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Making good goals and evaluating your progress periodically.
There are a lot of resources you can use to get guidance on what constitutes a "good" goal, but the basics are that it should be measurable, have a clearly defined end date or timeline, and it should be attainable but still challenging.
So your goal of "I want to learn Japanese" might become "by November 2024 I want to be able to pass the 3rd level Japanese language proficiency test."
"I want to run a marathon" might look like "I want to complete the 2024 Chicago marathon in under 5 hours."
Once you have your goal I find it helps to sort of work it backwards from the finish line. In the Japanese language example you work through the steps it takes to pass the test and set checkpoints along the way. These checkpoints can also be structured as goals: "I need to memorize 15 kanji per month to prepare for the test," "I need to complete one lesson per month in order to reach the level of proficiency needed," etc.
And then you evaluate your progress periodically to see if you are moving at the pace you expected. I like to check in about every one to two weeks, but no more than two weeks in between check-ins or I start to lose sight of what happened since last check-in.
If you're moving faster than you thought, maybe you can adjust your checkpoints or work in additional learning tasks. If you're moving slower than you'd hoped you can look back on what roadblocks prevented you from progressing and make a plan to deal with future roadblocks, or even adjust your overall goal/expectations if needed.