Does goal setting for health really work?

Does goal setting for health really work?

I walked by my shiny guitar in our music room. My previous goal was to learn how to play it. I had several guitar books neatly stacked on a nearby table. In the last year, I learned about seven chords, but then life became wildly busy with graduations, a wedding, work travel and the day-to-day activities that come with my work and home life. I met those goals, and I occasionally dusted my guitar. My daughter and son-in-law liked to play it. I p…