This article is meant to help you:

• organize your life
• analyze your past, to look back at the person you were
• analyze the present and the person you are now
• explore possible future paths
• select a path forward and experiment with it
• set goals, make a plan, maintain progress
• get you back on track, if you have lost your way
• give some structure to your life
• learn something new about yourself
• take control of your life and shape your future
• change your life for the better

Why did I make it?

Over the past few years, I have been increasingly interested in topics such as productivity, goal setting, journaling, and physical and mental health, and I have generally been trying to figure out how to improve my life and figure what I would like to to do with my time. I was also feeling a bit lost and unfulfilled, and wanted to do something about it.

My interests lead me to discover many helpful resources. I found a lot of useful advice from experts, in various fields, through their YouTube videos, podcasts, and books. They introduced me to many different ideas, methods, experiments, and exercises that I could use to help myself. So I kept an open mind and listened to what they had to say.

Doing the exercises took a lot of time, energy, and patience, but I found that they really helped. I used theses tools, that I found, to improve my life, and to set and follow my own path into the future. What I found definitely changed my life for the better. So much so that I want to share it with others, in the hopes that it could help them too.

I also enjoy organizing, summarizing, creating processes and improving them, so I figured this would also be a great way to do that in a meaningful way.

What to expect

Expect the exercises, and the whole process to take a while and to require a lot of effort. Asking deep questions about yourself is not easy, and will involve a large time investment. Expect to be brainstorming, thinking, and maybe even researching, for multiple days, or even weeks, in order to get as much information as possible, so you can do as thorough a job as possible. The more effort you put into the exercises and questions, the better answers about yourself that you are going to get, and the less likely that you will be to have to come back to those same questions in the future. The time and patience investment is high, but if it helps you improve your life for the better, it will be well worth it.

Tips:

Work on this in short burts, in order to give yourself time to process each question, remember more, dig deeper, and get more information. For example, work on this everyday for 5, 10, 20, or 30 minutes and continue the next day, and the next and the next, until you believe that you have answered each question to the best of your ability.

Don't skip steps or exercises. You may think that you know yourself well enough to skip a question or exercise, but really invest some thought and energy into being thorough with each one before moving on. You may be suprised at what you find.

Physically writing everything out on paper or in a notebook is highly recommended.

In my experience, when trying something new, it is usually a good idea to treat it as an "experiment" at first. It helps take away some the intimidation of getting started with the thing, and helps you just get down to doing the thing. Give the exercises, methods, and questions an honest shot and see what happens. You don't really have anything to lose.

I'm not an expert

I am not an expert on productivity, journaling, finding yourself, setting goals, or any of the things in this guide. I also did not come up with any of the exercises or methods within this guide. I will reference and cite everything to the best of my ability, in order to be as transparent as possible as to where I got my information from, and so you can look deeper into the methods and exercises yourself. You will find everything below in the Sources section.

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Table of Contents

• Step 1: Analyze yourself
  • 1.1 Look into your past: How did you get here?
  • 1.2 Where are you right now?
• Step 2: Explore your options and choose a destination
  • 2.1 Explore your options: Imagine your future
  • 2.2 Choose a destination
• Step 3: Choose a path and break it down
  • 3.1 Find some paths to your destination and choose one
  • 3.2 Break down your path
• Step 4: Do
  • 4.1 Track your progress, and adapt and prioritize along the way
  • 4.2 Constantly review and reflect
• Tools to get you back on track
• Resources to look into
• Sources

Step 1: Analyze yourself

In order to be able to figure out how to get where you want to go, you first have to figure out where you are and how you got there.

1.1 Look into your past: How did you get here?

Goal

Take a deep dive into your past. Look back as far as you can, in order to find out as much about your past self as possible. The goal is to find and recognise patterns and reocurring themes in your life, in order to answer basic, but still important, questions about yourself.

Method: Ask questions

Find out as much about your past self as possible. Ask yourself, and others, questions about your past. Some examples of such questions could be (mostly courtesy of Ali Abdaal [1] [2] [3]):

• What did you like to do throughout different stages of your life?
• What activities, throughout your life, really put you "in the zone"?
  (i.e. activites that you were very motivated to do, were really concentrated on, and were really invested in)
• What has always come naturally to you?
  (things that for some reason you have always excelled at, or were naturally good at)
• What are things that you have done that have brought you fulfillment?
  (when you did them, you felt very accomplished and proud)
• What are dreams that you have had for yourself, that you have never pursued?
• What were the turning points, milestones, events, etc. that had a major impact on your life? How did they impact you?

