How to Set Meaningful Goals

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Start with broad ideas.. Try free writing to come up with ideas.. Define specific aspects of your broad idea.

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Start with broad ideas.

Step 1

Start with broad ideas.

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Try free writing to come up with ideas.

Step 2

Try free writing to come up with ideas.

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Define specific aspects of your broad idea.

Step 3

Define specific aspects of your broad idea.

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Write out a concrete goal.

Step 4

Write out a concrete goal.

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Prioritize your goals.

Step 5

Prioritize your goals.

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Ask yourself why you find this goal meaningful.

Step 6

Ask yourself why you find this goal meaningful.

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Judge if your goal is sufficiently challenging but not impossible.

Step 7

Judge if your goal is sufficiently challenging but not impossible.

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Determine what is influencing your goal.

Step 8

Determine what is influencing your goal.

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Avoid goals based on external factors.

Step 9

Avoid goals based on external factors.

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Set up a system to review your progress.

Step 10

Set up a system to review your progress.

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Break up your goal into sub-goals.

Step 11

Break up your goal into sub-goals.

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Create strategies to accomplish your sub-goals.

Step 12

Create strategies to accomplish your sub-goals.

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Set up a timetable for your goal.

Step 13

Set up a timetable for your goal.

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Identify obstacles you might encounter.

Step 14

Identify obstacles you might encounter.

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