreams in collective or devine utopias, set themselves personal, utopian goals? For example, somebody hoping that the completion of their studies will lead to a perfect world. It could come through work, or family or through things like fitness. Are these goals less stable simply because they are realisable and measurable? Does this contribute to loss of meaning in modernity?