1. Decide what you really want to achieve......Don't be concerned about what others want for you. Make your goals for yourself. Studies show that when your goals are personally meaningful, you’re more likely to achieve them.
2. Prioritize. Once you have an idea of what you really want to achieve, you’ll need to prioritize these areas. Trying to work on every area of your life at once can leave you overwhelmed and unable to achieve any of your goals.
3. Set specific goals. Be specific and realistic about what it is that you want to achieve. Research shows that setting a specific goal makes you more likely to achieve it and can even make you feel more happy in general. Be as specific and detailed as possible, remembering that you may need to break large goals into smaller sub-goals.
4. Be realistic. Setting the concrete, specific goal of “Buy a 3-bedroom apartment on the Upper East Side” won’t help you if your budget is more “Studio apartment in Brooklyn.” Keep your goals grounded in reality. It’s okay to have aspirational goals, but you need to know exactly what to do to get you there.
5. Write out your goals. Be detailed, be clear, and include your deadlines. Writing them down tends to make them feel a little more real. Keep your list in a place where you can reference them frequently. This will help keep you motivated.
6. Make sure your goal is measurable. How will you know when you’ve completed a goal? If your goal is to move to a new house, you’ll know based on when you sign on the dotted line of your new lease or title papers.
7. Keep your goals grounded in what you can achieve. Remember that you can only control your own actions, not anyone else’s.
8. Create a realistic schedule. Your deadline doesn't have to be exact, but it should be your best guess.
9. Identify possible obstacles. Nobody really wants to think about what could go wrong when they’re planning for success.
10. Tell people about your goals. Some people shy away from letting others in on their life goals.
11. Find a community of like-minded people. Chances are you aren’t the only one with this goal.
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