Personal Goals : Part Two – Set Your Goals

June 15, 2011

In our last session, we looked at SMART Goal setting.  If you haven’t read through Personal Goals | Part One, please take the time to do that now.

Now that you understand SMART Goal setting, let’s move into a simple list of areas you may want to set personal goals for yourself.  This list is a place to start.  Please feel free to add any areas you wish.

Work through the following categories.  Begin to set goals for one year, two years and long term.  This will be a place to start from, when we go about developing a strategic plan in future posts.

1. Financial
2. Lifestyle
3. Personal Development
4. Family
5. Community
6. Spiritual
7. Health

Again, challenge yourself to set SMART goals.  For example, under the financial category write a specific amount that you want to make.  “$52,000” is more specific than “ I would like to have more money this year.”  Again with family, “I would like to spend 10 hours a week with my family, playing games we love to play like …”  In the Community category, you may say something like, “I will spend 5 hours a week, volunteering at the local food shelter.”

As you make your list of personal goals, know that goals can be changed.  They are not set in stone.  We will explore this in our next session Personal Goals |Part Three | Putting It All into Focus.