Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals
Study tip (The ladder and the top): Short-term goal: days or weeks (“read 30 pages this week”). Long-term goal: months or years (“score 90% in Class 10”). Every long-term goal needs a few short-term goals that lead to it — “do well in biology” is a step towards “become a doctor”. Look at your long-term goal every few weeks and pick the next short-term steps.
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- 1.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join the school team” (a) become a doctor (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
- 2.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “write my own novel”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
- 3.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) play in the state team (c) learn 10 words this week (d) solve 5 sums today
- 4.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “make a poster by Monday”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
- 5.True or false: “write 300 words a day” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) write my own novel (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) play in the state team (d) solve 5 sums today
- 7.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) do well in biology (b) write 300 words a day (c) run 2 km each morning (d) learn the body systems
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) write my own novel (d) be fluent in French
- 9.True or false: “read a novel a week” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: “read about first aid” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) do well in biology (b) build a small game (c) read a novel a week (d) run 2 km each morning
- 12.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish homework tonight”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
- 13.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) practise at the nets (b) read a novel a week (c) learn basic coding (d) do well in biology
- 14.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) 12 novels in June (b) only buy novels (c) no reading till Dec (d) one novel a month
- 15.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn 10 words this week”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
- 16.True or false: “practise at the nets” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
- 17.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) many years (b) no time at all (c) a whole lifetime (d) days or weeks
- 18.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) become a doctor (b) finish homework tonight (c) learn to code an app (d) be fluent in French
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) learn 10 words this week (c) score 90% in Class 10 (d) make a poster by Monday
- 20.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “solve 5 sums today”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
- 21.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) one evening (b) a few minutes (c) one lunch break (d) months or years
- 22.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) learn the body systems (b) keep a story diary (c) practise at the nets (d) join the school team
- 24.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “build a small game” (a) build a phone app (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) play for the state
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) finish school with 85% (c) solve 5 sums today (d) play in the state team
- 26.True or false: “join the school team” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
- 27.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “become a doctor”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
- 28.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) be fluent in French (b) jog 3 times this week (c) write my own novel (d) score 90% in Class 10
- 29.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “make a poster by Monday” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
- 31.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn basic coding” (a) become a doctor (b) write a storybook (c) play for the state (d) build a phone app
- 32.True or false: “keep a story diary” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “do well in biology” (a) play for the state (b) write a storybook (c) build a phone app (d) become a doctor
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) play in the state team (b) learn to code an app (c) write my own novel (d) read 30 pages this week
- 35.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “play in the state team”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
- 36.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it is fun to say (b) it gives direction (c) it ends the work (d) it impresses friends
- 37.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “jog 3 times this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish school with 85% (b) finish homework tonight (c) make a poster by Monday (d) jog 3 times this week
- 40.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they slow it down (b) they are unrelated (c) they are its steps (d) they replace it
Answer key
- play for the state
- a long-term goal
- play in the state team
- a short-term goal
- False
- solve 5 sums today
- write 300 words a day
- learn 10 words this week
- False
- True
- run 2 km each morning
- a short-term goal
- do well in biology
- one novel a month
- a short-term goal
- False
- days or weeks
- finish homework tonight
- score 90% in Class 10
- a short-term goal
- months or years
- False
- learn the body systems
- build a phone app
- solve 5 sums today
- True
- a long-term goal
- jog 3 times this week
- True
- True
- build a phone app
- True
- become a doctor
- read 30 pages this week
- a long-term goal
- it gives direction
- False
- True
- finish school with 85%
- they are its steps
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