On your daily list of priorities, include items from the long-term list that will move you toward your goals. Make sure you take some action toward your top long-range priorities each day. Stick with your priorities. You will probably never finish every item on your daily to-do list. That is why it is essential to do the most important tasks first.
Many people fall unto the trap of spending most of their time on less important tasks.
As a result, long-term projects with much greater potential payoff are neglected. Nor having enough time is an avoidance tactic. Everyone has time to complete one small step and then another. The first step is always the hardest. Once started, a project tends to develop a momentum of its own.