Mission provides a specific goal to focus on.

Your mission guides day-to-day actions, connecting where you are today with the future outcome.

Lacking a clear-cut mission is one of the biggest roadblocks during your transition. You need a reason to get out of bed every morning.

Your mission provides the structure and accountability to continue making progress. Without a mission, it's impossible to determine where your time and effort should be spent.

Your mission must be clear and specific. Just like a mission in the military, you need to know when that mission is complete. You need to know when the end result or outcome is achieved.

A Mission Statement can be used to clarify your mission. You can create separate Mission Statements for each area of your life (personal, professional, health, family) using the following outline:

Mission Statement

My mission is to...(Action verb + Goal) by (Date).

Example Mission Statements

Personal: Complete my first college semester with a 3.5+ GPA by September 30th.
Professional: Earn a promotion to Project Manager with an $80,000+ salary by April 15th.
Health: Run my first half-marathon by June 20th with a time under 2 hours.
Family: Create a family bucket list with 3 places to visit in 2025 by January 31st.

Clearly defining the end goal helps clarify the action you need to take. It allows you to start formulating a plan to achieve mission success.