S.M.A.R.T.

GOALS WORKSHEET
Crafting S.M.A.R.T. Goals are designed to help you identify if what you want to achieve is realistic and determine a deadline. When writing S.M.A.R.T.
Goals use concise language, but include relevant information. These are designed to help you succeed, so be positive when answering the questions.

Write the goal you have in mind

INITIAL
GOAL
 Get the best grades possible this year

S What do you want to accomplish? Who needs to be included? When do you want to do this? Why is this a goal?

 I want to get the best grades possible by keeping up with my work and putting in effort into assignments and classes and get the
SPECIFIC highest grades possible. I will attempt to do assignments as I receive them as opposed to working on them later, helping me not
miss any assignments I receive.

M How can you measure progress and know if you’ve successfully met your goal?

MEASURABL  By comparing my grades this year to past years and seen if it has stayed at a higher minimum then before. If I completed my goal,
E then my grades will reflect it by being consistent and on the high-end, being A’s and B’s.

Do you have the skills required to achieve the goal? If not, can you obtain them? What is the motivation for this goal? Is the
A amount of effort required on par with what the goal will achieve?

 I do have the skills since school is easy, only issue is just putting in effort which I have to actively try and do. I have o actively put
ACHIEVABLE in mental effort and time to keep up with my work.

R Why am I setting this goal now? Is it aligned with overall objectives?

 Because now that I am in high school, my grades matter more than ever. I need to boost my grades as much as possible if I want
RELEVANT to have the best shot at getting a scholarship or attaining easier higher-level education after high school.

T What’s the deadline and is it realistic?

 The deadline is technically ASAP in terms of assignments. I will try my best to get assignments in as soon as possible to avoid
TIME-BOUND procrastination and other deadline-related issues I faced when I didn’t try or care about school.

Review what you have written, and craft a new goal statement based on what the answers to the questions above have revealed
SMART
GOAL
 I need to focus on boosting this year’s grades as high as possible by submitting all my assignments before the deadline and
working as efficiently as possible on them to get the highest grade possible in order to make it easier for me to get academic
opportunities in the future after high school.

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