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Now you have the bones of your Control Panel set up, your regular tasks filed neatly so you know what needs to be done when, and you’ve established flexibility in those parts of your Control Panel.  There is more to a Control Panel than things you have to do.  Much, much more.  Filing information so it can be referenced and found easily is the primary purpose of a Control Panel, and the next thing I want to cover that you’ll want to have accessible to you is a written set of goals.

Sit down with yourself and put into words what you want to be in life.  This is not the place for things to have or places to go, those will come later.  Right now articulate how you want yourself to be.  I think of it this way – When your children are grown (or when your obituary is written) what do you want to be remembered for?  How would your children, spouse, friends, acquaintances describe you in the ideal future?  What personality traits or habits do you want to foster, or conversely rid yourself of.  This is a day for introspection, so grab yourself a quiet moment and a nice drink of your choice and think for a while.  Then write a few statements that you can put in your Control Panel to refer back to when you need a little course correction.