Goal Setting
Goals must be well defined and attainable. Goals can:- Help you allocate time for important activities
- Improve your test preparation and study skills
- Help reduce stress related to academics
- Improve your problem identification and problem solving skills
- Basing them on your priorities
- Balance
- Being positive
- Being realistic, specific, and clear
- Being able to visualize your results
Short-term goals– are goals that you will achieve in the near future (i.e., in a day, within a week, or possibly within a few months).
Long-term goals– are goals that you will achieve over a longer period of time (i.e., one semester, one year, five years, or twenty years).
Planning ahead will help you get things done and focus you on achieving the outcome desired. Think about what you would like to accomplish and then answer the following questions:
By the end of the week I plan to:
Academic:______________________________________________________________
Personal:_______________________________________________________________
By the end of the semester I plan to:
Academic:______________________________________________________________
Personal:_______________________________________________________________ By the end of the year I plan to:
Academic:______________________________________________________________
Personal:_______________________________________________________________
By the time I graduate I plan to:
Academic:______________________________________________________________
Personal:_______________________________________________________________