Goals ... Objectives ... Gee, I hope they happens

Just thinking that I've started to get some traction on some stuff that's been bugging me, all without writing down my goals. I always figured that writing down your goals was a good thing, as it made them more real, more like a to do list. Unfortunately, I hate someone telling me what to do ... even myself ... so the more I wrote them down, the less chance I had of actually doing them. It's what caused my Rimmer loop - I didn't get any of my goals accomplished, so I'd spend time revising them rather than actually trying to achieve anything, leading to a few more days slipping by. Pretty soon weeks and months have passed. But still ... I can't help but want to write them down so I can cross them off the list. Is this neurotic or what?