Steps to Reaching Goals

The following are suggestions adapted from the 2002-2003 Albert Schweitzer Elementary School Student Planner.

1. Decide what's important - make a list of what is important to you. For example: good grades, making and keeping friends, spending time with family...

2. Set your goals based on what's important to you - write your goals down. Use your student planner. For example: practice for piano lessons, finish book report, earn an A on a test...

3. Plan how to reach your goal - review your goals every day. Decide what needs to be done in order to reach your goals. Next to each goal, write how you plan to reach that goal.

4. Follow through - once you reached your goal, give yourself a pat on the back. Reaching a goal is quite an accomplishment. Review steps you took that helped you reach your goal. If it worked well, use it again. If something didn't work, change the steps to better suit you.

5. Continue setting goals - after achieving one goal, plan for the next one. Write more challenging goals if you found the first ones too easy. If you found them too difficult, change them to make them more realistic for you.