List your various roles in order of importance. Roles might include student, father, mother, teacher, volunteer, or any role that you play.
Think about your values and beliefs and how they apply to your roles. With your values as motivation, decide which roles are important.
Write a clear and concise statement of your overall objective in each role that you play. This can also be called a mission statement. Do you want to be a better wife? Would you like to save more money? Roles can have multiple objectives.
Write action commitments for each goal by listing the steps that you plan to take and a realistic time frame for achieving them. Your future can be tomorrow, in a week, month or years.
Revisit your short-term goals daily or weekly. Revisit your long-term goals monthly. Adjust your future goals according to your success at taking the action steps that you set.