Try answering them for the different stages of your past, i.e. for when you were a toddler, child, teenager, young adult, etc., in order to get as clear a picture of your past self as possible. This may require you to ask family and friends about how you use to be, or to look back at old pictures, school report cards, art projects, accomplishments, and so on.

Result

Analyse the answers and information that you gathered, and search for patterns and underlying themes. Condense everything down into something short, like a few sentences, or a paragraph, about the person you use to be.

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1.2 Where are you right now?

Goal

The goal for this section will be to analyse the person that you are right now, and to look more closely at where you are presently in your life.

Method: Ask questions

Analyse yourself as you are right now, by asking yourself, and others if possible, some questions. Some examples of such questions could be (again, mostly courtesy of Ali Abdaal [1] [2] [3]):

• What major themes, patterns, problems, decisions, challenges, successes, etc. have lead you to where you are now?
• What puts you "in the zone" now?
• What is currently working and not working in your life? and in your work? Why?
• What are 50 things about you that are true?
• What are things that you do that energize you? and that drain you?
• What is you current skill set?
• What are you currently working towards? How is it going?

Method: Do the "wheel of life" exercise

This is an exercise you can use to help you assess how satisfied you are with different areas of your life. I was introduced to it through an episode of Ali Abdaal's podcast Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal [4], and a YouTube video of his [5], but the idea of this exercise originated from a man named Paul J. Meyer [6]. I do this exercise regularly because of how benificial and quick I find it to be.

To do the exercise, draw a circle on a blank page (or do the whole thing in list form), and split it up into 3 equal parts. Each part represents a different category. These general categories are usually selected to be:

1.) Work
2.) Relationships
3.) Health

Now split each of these general category parts into 3 futher sections. Some of the usual sections of these categoies are:

1.) Work

• Growth
• Money
• Mission

2.) Relationships

• Romance
• Family
• Friends

3.) Health

• Body
• Mind
• Soul

You can completely customize the categories and section to your liking or circumstances.

Now, for each section:

• Ask yourself "how satisfied am I with the progress that I am currently making in this section of my life?"
• Give it a ranking from 0 to 10 (0 being completely dissatisfied and 10 being completely satisfied)
• Ask yourself "why?" you gave yourself that score (don't be afraid to go deep and ask more than 1 "why?" for each)

Once you have your scores for each section, you should have a good idea of where you should probably focus more on improving yourself.

Result

Analyse the answers to your questions, along with the information you gathered from your wheel of life exercise, and use them to answer the questions:

• Who am I right now?
• Where am I in my life right now?

Again, try to condense everything down into something short, like a few sentences, or a paragraph.

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Step 2: Explore your options and choose a destination

Now that you have looked into your past, looked more closely at where you currently are in your life, and hopefully have some insight into how you got there, you can now look into possible futures for yourself, and figure out where you want to go.

2.1 Explore your options: Imagine your future

Goal

The goal here is to look into your future with as little limitations as possible, in order to see as many paths forward as possible. Some may seem out of reach or impossible, but you may find out later, after breaking them down, that they are closer to possible than you thought. So don't close any "doors" early, if you don't have to.

Method: Ask questions & brainstorm

Dream and imagine. Dream about the person you could become and the places you want to be. Imagine different futures for yourself. Futures where you are more and can do more than you are capable of now. Here are some questions to get you started (again, mostly courtesy of Ali Abdaal [1] [2] [3]):

• What services could you offer the world?
• What would you like to do if you knew you could not fail?
• What would you like to do even if you could fail?
• What makes a perfect day for you? Why?
• Envision your dream life. There are no restrictions. What does it look like?
• Imagine you have achieved everything you have ever wanted. How have you changed as a person? What qualities and achievements define this future version of yourself?
• Who are the people you admire? Why do you admire them? What qualities do they possess that you wish to emulate?
• What do you want out of life before you die?
• What does your bucket list look like?
• Imagine a world where you have unlimited money and time. How would you use your talents and skills to serve others? Which skills would you work on? What would your average day look like?

