There are three tips for creating goals: 1. Jot down ideas and things that interest you in a planner or notebook to stimulate creating goals. This could include exploring a mall and writing down an eyeliner product to create a goal of achieving that eyeliner look. 2. Create a vision board with inspirational images and words collected from the internet or magazines to help visualize and stay motivated towards goals. This could include images related to reading books, communicating, and self-love to set personal development goals. 3. Make a timeline to help organize and prioritize goals by drawing a horizontal line with dates to set goals chronologically and focus on them one at a time. This could include setting a goal

1. 3 Ways to Create
Goals
Jenny Vang

2. The
meaning
of Goals
• Achievements
• Doesn’t have to be big
• Must be realistic
• Short-term
• Long-term
• Importance:
• Help guide to focus:
• Yourself
• Behavior
• Changes/priorities

3. Small
goals to
big goals
• Focus on small goals
• Ex: small goal: volunteer at a non-
profit organization
• Big goal: be an intern at the same
organization
• Volunteering  Intern:
• Interested in the tasks
• Ways/information being promoted on
social media

4. Tip #1 |
Jot
things
down
• Planner/Personal Notebook
• Jot ideas down
• Ideas:
• Explore
• See things that pique your interest
• Ex: Mall
• Eyeliner Product
• Jot down the product
• Jotting things down:
• Forces/stimulates you to create those goals
• Goal:
• Achieve the eyeliner look with the product
• Benefits:
• Motivate by exploring and seeing different things
• Be ambitious

5. Tip #2 |
create a
vision
board
• Help visualize the goals
• Inspirational images and words
• Collect from the internet or magazines
• Ex: reading books
• Collect books printed from the internet
• Colleen Hoover’s novels
• Gain relationship advices
• Communication
• Self-love
• Use those advices, turning them to goals
• Improve personal development
• Benefits:
• Be motivated
• Improve self-encouragement

6. Tip #3 |
Create a
timeline
• Help organize goals
• Help prioritize goals
• Expectation;
• How much you are willing to invest
• Ex: doing cardio in two months
• Want to feel good look good
• During progress: want to build muscles
• Create that goal
• Creating a timeline:
• Draw a long horizontal line
• Dates from left to right
• Set goals chronologically
• Focus one goal at a time
• Benefits:
• Able to create/develop other goals
• Discover direction in life

7. Youth Author
Jenny Vang is a 22-year-old alumna of Sacramento State. She graduated in
Spring 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology. She has an interest in
Mental/Behavioral Health and is exploring her way towards her career. Her
hobbies are reading books, working out, listening to true crime podcasts, and
journaling.