Focus your energy by setting a goal for yourself this semester. This goal doesn’t need to be technical, but it does need to be SMART:
S – Specific
- What exactly do you want to achieve? Why do you want to achieve it? HOW will you achieve it? Be specific.
M – Measurable
- How will you track your progress? How will you know when you have achieved your goal? What is the concrete evidence of success?
A – Attainable
- Is this goal something that you can realistically achieve in the defined time frame?
R – Relevant
- The goal must be important to you, right now. Decide on something that’s meaningful to you.
T – Timely
- Give yourself a deadline – for you, it’s the end of the semester! Select a goal that can realistically, measurably be achieved within the next 10 weeks.
SMART goals are very specific (for example: “I want to learn more about the digital media programs” becomes “I want to become more adept at using the gradient mask tool in Illustrator by the end of the semester. I will do so by completing the following tutorials, and working on a final image to be included in my digital media portfolio.”)
S – Specific
- This semester I want to complete my challenges and tasks, and enjoy the sun!!!
- This semester I am taking it slow, and trying to learn different languages and how to use them in the real world. In my goal right now is to learn html and javascript. And how to use wordpress.
- I will achieve this by using google calendar and set my time table up for the semester.
M – Measurable
- For the challenges I will try to complete them by friday every week.
- The languages have around 30-40 hours each for the course, so I will take out a few hours every week in the weekend to learn and implement them.
A – Attainable
- I am going to try to achieve this goal, and will set up specific times to make sure I don’t lose track of my progress.
R – Relevant
- This goal is important to me as I am trying to create a weekly routine which I can use later in the fall semester when I will have a full course load.
T – Timely
- For each challenge I am going to give myself till Friday to complete.
- For learning new languages I give myself till the end of the semester.