Method: Plan your "ideal" week under different circumstances

The idea here is to plan your ideal use of your time for a week in your life, but "your life" under different circumstances. The idea of this exercise, is to use it as a tool to discover things about how you currently use your time, and to find out how you would like to be using your time, or how you could use your time differently in positive ways. So for the exercise, plan your ideal week:

• As your life is right now, considering your current constraints. Block out time needed for work and other obligations you may regularly have. Then play around with the rest of your open time, by making multiple versions of your ideal week.
• 1, 3, 5, or 10 years in your future, having different, less, or no constraints at all. The idea here is to be creative and imagine that you have no or less constraints to deal with in the future. Maybe you have your dream job, or a different job with different hours. Maybe you have to worry less about money, or not at all. Do not be afraid to get crazy with the scanarios, because they may reveal something important about what you really want to be doing with your time.

When doing this exercise, it is a "week", but you can extend or shorten your definition of how many days that is for you. For example, you could play with the idea of having a 10 or even 14 day cycle, in order to be able to fit in everything you would like to in your "week".

Method: Your eulogy

For this exercise, simply go through the following questions:

• If you were to die right now, what would people say about you at your funeral?
• What would you like people to say about you at your funeral?

Basically, write your own eulogy. It is kind of dark to think about, but it can be a great exercise to go through, in order to put yourself in the shoes of other people in your life and maybe see yourself in a different way.

Method: The next 10 years exercise

For this exercise, list out as many answers as you can for the following questions, for the timeframe of the next 10 years:

• What do you want to dream for yourself?
• What do you want to learn?
• What do you want to have?
• What do you want to be?
• what do you want to do?
• What do you want to create?
• What do you want to contribute to?
• What do you want to experience?
• What do you want to see?
• What do you want to try?
• Where do you want to go?

Now, for each item on the list, write out by when you would like to achieve those dreams within the 10 years (after 1, 3, 5, or 10 years). Maybe you will not be able to plan out and realistically achieve everything that you wrote out within the next 10 years, but this exercise may open your eyes to a few possibilities, that you may have thought were too far out of reach before.

Method: Dreamlining

I heard about this method from Ali Abdaal, but he got it from a book called The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris [7]. Think of two timeframes, such as 1 year and 5 years. For each timeframe write out at least 5 dreams you have for yourself for what you dream of having, what you dream of being, and what you dream of doing. Then for each category, choose a select few dreams (maybe the most important, exciting, or wild ones) to prioritize, and estimate the cost of actually achieving these dreams within that timeframe. Finally, for each dream, write out the next actionable step you can take today, however small it may be, to move towards achieving that dream. Then for tomorrow, and the next day.

Do not be afraid to get creative and unrealistic with your dreams and ideas here. Once you have the next few actionable steps to move you towards your dream, moving forward will be a little bit easier.

Result

Use these and any other exercises you can find, in order to get as wide of a picture of your possible futures as you can with as many possible paths to take forward as you can. Analyse and look for patterns in your answers. Again, try to condense everything down into something short, like a few sentences, or a paragraph.

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2.2 Choose a destination

This part is simple, yet very important. It is where you use the information that you have gathered until this point, in order to choose what you would like to work towards and where you want to be, in "x amount of time" in your future.

It is important to set a goal, so that you have something specific to aim for. Metaphorically, when shooting at a target, even if you miss, you will at least land close to it.

Do not be afraid to set goals that are a little, or even far, outside of your comfort zone.

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Step 3: Choose a path and break it down

Now that you know where you are, how you got there, and where you want to be, you can figure out how you want to get there. In order to do so, we are going to look at the main paths you could use to get to your destination, and then slowly break them down into smaller and smaller chunks and details.

3.1 Find some paths to your destination and choose one

My personal favourite way of finding paths to achieve my goals, that I have found so far, is by using an exercise called the "Odysee plan".

