I started doing five year plans. Each five year plan I break into sizable chunks. And each chunk I break into single daily goals. Each individual goal lasts a m

I started doing five year plans. Each five year plan I break into sizable chunks. And each chunk I break into single daily goals. Each individual goal lasts a month, and every day I try to achieve my goal. Since it's only one thing a day it's hard not to. And it's habit forming because of the month long period per individual goal. Right now my five year plan is to stabilize all areas of my life (finances, living situations, self). I'm starting with self, and my first individual goal is getting out of bed the first time I wake up. So far so good. And since theres no restrictions on what I do otherwise I get a ton of things done in the morning but I never feel stressed if, for instance, I don't get around to studying all the French I'd like to. Somethings which are a bit more time intensive like keeping a journal I make alternate tasks. So instead of just keeping a journal, every day I'd make it a point to either write in a journal, record my dreams, or write down all of the fool things I've done in a day (on the recommendation of Dale Carnegie who found the idea from Benjamin Franklin). This gives me a bit more liberty, dreams tend to be recorded in the morning, journals can be written in anytime, and the introspection of a day takes place in the evening. Then if I go out and party I don't need to feel stressed about breaking a goal when I wake up in the morning. It's simple. It's easy. It's positive habit forming. And it feels great.