Item & Tip #2: Written goals and intentions
Whether it’s on a sticky note or on a vision board, write down your goals for the upcoming semester! Writing them down is so important. By seeing them, it helps drive motivation and purpose into your work. Each time you tick off a goal, you become more motivated, so write down your goals!
My first tip for writing down and creating your goals is to make them measurable. Now, I’m all for goals that are related to emotions - such as “I feel good about my essays” “I feel satisfied with my grades”. Creating goals that are measurable will keep you motivated though. Each time you check off a goal, you’ll feel accomplished and more motivated to work toward the next! Try recognizing what will create the feeling of satisfaction with your grades or feeling good about the essay. That may change your goal to “Earn an A on X amount of essays by Thanksgiving break” or “Have at least a 94% in my class before the midterm”. By rewording them, you can measure how far you’ve come and the work that still needs to be done while staying motivated!
Make your goals specific! This is similar to the first tip in the sense that you don’t want to put emotion in the goal. You want to be as descriptive as you can, that way you know exactly what you want! If October comes around and you are reading your goals for the first time in a month, you may not remember exactly what you meant by “have good grades”. Does that mean an A for you? Or a B, C? When you are specific by saying “I want a 94% before the midterm” you know exactly what you are working towards. There’s no ambiguity, no excuses!
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