The First Pillar of Goal-Setting is to understand what you are use to right now. What naturally makes you “feel normal”. Keep in mind that this does not mean being happy. Sometimes being in toxic relationship is normal. Understand that.
The Second Pillar of Goal-Setting is getting a dream or goal that is outside that comfort zone. Unleash that magnificent imagination of yours. Identify a want, need, desire, or dissatisfaction. Some people call it God's plan or a definite major purpose or simply a dissatisfaction.
The Third Pillar of Goal-Setting is recognizing the noise in your life. When you set a goal your environment will quickly rise up to resist. This is noise and is very natural and very necessary in the Goal-Setting process. Noise is how you find out what skills you need to mature through to grow as a person. Once you have these skills then it is just a matter of time.
The Fourth Pillar of Goal-Setting is Applied Faith. Once you know your comfort zone and your environmental noise, you have to convince yourself that this goal is VERY achievable. It is your God-Given right to have this goal. If it wasn’t why would you be imagining it? You have to bombard yourself with this realization as you learn to be the person that can receive that goal.
The process of goal-setting is realizing where you want to go, knowing where you're at, and having faith that you can bring those two together.