What do you want to be, do or have?

When you set goals for yourself, they tend to be functional and look at what you want to achieve in the short and medium term. But what do you really want to achieve in your life? Wow, heavy stuff I hear you say! Well it can be hard to really focus on what you want in your longer term future, but I challenge you to do the following exercise.

Take yourself forward to your 80th birthday or a time in the future that is right for you. Shut your eyes and visualise and imagine your incredible life, what you have achieved, the amazing things you have done, the fantastic things you have seen and the changes you have made in your life.

Write these down. What do you want to do, be or have to be able to live this amazing life?

Now consider each item your list and write against each item a description of why you want to be, do or have each item. If you can't do this, cross it off the list.

Now, what is the most important thing you want to achieve? And how will each item improve this areas of your life?

Put your goals in order. Take your top 10 goals – these are the ones you are going to work on.

Divide your goals into 4 main groups:

Ongoing goals needing daily input
Short-term goals to achieve within a week to one month
Medium-term goals that may take between one month and a year
Long-term goals that may take longer than a year.

For each of the goals on your list, expand your “why”. Why do you want to have this goal and what will it mean to you? Write this down.

Remember if your why is big enough, nothing will get in the way.