Agreed.
Also, realize that what you may view as an "end goal" (or "event" as MJ says) today, in fact really has no end at all. Rather, it is the culmination of days, weeks, months, and years of building a daily practice, or process that keeps pushing you forward.
So then, keep the big picture in mind but give yourself some bread crumbs to follow along the way. Always think at least two steps ahead, otherwise you might find that you achieved goal 1, but then you stall because there's no goal 2. Always be working towards something. Keep moving forward.