In addition to your long-term goals—revising and resubmitting a paper, drafting a dissertation chapter, reviving a half-done paper from a seminar you took last year, writing a grant proposal, etc.—you should be setting weekly and daily goals.
Set short- and long-term goals. In addition to your long-term goals—revising and resubmitting a paper, drafting a dissertation chapter, reviving a half-done paper from a seminar you took last year, writing a grant proposal, etc.—you should be setting weekly and daily goals. Doing so will promote self-monitoring and help you identify and reward progress. Some examples: