S- Specific
M- Measurable
A- Attainable
R- Realistic
T- Timely
In January, I made a list of goals, that I revisited every three months, assessed and revised. I think that this kept my goals on a timely track, but also allowed me to revise them if they were too lofty, to make them more attainable in the timeframe allowed.
In my classroom, I had students set 8 goals for themselves (they are 8th graders) and we will be revisiting these goals this week. I wrote about it in a previous blog HERE.
As 2014 approaches, I am not only looking to sum up the status of this year's goals, but also to set new goals for my personal life, my professional life, my social life, my spiritual life, and my financial life. I also have goals for my kids and my students and would like to help coach them to setting and striving towards meeting these goals.
Only recently, I have come across some goals that are a much smaller window: weekly and monthly. In my experience, those were my 'checklists' rather than what I considered goals - but I'm starting to rethink that. As long as those items follow the SMART goal checklist, I think that goals can be both super-short and longer term goals. (right now, for example, my super-short goal consists of finishing holiday shopping and getting my sister's packages in the mail... I have been procrastinating on this one, and time is winding down to get it delivered on time!)