Method: Odysee plan

I was introduced to this exercise through Ali Abdaal [1] [2] [3] of course, but I learned that it comes from a book by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, popularized in their book Designing Your Life [8]. For the exercise, answer the following questions, in as much detail as you can:

• What would your life look like in 5 years, if you continued down your current path?
• What would your life look like in 5 years, if you took a completely different path (the one that you just chose as your destination)?
• What would your life look like in 5 years, if you took a completely unrestricted, radical path? (you are not restricted by money, social obligations, other people's opinions, etc.)

Feel free to consider other paths to alternative destinations, if you cannot decide between a few options. Also feel free to change the timeframe. This exercise is a great way to look into the rough plan of what you would have to achieve by when, in order to reach your goals, and under different circumstances.

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3.2 Break down your path

Now that you have chosen the path to your destination, you can break down the plan into more details, to see what it roughly looks like. You are going to "test" how realistic your plan is, by breaking down what you would have to achieve by when, planning it out with the other things going on in your life.

Alternatively, you could just move forward, knowing your rough path, and plan out the next step you can take towards your goals in the next week (however small they may be), and just continue doing that for a while, in order to see where you end up.

If, however, you do want to break down your path, which I can highly recommend doing, there are a couple of different ways of doing so. Regarless of how you do it, it will not be a simple task. After you plan out your path in detail from the end to the beginning, you may realize that you need to reassess how long your timeframe really needs to be. You may even need to redefine your destination, or go back to another previous step. During the entire process, check your plans for plausibility. Are you being realistic?

Method: From the end to the beginning

1.) Plan your entire timeframe, in years

• Plan what you would have to achieve by the end of each year in order to achieve your goal in X years (whatever your timeframe may be).

2.) Plan this next year, in quarters

• Plan what you would have to achieve by the end of each quarter of this next year to achieve what you planned to by the end of the first year (from the previous section).

3.) Plan this next quarter, in months

• Plan what you would have to achieve by the end of each month of this next quarter to achieve what you planned to by the end of the first quarter (from the previous section).

4.) Plan this next month, in weeks

• Plan what you would have to achieve by the end of each week of this next month to achieve what you planned to by the end of the first month (from the previous section).

5.) Plan this next week, in days

• Finally, plan out each day of your next week, to set yourself up to achieve what you planned to by the end of the first week (from the previous section).

Method: From the beginning to the end

1.) At the end of this next quarter, what do you want to be celebrating having achieved? Write down one to three achievements.

2.) Now plan this entire quarter in detail, just like in the method above "From the end to the beginning".

• Plan what you would have to achieve by the end of each month of this next quarter, in order to reach your end of quarter goals. Then plan what you would have to achieve by the end of each week of each month.

3.) Now that the first quarter is planned in detail, and you have an idea of what you think you can achieve in that amount of time, plan ahead in bigger steps. Plan your goals for the end of the year, and then the end of the next X years, until you reach your destination.

In both methods, you plan your first quarter in detail, and extrapolate the rest. I would not plan further because at first you do not really have an idea of how fast or slow your progress is going to be along your path, until you actually start going down it. This is why I like to just extrapolate after the first quarter, and make a best guess for the rest. Adjustments will likely be necessary.

Tips

When planning anything, be sure to plan for "average" you. You are not always going to be super motivated to work on the thing. You are not always going to be healthy. Sometimes you are going to want a break from working on the thing. Life happens and will continue to happen.

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Step 4: Do

It is time to get some results from all of that writing, brainstorming, and doing all of those exercises. It is time to actually go down the path that you have set for yourself.

4.1 Track your progress, and adapt and prioritize along the way

Tracking

It is important to somehow track your progress. There are many different ways of doing so, but however you choose to do it, you should make sure that you are able to go back to see what you planned on doing and what you actually got done.

For example, in a notebook, every day, you could write down you goals for the day, and as you do them, or at the end of the day, or the next day, you could write down if you accomplished them or not. You could even write down why or why not. You could even do this over the timeframe of a week, instead of a day.

Having what the plan was and what you actually ended up doing, will be vital information to have, in order to make adjustments for the future and stay on your path.

Adapt and prioritize

Things come up. You get sick. All of a sudden circumstances change, and some things become more important or urgent than others. Life happens, and it is always going to happen.

