My Goals

As our first official blog assignment, we are to post three goals we have for ourselves while in this program. Then, as I continue to read the instructions/directions, we are to develop active steps you will take to achieve academic goals by following the S.M.A.R.T. Goals rubric.

So I suppose my first goal for this program is pass all of my classes, but that seems to generic of a goal. So instead I write:
Goal #1- Develop better time management skills that will, in the long run, improve and expand my study time which will cause an improvement in my grade.
Goal #2- Get in the habit of writing down assignments, rather than depending on memory to recall every due date.
The reason why this is my second goal is because in the past I remembered wrong due dates, and end up either scrambling to turn it in on time because I learned that my assignment was due the next day OR I end up turning it in late and have no excuse and my grade drops down how ever many levels.
My third goal seems hard to come up with. For a goal that has to do with the program, it is difficult for me to even imagine anything other than achieving my first two goals, but now as I sit here and write this, I know I have one more fault, and that is actually DOING the work the day it is assigned.
Goal #3- After the assignments are written down, not just remembered in my memory, if possible (for small assignments such as reading and bloging and math and such) do the work the day the material is covered in class.

Now I believe these goals are good by following the SMART Goals rubric.
S-specific, I was fairly specific when it came to who what and why.
M-measurable, How will I know when my goals are accomplished?

• Goal #1- My study schedule will be consistent and planed.
• Goal #2- When writing down assignments will be instinct rather than having to remind myself every time I get a new assignment.
• Goal #3- When I stop doing assignments the day before they are due.

A-attainable, these are very reasonable goals, yet difficult enough that they will take effort in completing and achieving them.
R-realistic, read above.
T-timely/tangible, I hope to have these skills by the end of the 8 weeks of this summer program.

The question is, HOW will I manage to complete all of these goals by the end of the summer? For the first goal, I will make a schedule and LIVE BY THE SCHEDULE! No exceptions, you know, unless it's life or death. For the second goal, I will carry my planner in my hand so I remember that it is there and that I must use it. For the third goal, I will use the planner and scheduled time to do homework to do my homework RIGHT AWAY!

Well, that is the first blog for this program, and it was long, but it covered everything! Hopefully the next one will be shorter. But I enjoy writing, so I will probably write a lot each blog, but I will try to cut it back a little!