I only consciously made them for the first time last year. I have, in the past, made goals at random times of the year.

When I've articulated a very particular thing I want to do, like interview the guy who keeps pigeons, or go to East Timor, it *has* helped.

... Something like do the hard things, it's harder to tell with, but I'm hoping that articulating it will be a way of keeping it in mind.