Put a timeline on everything. When there is no time crunch, your effort and focus tends to dissipate. But if you are in a time crunch or have a deadline, you’ll get more done in less time. This is called Parkinson’s Law. Parkinson’s law says that work expands to fill the time available for completion. So, if you have a week to complete something, it you’ll usually take the full week to do it. But if you were only given three days to do it, you could do it in three days.
So, if you don’t have a timeline for when something needs to be achieved, you likely won’t focus on it enough to actually achieve it. This is why S.M.A.R.T. goals are timely. You need to have a time restriction to be your most productive.