3 Ways to Create
Goals
Jenny Vang

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

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

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

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

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

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.