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When you were younger, life revolved around goals: college degree, new job, traveling to a foreign country, running a marathon. Having your eyes (and mind) on a prize kept you motivated and engaged.

But as you age that focus tends to wane. Whats left to accomplish? Is it even worth striving for something anymore? Yet you need goals as you age more than ever.

Goals are crucial to keeping your mental and physical skills sharp, says Susan Flashner-Fineman, a coach at the Vitality 360 Wellness Coaching Program at Harvard-affiliated Hebrew SeniorLife. You want your remaining years to be good ones, so what do you want them to look like? Goal setting can help you get there.

A good way to establish new goals is to make them SMART, which stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timely. The SMART approach ensures youve defined your goals clearly and can attain them. Here is how it breaks down.

Goal setting also can be a wonderful journey of self-discovery, says Flashner-Fineman. You might abandon your initial goal or never quite reach it, and thats just fine. Consider it a learning experience, and try again. Or you may realize that it wasnt what you really wanted to do and venture into a new direction.

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