My thoughts would be to first decide if your poker playing is purely recreational or a long term monetary gain thing. Like picking up a few extra bucks for that vaction, or car etc.

If it's just for fun, the reward is the pleasure you derive from playing or winning. So I would likely just set session goals in an allotted time frame. Such as - going to increase my buy-in by 50% in the next hour.

For a more serious approach, starting out, like I am, I would suggest setting other goals such as the areas of your game that need improvement. Which can also be fun.

For example, today I am going to pay close attention to position & reading opponents hands by their betting patterns. One gets a great feeling of accomplishment by finding improvement in the big picture of their game.

If it's all just for fun, & you are not much concerned with winning or losing, come play with me!...LOL

If you're looking to pick up a few extra bucks, then the more effort you put into your long term game plan the more likely you are to succeed.

I suspect the latter, why? Cause yer here at FTR!

Good luck!