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.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “solve 5 sums today”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
- 2.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “join a coding club” (a) play for the state (b) write a storybook (c) become a doctor (d) build a phone app
- 3.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish school with 85%”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
- 4.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) finish school with 85% (c) tidy my desk today (d) become a doctor
- 5.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) write my own novel (b) play in the state team (c) be fluent in French (d) solve 5 sums today
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish homework tonight (b) finish school with 85% (c) tidy my desk today (d) jog 3 times this week
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) play in the state team (b) write my own novel (c) learn 10 words this week (d) learn to code an app
- 8.True or false: “make a poster by Monday” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) join a coding club (b) run 2 km each morning (c) learn basic coding (d) do well in biology
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) score 90% in Class 10 (b) solve 5 sums today (c) tidy my desk today (d) make a poster by Monday
- 12.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn the body systems” (a) build a phone app (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) play for the state
- 13.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) one evening (b) months or years (c) one lunch break (d) a few minutes
- 14.True or false: “learn 10 words this week” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) play in the state team (b) finish homework tonight (c) learn to code an app (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.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read about first aid” (a) write a storybook (b) build a phone app (c) become a doctor (d) play for the state
- 18.True or false: “play in the state team” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: “do well in biology” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: “become a doctor” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) play in the state team (c) make a poster by Monday (d) read 30 pages this week
- 22.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) jog 3 times this week (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) make a poster by Monday (d) finish homework tonight
- 23.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) write my own novel (b) play in the state team (c) jog 3 times this week (d) score 90% in Class 10
- 24.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) finish homework tonight (c) jog 3 times this week (d) be fluent in French
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn to code an app (b) finish homework tonight (c) read 30 pages this week (d) learn 10 words this week
- 26.True or false: “tidy my desk today” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) practise at the nets (b) join the school team (c) run 2 km each morning (d) learn the body systems
- 29.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “tidy my desk today”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
- 30.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) write my own novel (b) play in the state team (c) learn 10 words this week (d) be fluent in French
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tidy my desk today (b) become a doctor (c) jog 3 times this week (d) learn 10 words this week
- 32.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “score 90% in Class 10”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) finish homework tonight (c) write my own novel (d) jog 3 times this week
- 34.True or false: “write my own novel” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”. (a) True (b) False
- 36.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “play in the state team”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
- 37.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) learn 10 words this week (c) become a doctor (d) solve 5 sums today
- 39.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) never (b) only when it fails (c) once in 10 years (d) every few weeks
- 40.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it ends the work (b) it is fun to say (c) it gives direction (d) it impresses friends
Answer key
- a short-term goal
- build a phone app
- a long-term goal
- tidy my desk today
- solve 5 sums today
- finish school with 85%
- learn 10 words this week
- True
- True
- do well in biology
- score 90% in Class 10
- become a doctor
- months or years
- False
- finish homework tonight
- write a storybook
- become a doctor
- False
- False
- False
- play in the state team
- score 90% in Class 10
- jog 3 times this week
- be fluent in French
- learn to code an app
- False
- False
- learn the body systems
- a short-term goal
- learn 10 words this week
- become a doctor
- a long-term goal
- write my own novel
- True
- False
- a long-term goal
- False
- become a doctor
- every few weeks
- it gives direction
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