How to Survive Freshman Year of High School: Goal-Setting
I am going to be a senior in high school this year, and thought I'd start a series of short posts where I give advice for current/future high school students.
Today's post is about practicing goal-setting to be successful!
One of the most beneficial things you can do to help yourself succeed both academically and socially in all four years of high school, is to create goals. From my experiences of setting goals and deadlines for myself, I have concluded that the most primary formula for success by goal-setting, is:
This is an extremely versatile formula that will help you in all areas of high school life.
Main focuses are long-term goals, and are generally tasks which you want to accomplish over the course of the year to come. An example of a main focus could be getting 95% or above in all classes. Fixed focuses are short-term goals; they are specific tasks which you aim to complete in the near future. An example of a fixed focus is you aiming to complete 6 volunteer hours in the upcoming week.
A good rule of thumb is to have about 3 main focuses and 5 to 7 fixed focuses. This will allow you to dedicate your time and energy towards certain tasks without overloading yourself, and help you to do your best work.
Use your planner to create a schedule of when you will be doing each of your activities, and whether they will be helping you develop and achieve your fixed focuses.
Today's post is about practicing goal-setting to be successful!
One of the most beneficial things you can do to help yourself succeed both academically and socially in all four years of high school, is to create goals. From my experiences of setting goals and deadlines for myself, I have concluded that the most primary formula for success by goal-setting, is:
Main Focuses + Fixed Focuses + Hard Work = Academic and Social Enrichment
Main focuses are long-term goals, and are generally tasks which you want to accomplish over the course of the year to come. An example of a main focus could be getting 95% or above in all classes. Fixed focuses are short-term goals; they are specific tasks which you aim to complete in the near future. An example of a fixed focus is you aiming to complete 6 volunteer hours in the upcoming week.
A good rule of thumb is to have about 3 main focuses and 5 to 7 fixed focuses. This will allow you to dedicate your time and energy towards certain tasks without overloading yourself, and help you to do your best work.
Use your planner to create a schedule of when you will be doing each of your activities, and whether they will be helping you develop and achieve your fixed focuses.
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