Words which capture it

Have something to strive for.  What is it?

Today is different and so are you.

No limits.

You don't have ALS.

Is there really anything you can't do?  With so little time left stop making excuses and just get on with it.

Life is a battle between the short game and the long game. I guess my opinion is that it is better to play the short game as hard as possible, but without actually forgetting the longgame.

Goals

Goals should be positive.

Don't have goals like do this or don't do that.

Have goals which are more to the heart and will drive you.

For example:

"Help make people happy" is better than

"Be nice to people"  because this is not sepecific and there is no real outside way to measure it.

it is better than:

"Don't be an asshole"   because this is avoiding something.  There is no achievable result.

An even better goals might be:
"Go above and beyond to help make people happy"

This goal is great because it has a measurable result you can feel immediately - going above and beyond, and also the outside measureable one.

Now, this is all just stuff that I came up with on the spot. So don't take it seriously.