Week of 5/22/2015

Each Friday I will start a new thread for the week as a place to vocalize your SMART goals and to ask for and receive support. Developing a goal that you can achieve is as simple as 1-2-3.

Specific: it is important to be very specific when setting goals in order to insure success. For instance if you say, "im going to exercise more," there is no way to capture your success. However if you say, "im going to go to the gym 3 times this week for 45 minutes each," you will easily identify if you have reached your goal.

Measureable: you always want to be able to measure your success. Specific numbers help with measurements. 80% of the time, 3 times, etc....

Achievable: you always want to make sure your goal is achievable. For instance if you work full time and go to school you want to avoid setting a goal like going out with my friends every night because it is not likely that you can accomplish that.

Realistic: this is similar to achuevable. Think about your goal and if its something realistic for your to achieve in the time frame you are allowing.

Timely: weekly or month,y goals are easily broken down which makes the big pictureeasier.

Quote: "Be transparent in your actions, and secret in your plans." ~Paulo Coelho