> How do you know the problem is with resolutions/goals and not with your process of setting them? I did not go into depth about my process but the issue I hav

> How do you know the problem is with resolutions/goals and not with your process of setting them? I did not go into depth about my process but the issue I have is with this concept of "once a year I will sit down and make of list of things I will try and do" and meanwhile it never gets done. Mainly as you have outlined because you lack real understanding of the underlying motivations and instead it ends up being the singular fact that it's 12/31/YYYY. That said I did say: Short, mid, long.. Long doesn't mean 1 yr in my mind. :) > ...you cannot ask yourself "where am I going", "what do I want from life" every day or every week.. Why not rephrase that "Am I doing what I want with my life." and yes I can ask myself that every single day of the week, because I can compare it to my "core goals" (the 9 you talk about, I keep 4 but if 9 works for you that's fine). The answer should be yes against your "core goals" if not either your goals have shifted and you didn't notice or you've shifted off the path and didn't notice. If you measure only once a year and set goals once a year you're going to have a very random life experience. :-) If you measure often and make small course corrections often you'll have a more directed experience. All that said they're just goals and reality has a tendency to happen (S* happens as they say).