Intentions and goals for a trip

So with setting intentions and goals for a trip or a desired outcome, what are you guys thoughts or advice for that? I have tried to set intentions/goals but the aspect of forcefully trying keep that in my head until my trip is stressful bc i am so forgetful i never follow through. even when i write it down or anything i still forget so i’ve always just been “go with the flow” type. i know and trust myself enough to do this

but my trips have more in depth as time goes on and i love the idea of having a brief intention or goal to work off of but given it’s extremely hard to remember and stressful to try to remember i would like to hear what you guys do or if you have may opinions on on this.