Smart goal setting involves using a goal journal to:
- Help you identify your goals
- Make a plan to achieve them
- Track your progress
Writing is a great way to get to know yourself better and match your goals to the person you really are—not the person other people want you to be or think you should be.
How will you go about achieving your dreams What are your talents, and values? Not sure? Answer the following questions to help give you goals to set. Write as much or as little as you like, and have fun. There are no right or wrong answers, and you don’t have to worry about spelling, grammar, or punctuation either.
- Everyone has a talent or two (or many). What are you good at? Why are you good at it?
- Pick three or four adjectives that describe you best. Which ones do you like? Which ones don’t you?
- Imagine that you could be doing anything you wanted right now—anything at all. What would it be, and why do you think you would enjoy it so much?
- If you could meet a person you really admire (living or dead), who would that person be, and why did you choose him or her?
- If you could be a character in a book or in a movie, which character would you be? Why?
- What do you daydream about?
Spend some time thinking what your answers to these questions say about you and how these answers could help you set meaningful goals for yourself.
What do you do when you reach your goal?
Sources: it-career-coach.net; calpoly.edu; careerplanning.about.com;
timethoughts.com/timemanagement