I try to keep my annual goals simple - just one or two. Otherwise, I just forget or ignore them. For example, one year it was to use more orange, and I did. Now I like it.
I do keep a list of UFOs and try to work on them through the year, although I do add to the list also. This year, I plan to make smaller pieces - table runners, table mats, etc. - and give some to my 97 year old mother. She is so sweet that people give her gifts. Then she feels she has to reciprocate, and that causes some stress. I'd like to give her a batch of things to choose from.