I don't really have any strategy for that either. I just write my novel as usual.
Are you doing any research for the characters in your novel? Could you incorporate research for your own life into research for you novel's characters? If you have a plot for your novel, could you create a similar plot for your own life as if it were a novel? I know that all of this is easier said than done, but I wondered whether you'd ever looked at strategy for your own life in the way that you'd plan a plot for a book.
Well it is a sci-fi novel whose main characters are soldiers. Naturally, none of the characters are anything at all like me and I have already completed 132 pages on it.
I could do a short story about what you recommended, but I do not know how I could make it exciting lol. In terms of strategy, usually while writing one event (such as a battle), I am planning the next event in my head (the aftermath of the battle or next battle or other thins the characters do).