2. Decide what you want to achieve and work towards it. There are several usual categories of goal setting: career, financial, education, family, artistic, attitude, physical, pleasure, public service.

3. Ensure your goal is SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time sensitive). A specific goal answers who, what, where, when, why. It is a good idea to write your goal so they are clear for you. It is important to ensure that you can tell that you've made progress on your goal. Similarly, if your goal doesn't mean anything to you, it is probably not worth pursuing. Finally, your goal must have a deadline for it to become a reality and not an idea.

4. Break down your goal into smaller ones. Use a calendar to help keep you on track with where you want to be. By creating manageable weekly (or even daily) pieces, your goal will be reasonable to accomplish and to track your progress. To start, look at your yearly goal and work backwards. If you know where you want to be in a year, cut that in half: that is your six-month goal. Then cut that in half and there is your three-month goal. Continue this process until you have a goal plan that works for you. If your goal is more complex, create a one-year goal, then a medium term, then short term goal. 

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5. Get yourself organized. What tools will you need to achieve your goal? If you lay out everything you need to do (To-Do lists, deadlines, calendaring), the action you need to take is easier because you just need to follow through on the plan you already made.