The last letter in our SMART goal setting to help achieve your New Year's Resolutions (and any resolutions or goals you may have made since then) is T.
S Give each of your Specific goals a due date
M Making each Specific goal Measurable means that you’ll probably have broken it down into more manageable chunks. So, eating 2 pieces of fruit a day was achievable in the first week. That’s now ongoing
R If your specific goal is to lose excess body fat by eating less and exercising more (ELEM) a Realistic goal is to lose between 250g-500g a week, so set monthly goals of say 1.5kg until you reach your goal weight
T The Timeframe for each Specific goal will have milestones along the way to help Measure your progress, make your goal Achievable and Realistic
T
is for Timeframe
Okay, so for New Year resolutions it's obviously going to be 31
December 2013S Give each of your Specific goals a due date
M Making each Specific goal Measurable means that you’ll probably have broken it down into more manageable chunks. So, eating 2 pieces of fruit a day was achievable in the first week. That’s now ongoing
A Walking for 30 minutes a day every day may require some
chunking to make it Achievable.
You
may decide to walk 5 minutes a day for the first month, then increase it to 10
minutes a day for the second month, building up 5 minutes each month: by the
sixth month you’ll be walking 30 minutes a day, then that goal becomes ongoing R If your specific goal is to lose excess body fat by eating less and exercising more (ELEM) a Realistic goal is to lose between 250g-500g a week, so set monthly goals of say 1.5kg until you reach your goal weight
T The Timeframe for each Specific goal will have milestones along the way to help Measure your progress, make your goal Achievable and Realistic
Have you used SMART for this year’s New Year’s Resolutions.
At each milestone, revisit your goals; they may have changed
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