Specific
Measurable
Achievable/Attainable
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Timely
A smart goal has to be specific. For example, if you say that your goal is to buy something... that is not specific at all. To make it specific you could say that your goal is to buy a book that costs 20 dollars. That is a specific goal. A smart goal also has to be achievable. Your goal has to be something you can do. For example, say you have an allowance of 4 dollars a week. You can buy a book that costs 20 dollars if you save up. That goal is achievable. A smart goal also has to be measurable. For example, you goal is to buy a book that costs 20 dollars. Your allowance is 4 dollars a week. How much of your allowance would you would you save each week? You could say that your goal is to buy a book that costs 20 dollars each week, and every week you will save 2 (or whatever amount) dollars from your allowance. A smart goal has to be realistic. You can’t just say that your goal is to buy the earth, that’s not realistic. You could say that your goal is to buy a plastic globe from the mall that costs 30 dollars. That is a realistic goal. A smart goal has to be timely. For example, you could say that your goal is to finish your assignment for school sometime next week. For it to be a smart goal, you could say that your goal is to finish your assignment next week Wednesday.
That is what you need to make a S.M.A.R.T. goal. My goal is to knit a teddy bear. To make it specific, my goal is to knit a teddy bear by first knitting each of its body parts and sewing them together. To make it measurable, my goal is to knit one body part per week. To make it achievable and timely, I made sure I only have to a little knitting per week, that way I will have time to do other things. This goal is achievable and realistic because I have knitted one before. So in all, my goal is to knit each part of the teddy bears body every week and sew them together to make a teddy bear.
Measurable
Achievable/Attainable
Realistic
Timely
A smart goal has to be specific. For example, if you say that your goal is to buy something... that is not specific at all. To make it specific you could say that your goal is to buy a book that costs 20 dollars. That is a specific goal. A smart goal also has to be achievable. Your goal has to be something you can do. For example, say you have an allowance of 4 dollars a week. You can buy a book that costs 20 dollars if you save up. That goal is achievable. A smart goal also has to be measurable. For example, you goal is to buy a book that costs 20 dollars. Your allowance is 4 dollars a week. How much of your allowance would you would you save each week? You could say that your goal is to buy a book that costs 20 dollars each week, and every week you will save 2 (or whatever amount) dollars from your allowance. A smart goal has to be realistic. You can’t just say that your goal is to buy the earth, that’s not realistic. You could say that your goal is to buy a plastic globe from the mall that costs 30 dollars. That is a realistic goal. A smart goal has to be timely. For example, you could say that your goal is to finish your assignment for school sometime next week. For it to be a smart goal, you could say that your goal is to finish your assignment next week Wednesday.
That is what you need to make a S.M.A.R.T. goal. My goal is to knit a teddy bear. To make it specific, my goal is to knit a teddy bear by first knitting each of its body parts and sewing them together. To make it measurable, my goal is to knit one body part per week. To make it achievable and timely, I made sure I only have to a little knitting per week, that way I will have time to do other things. This goal is achievable and realistic because I have knitted one before. So in all, my goal is to knit each part of the teddy bears body every week and sew them together to make a teddy bear.