- Social - I want to get married by age 24. Basically anything that has to do with your social life.
- Academics - Ex. I want to get this GPA by September 25.
- Religious - Ex. Pray 2 times a day.
- Personal - Ex. I want to write a novel by the time I'm 50.
- Physical or Health - Basically like losing weight, or and other health related goal.
- Financial - Anything based on money. Ex. Make $1000.00 a month.
And my college professor also stated that there were six characteristics of goal setting. When he brought that up, that caught my eye because most people set goal that are too far-fetched. They set a goal that they most likely wont complete because it sounds like an impossible goal. So if all of your goals had these six characteristics, they would work and you most likely could accomplish them. And these six characteristics are:
- Believable - Is this goal possible for me to do?
- Measurable - How long do I have to complete this goal. Can I complete this goal in a lifetime?
- Adaptable -
- Reasonable - Is this goal something I could complete?
- Controllable - Can I control whether this goal happens? Example of a non-controllable goal: The New England Patriots will go to the Super Bowl this year.
- Desirable - Is this goal something that I anxiously want?
"You'll notice that Believable and Reasonable are kind of the same thing."
And then now for the difference between a good goal and a bad goal.
