Like managing money in order to provide for our future, we need to learn to manage our time in order to work on our goals versus the goals of others.  You can learn to give each day a purpose, based on the values you give your planned activities.  You can learn to add the perspective of time, now and in the future, to understand what needs to be done.  Then, you can learn the value of your own effort to motivate yourself to make the time to get it done!