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title: "Personal Goal-Setting"
description: "Set realistic personal goals, create a simple plan to achieve them, monitor their own progress, and adjust their approach when things aren't working"
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# Personal Goal-Setting

Set realistic personal goals, create a simple plan to achieve them, monitor their own progress, and adjust their approach when things aren't working

Subject: Personal & Social Development · Area: Self-Regulation & Resilience · Ages 9 to 11
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/personal-goal-setting-mt_cJjnPjuvCU

## Ready when they can

- Write or state a specific, achievable personal goal with a timeframe
- Describe the steps they will take to reach the goal
- Review their progress and adjust their plan when something isn't working

## Lesson: Set a Goal, Make a Plan

You already know how to break a big task into smaller steps. A personal goal uses that same skill. A strong goal is specific and has a timeframe: instead of 'get better at swimming,' try 'swim 25 meters without stopping by the end of summer.' Once you know exactly what you want and by when, you can plan how to get there.

*(drawing: Reaching a goal is a cycle. You try your plan, review how it's going, and adjust if something isn't working.)*

**Example.** Maya's goal is to swim 8 laps without stopping by the end of summer. Her plan: practice three times a week and ask her coach to count her laps. After four weeks her chart showed she was close but not quite there, so she added one more practice day.

**Tip.** If a step in your plan isn't working, change the step, not the goal. Adjusting your plan is part of reaching a goal, not a sign you're failing.

**Recap.** Pick a specific goal with a timeframe, plan your steps, then review your progress and adjust when something isn't working.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Vocabulary for resilience and self-management](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/vocabulary-for-resilience-and-self-management-mt_i1kk9HDctI)
- [Breaking Tasks into Steps](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/breaking-tasks-into-steps-mt_miGrca8zaS)

## Opens up

- [Habits and Motivation](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/habits-and-motivation-mt_0ewYhTSHtP)
- [Personal Coping Toolkit](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/personal-coping-toolkit-mt_Jd2aWEUJ9G)
- [Setting learning goals](https://lightmysky.com/learn/learning-to-learn/setting-learning-goals-mt_jIszRCO2ij)