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