Week 4

The goal of this post..... no, no, no. Only kidding.

Week 4 was focused primarily on goals. Goals, those sometimes attainable, sometimes not, glimpses of hopes and dreams that may be as simple as getting an A on an upcoming test or as complex as becoming the President of the United States. No matter what the goal may be, there is a specific process for writing them, detailed characteristics of it looks like, and

We worked on assignments which sought to identify exactly what a goal is, our own goals, the to writing effective goals. For example, goals have seven key characteristics including that they should be initiated by the individual who intends to accomplish them and should maintain a level of challenge that is suitable for the individual. Similarly, there are five steps to writing effective goals such as identifying obstacles which may prevent you from reaching or goal and recognizing resources which may assist you.

In addition to goals, we also spent some time with time management. Honestly, this is a struggle for me. As a full time online student, stay at home mother to two children, and freelance editor who also works from home, things get pretty crazy. Time for a specific task is often spread across an entire day (or days) and potentially interrupted a million times for more pertinent tasks. We used an online time management tool (Time Management Inventory) which was a neat way to see how our time is spent. While I understand how it is an effective tool for those with set or designated schedules, I do not believe it was necessarily applicable to my particular lifestyle (organized, or not-so-organized, chaos).

Being an online student makes education fit into my crazy schedule; therefore, this week's time management assignment made me appreciate the fact that I am able to complete my education online. In the same way, the goal-related assignments forced me to reexamine my own goals.