DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

Set Realistic Goals!

Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, and for motivating yourself to turn your vision of this future into reality.The process of setting goals helps you choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you know where you have to concentrate your efforts.

By setting sharp, clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals, and you'll see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind.

Goal setting is an important method of:

•Deciding what you want to achieve in your life.

•Separating what's important from what's irrelevant, or a distraction.

•Motivating yourself.

•Building your self-confidence, based on successful achievement of goals

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SETTING GOALS

Seven Steps in Goal Setting!

1. Make sure the goal you are working for is something you really want, not just something that sounds good.

2. A goal can not contradict any of your other goals.

3. Develop goals in the 6 areas of life:

Family and Home
Financial and Career
Spiritual and Ethical
Physical and Health
Social and Cultural
Mental and Educational

4. Write your goal in the positive instead of the negative.

5. Write your goal out in complete detail.

6. By all means, make sure your goal is high enough.

7. This is the most important, write down your goals.

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The Next Destination in Your Goal Setting

What is your next destination in your goal map?

First thing that you have to determine is the basis of a mind map to distinguish your goal setting. You must identify your focal point of your map in order to choose phase one of your journey.

This organizational tool will help you to separate key factors that are floating around in your brain. The right half of your brain helps you think about music, colors and shapes. The left half is more analytical, helping with math, logic and speech.

The next phase of your agenda should be the main point of your mind map. From there you should be able to derive and pinpoint your next move.

The Beginning of Something New

It comes a time where you must separate yourself and begin a cleansing system from within. When you remove yourself from others. Your focal path becomes clearer; you are able to determine your values and goals by establishing a system of completion.

Many won't understand the reason behind your decision but you have to do what is best for "YOU." When you have that one person that you can truly and complete trust that plays a major role in your comfort level. The ones that matter the most will help in the storm and shine with you in the sun.

Writing down your game plan for your future is number one on the agenda before establishing your goals. Your game plan should begin with your visions.

ORGANIZE YOUR HOMEWORK!

Select a color for each class. For example, you may want to use the following colors with a system like this:

• Orange= History

• Green=Math

• Red=Science

• Yellow= English

• Blue=Geography

• Pink=Technology

Make a mental connection between the color and the class to remember your system. For instance, you might relate the color green to money—to make you think of math.

Sticky notes are useful when doing library research, writing down book and article titles, quotes, brief bibliographical citations, and reminders. If you can’t carry around several packs of sticky notes, then keep white notes and use colored pens.

Highlighters should be used when reading over your notes. In class, take notes as normal—and be sure to date them. Then, at home, read over and highlight in appropriate color. If papers get separated from you folder (or never make it into your folder) you can easily recognize them by the colored highlights.

Labels or round stickers are for your wall calendar. Keep a calendar in your room or office, and place a color-coded sticker on the day that an assignment is due. For instance, on the day you receive a research paper assignment in history class, you should place an orange sticker on the due date. This way, everyone can see an important day approaching, even at a glance.

Color coding can come in useful in a number of ways, even for a very disorganized student. Just think: if you see a random paper floating around you’ll be able to know at a glance if it’s a history note, research paper note, math paper.

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BACK TO SCHOOL TIPS FOR PARENTS

Review all of the information. Review the material sent by the school as soon as it arrives. These packets include important information about your child’s teacher, room number, school supply requirements, sign ups for after-school sports and activities, school calendar dates, bus transportation, health and emergency forms, and volunteer opportunities.


Mark your calendar. Make a note of important dates, especially back-to-school nights. This is especially important if you have children in more than one school and need to juggle obligations. Arrange for a babysitter now, if necessary.

Make copies. Make copies of all your child’s health and emergency information for reference. Health forms are typically good for more than a year and can be used again for camps, extracurricular activities, and the following school year.

Buy school supplies early. Try to get the supplies as early as possible and fill the backpacks a week or two before school starts. Older children can help do this, but make sure they use a checklist that you can review. Some teachers require specific supplies, so save receipts for items that you may need to return later.

Re-establish the bedtime and mealtime routines. Plan to re-establish the bedtime and mealtime routines (especially breakfast) at least 1 week before school starts. Prepare your child for this change by talking with your child about the benefits of school routines in terms of not becoming over tired or overwhelmed by school work and activities. Include pre-bedtime reading and household chores if these were suspended during the summer.

Turn off the TV. Encourage your child to play quiet games, do puzzles, flash cards, color, or read as early morning activities instead of watching television. This will help ease your child into the learning process and school routine. If possible, maintain this practice throughout the school year. Television is distracting for many children, and your child will arrive at school better prepared to learn each morning if he or she has engaged in less passive activities.

Designate and clear a place to do homework. Older children should have the option of studying in their room or a quiet area of the house. Younger children usually need an area set aside in the family room or kitchen to facilitate adult monitoring, supervision, and encouragement.


Select a spot to keep backpacks and lunch boxes. Designate a spot for your children to place their school belongings as well as a place to put important notices and information sent home for you to see. Explain that emptying their backpack each evening is part of their responsibility, even for young children.

 

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