You are going to have to:

• Be flexible.
• Hope for, but not wait for.
• Plan to do things, but do not expect it to go exactly that way.
• Start each day anew by examining your situation and how you feel.
• Have a way of prioritizing your on going tasks and projects.

In the end, it doesnt really matter if you don't do exactly what you had previously planned. It probably will rarely go that way anyway. It is important that you roll with the punches, and keep moving in the direction that you want to be going.

Method: The triage system

I learned about this great method from Ali Abdaal, of course [9]. It focuses on constantly re-analysing and re-assessing your tasks, based on the most current information. The order of doing things is more important than how many things that you got done. Your to-do list is always going to be infinite, which means that it is vital to prioritize and often do the most important thing next. This method has many components, but mainly two parts to it:

1.) Do a daily reset

At the beginning of each day, ask youself:

• How are you feeling?
• Think about the goals that you have set yourself (for the quarter, month, week, etc.).
• What is the single most important thing for me to do today?
• When am I going to do that today?
• If I have time, what are 1-3 other tasks that I could do today?

2.) Track your projects and do a weekly review

Have a way of tracking your projects and a place for them, where for each project you can:

• Update and change its status to either On Track, Off Track With a Plan, Off Track Without a Plan, ON Hold, or Cancelled.
• Rearrange the projects in order of priority.
• Add and change the next step or action to take in that project.

Then, at the beginning of every week, go through and do all of these things for your on going projects, in a weekly review.

When prioritizing, remember that "important" and "urgent" are different things. If a task is important and urgent, then do it. If a task is neither important nor urgent, ignore it. If a task is important but not urgent, that likely puts it above tasks that are urgent but not important.

Don't forget to look after yourself. Take breaks, days off, weeks off, and vacations. Go easy on yourself or take time off if you are not feeling well. The to-do list is infinite, so it is impossible to finish everything anyway. Things may not go to plan, but since you will be working towards your set target (destination), you will be heading in the right direction no matter your speed.

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4.2 Constantly review and reflect

Along your journey, it will be important to constantly look back at what you planned on doing, and what you actually did, as well as to constantly reflect on your path and destination, always based on your current sitation. This will mean that you are likely going to constantly be making changes and adaptations, which is normal and just part of the process.

Method: Do a quarterly, monthly, and weekly review

Here are some ideas for what you can do for each.

Quartely review

• Reflect and think about the big picture destination and the goals that you have set for yourself.
• Go over the goals you set for yourself for the last quarter, and what you actually accomplished. Look back and reflect on why you think you did or did not accomplish everything that you set out to do. What worked well? What did not work well? Where can you make changes or improvements?
• Plan out your entire next quarter. First, plan out work, weekends, holidays, events, and any other obligations you may have. Once all of that is in, you can see how to plan in your projects and additional things that you want to accomplish. Plan in rough "blocks" of days together.
• Do the "Wheel of Life" exercise (see section 1.2).
• Set yourself new goals for this quarter and plan them. In order to reach these goals, what are you going to have to accomplish by the end of each month? Doing this will probably give you your monthly goals too. Use the experience that you have gained from previous quarters, in order to plan more realistically for your circumstances.

Monthly review

• Reflect and think about the big picture destination and the goals that you have set for yourself.
• Go over the goals you set for yourself for the last month, and what you actually accomplished. Look back and reflect on why you think you did or did not accomplish everything that you set out to do. What worked well? What did not work well? Where can you make changes or improvements?
• Plan out your nex month. Use a little more detail than you did for your quarter review by roughly planning each day (not just "blocks" of days). Again, plan out work, weekends, holidays, events, and any other obligations you may have. Once all of that is in, you can see how to plan in your projects and additional things that you want to accomplish.
• Look at the goals you may have already set yourself for this month, from your quarterly review, and set your goals for this month. Maybe you can use the goals that you have already set for yourself, or maybe you have to make some changes, based on your current situation. In order to reach these goals, what are you going to have to accomplish by the end of each week? Doing this will probably give you your weekly goals too. Use the experience that you have gained from previous months, in order to plan more realistically for your circumstances.

