After abandoning the habit almost a year ago, I am once again writing my goals each morning. The format consists of 10 things that I want to accomplish in my life, and 10 this year.  The two categories help me to better maintain both a long term, and a short term perspective.

It’s a valuable mental exercise that helps me stay focused if I ever become distracted by meaningless activities.  Earl Nightingale, a prominent expert on success & self-improvement once said that “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal."  There are a lot of things that I want to accomplish by design, instead of chance.   Guess I’d better hustle.