Regardless of what age you are, the fact of the matter is that setting goals can be a very difficult space of time .... Just do it, write down anything you want to be,want to achieve or even what you want to possess. Remember that every single breath you take now and expend at this very moment is going toward that goal or goals and it makes no difference if you're 16 or 60, once you've reached that goal there is always the next one that's ready to take it's place. Don't waste time in figuring out what you want by having to write it down .... It's already in your inner-self, just do some actions and it will all fall into place.
The idea looks simple, but if you do not believe in it, it does not work at all.
40 years is a big time line. If you miss one day, you don't run out of time. You can always recover it the next day or the day after.
The best point is, when you follow this strategy, you are happy everyday, you don't ever run out of happiness. Its effects are great, you are always in perspective and you never can think of committing suicide. You are rock stable.
The people of age group of 24 to 30, are the best subjects for this strategy. They know direction of their professional and personal career.
The people of age group of up to 21 years might not find a point in this strategy because they have no direction. They have to still find a stable direction where they want to work and achieve something. They also tend to be little childish to the point where they might