Weekly review

• Reflect and think about the big picture destination and the goals that you have set for yourself.
• Go over the goals you set for yourself for the last week, and what you actually accomplished. Look back and reflect on why you think you did or did not accomplish everything that you set out to do. What worked well? What did not work well? Where can you make changes or improvements?
• Also, look back at what you did last week, and think about how each thing that you did made you feel. This may help you make some re-adjustements or changes. It is good to do this at this level (weekly), because what you did last week should be pretty fresh in your mind still.
• Plan out your nex week. Use a more detail than you did for your month review by planning each day in detail (every hour or even half hour). Again, plan out work, weekends, holidays, events, and any other obligations you may have. Once all of that is in, you can see how to plan in your projects and additional things that you want to accomplish.
• Look at the goals you may have already set yourself for this week, from your monthly review, and set your goals for this week. Maybe you can use the goals that you have already set for yourself, or maybe you have to make some changes, based on your current situation. In order to reach these goals, what are you going to have to accomplish by the end of each day?. Use the experience that you have gained from previous weeks in order to plan more realistically for your circumstances.

Do not forget to plan for "average" you! Life happens, and you are not always going to be in "optimal" shape, fully motivated, or have enough energy to do things.

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Tools to get you back on track

It is inevitable. Life is going to knock you down. Your situation and circumstances are always going to be changing. Only what you choose to do when this happens, is what defines you. Choose to get back up and keep going.

The sharp axe method: for when you are feeling overwhelmed and need mental clarity

There is a great video that I seen one time, called "The Sharp Axe Method" by Struthless [10], in which the creator goes through a system for life organization for when you are feeling overwhelmed and need mental clarity, which he calls the "Sharp Axe Method". Definitely check this specific video out, as well as his channel for more great content.

How to Achieve Your Goals & a 7-Day Goal Achievement Action Plan by Leon Ho

I found a great article by Leon Ho titled Why Do I Keep Failing My Goals? The Real Reasons + How to Actually Achieve Them [11], about goal setting. In the article he goes over some reasons why many people are not achieving the goals that they have set out for themselves, and then he goes through methods for how to correct this.

...as I find more, I will try to remember to put them here.

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Resources to look into

Books:

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte

The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

Show Your Work by Austin Kleon

Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

Someday is Today by Matthew Dicks

The Pathless Path by Paul Millerd

The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington

Hell Yea or No by Derek Sivers

Youtube Channels:

Ali Abdaal

Struthless

Rachelle in Theory

Podcasts:

The Tim Ferriss Show

Beyond the To-Do List

The Chalene Show

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Achieve Your Goals with Hal Elrod

Getting Things Done (GTD)

WorkLife with Adam Grant

The 5 Am Miracle

A Slob Comes Clean

Best Laid Plans

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Don't be afraid to look into the things for yourself, have your own thoughts, and establish your own stance and opinions. Be the curious sheep of the flock.

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Sources

[1] Ali Abdaal, YouTube Channel. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/@aliabdaal

[2] Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal. YouTube Channel, YoutTube. https://www.youtube.com/@DeepDivewithAliAbdaal

[3] Ali Abdaal, Website. https://aliabdaal.com/

[4] Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal. “The Best Exercise to Improve Your Happiness (the Wheel of Life).” YouTube. Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal, August 27, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFeYISWoPh4.

[5] Ali Abdaal. “How to Figure out What You Really Want in Life.” YouTube. Ali Abdaal, January 26, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AriiQaEWyI8.

[6] Meyer P. J. (1960's). Wheel of Life exercise. Success Motivation Institute.

[7] Ferriss, Timothy. 2012. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich. New York: Harmony Books. https://fourhourworkweek.com/

[8] Burnett, Bill, and Dave Evans. 20 September 2016. Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life. Knopf. https://designingyour.life/

[9] Abdaal, Ali. 2025. “How I Manage My Time - the Triage System.” Youtube. 2025. https://youtu.be/VpN78TXMSUM?si=u2aJpR8FAR67cHeq

[10] Struthless. 2022. “The Sharp Axe Method.” YouTube. September 22, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prMuDIiFyC4.

[11] Ho, Leon. 2025. “Why Do I Keep Failing My Goals? The Real Reasons + How to Actually Achieve Them - LifeHack.” LifeHack. November 26, 2025. https://www.lifehack.org/991266/why-do-i-keep-failing-my-goals-the-real-reasons-how-to-actually-achieve-them.