Carrie, Have you tried one of those life values assessments?
I think it’s a first step in figuring out what you want in life – quite an eye opener once you do it.
Here’s a link
http://www.career-test.biz/values_assessment.htm
But you also mentioned a bunch of stuff up there in terms of possible goals. So break them down and see what you have to do to accomplish them and decide if this is short or long term goal. However if you figure out your values you can decide if they are worth it or not. I started to measure my daily activities against my values and often find some stuff just isn’t worth it or not as big a priority over another task that must be done. Funny thing you can even measure seemingly ordinary and unimportant things this way. FOr example whenever i think why the hell do I bother with laundry – aside for the obvious so that I don’t look like a homeless person 
– it actually fits into my need for Harmony, which happens to rate higher than my value of community ( which includes volunteer activities etc.) . So saying no is a lot easier!
That said though, I find I do still get side-tracked with goal setting and having written this I now realize that I’ve stopped looking at the overall picture recently in terms of values and got micro-focused on the everyday tasks. Ie housework. But then again the need for harmony has really been bugging me so I keep forgetting about the other stuff which is important to me too. SO will have to start following my own advice again !!! Actually probably why goal of financial updating regularly which I stated in the other post is making me feel so much more in control and speaks to my need for independence – ie. in this case financial responsibility. In other words, the single goal is just part of a larger scheme. Sorry,Hope this isn’t too much of a ramble!
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