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.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) never (b) once in 10 years (c) only when it fails (d) every few weeks
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tidy my desk today (b) jog 3 times this week (c) read 30 pages this week (d) play in the state team
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) finish homework tonight (c) read 30 pages this week (d) be fluent in French
- 4.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) become a doctor (c) make a poster by Monday (d) tidy my desk today
- 5.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: “learn to code an app” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
- 7.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) finish school with 85% (b) play in the state team (c) solve 5 sums today (d) be fluent in French
- 8.True or false: “make a poster by Monday” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it is fun to say (b) it impresses friends (c) it gives direction (d) it ends the work
- 10.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they are its steps (b) they slow it down (c) they are unrelated (d) they replace it
- 11.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) do well in biology (b) build a small game (c) run 2 km each morning (d) learn basic coding
- 12.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) keep a story diary (b) learn the body systems (c) run 2 km each morning (d) join a coding club
- 13.True or false: “solve 5 sums today” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) finish homework tonight (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) tidy my desk today (d) solve 5 sums today
- 15.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) learn to code an app (b) finish school with 85% (c) finish homework tonight (d) write my own novel
- 16.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read a novel a week” (a) play for the state (b) write a storybook (c) build a phone app (d) become a doctor
- 17.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “read 30 pages this week”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
- 18.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) 12 novels in June (b) no reading till Dec (c) one novel a month (d) only buy novels
- 19.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) jog 3 times this week (c) learn to code an app (d) finish homework tonight
- 20.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) play in the state team (c) write my own novel (d) be fluent in French
- 21.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn the body systems” (a) become a doctor (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) write a storybook
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish homework tonight (b) read 30 pages this week (c) jog 3 times this week (d) score 90% in Class 10
- 23.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) finish school with 85% (b) be fluent in French (c) make a poster by Monday (d) learn to code an app
- 24.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) read about first aid (b) do well in biology (c) read a novel a week (d) learn basic coding
- 25.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) run 2 km each morning (b) learn the body systems (c) learn basic coding (d) keep a story diary
- 26.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) tidy my desk today (b) make a poster by Monday (c) jog 3 times this week (d) finish school with 85%
- 27.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) join a coding club (b) do well in biology (c) keep a story diary (d) write 300 words a day
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) read 30 pages this week (c) finish homework tonight (d) learn to code an app
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish school with 85% (b) play in the state team (c) learn to code an app (d) jog 3 times this week
- 31.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) solve 5 sums today (c) tidy my desk today (d) play in the state team
- 32.True or false: “run 2 km each morning” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) False (b) True
- 33.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) a whole lifetime (b) many years (c) no time at all (d) days or weeks
- 34.True or false: “tidy my desk today” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “learn basic coding” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “play in the state team” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
- 37.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read about first aid” (a) build a phone app (b) write a storybook (c) become a doctor (d) play for the state
- 38.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “build a small game” (a) write a storybook (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) become a doctor
- 39.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish homework tonight”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
- 40.True or false: “learn 10 words this week” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- every few weeks
- play in the state team
- be fluent in French
- become a doctor
- True
- False
- solve 5 sums today
- True
- it gives direction
- they are its steps
- do well in biology
- run 2 km each morning
- True
- score 90% in Class 10
- finish homework tonight
- write a storybook
- a short-term goal
- one novel a month
- learn to code an app
- read 30 pages this week
- become a doctor
- score 90% in Class 10
- make a poster by Monday
- read a novel a week
- learn the body systems
- finish school with 85%
- False
- join a coding club
- learn to code an app
- jog 3 times this week
- play in the state team
- True
- days or weeks
- False
- False
- True
- become a doctor
- build a phone app
- a short-term goal
- True
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