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GOAL SETTING & DECISION MAKING

SUGGESTED ACTIVITY: MY GOALS FOR BETTER HEALTH

TIME MATERIALS
30-40 mins “MY GOALS FOR BETTER HEALTH”
PEN OR PENCIL
WHITE BOARD
MARKERS

ACTIVITY
- Tell participants they’ll be setting goals for themselves in four different areas of their life right
now.

Explain each of the areas:
• Social has to do with family or friends.
• School or work has to do with school or work.
• Physical has to do with nutrition or exercise - anything to do with the body.
• Emotional has to do with feelings, emotions, or thinking.
• Explain that we’ll also think about the people who support us in achieving our goals.

- For each area, have the group brainstorm ideas for goals in that area and write the ideas on the
whiteboard or poster paper. Then allow partners to think about specific goals in each of the areas
and write it in the box on the worksheet.

Examples of goals in each of the areas:
• Social Goal: Meet someone new, eat lunch with a different person once a week, call a friend
every weekend
• School or Work Goal: Be on time every day, try not to complain, take a deep breath when
frustrated or mad
• Physical Goal: Drink five glasses of water a day, eat five fruits/vegetables every day, take the
stairs instead of the elevator, exercise thirty minutes each day
• Emotional Goal: Use positive self-talk (“I can do it,”“I can be responsible”), write in a journal
every day, do one thing each day to take care of myself

- Explain to participants that we don’t need to try and reach our goals on our own. We have people
in our lives who can help and support us in reaching our goals. Sometimes it even helps us to reach
our goals faster when we have support. Brainstorm with the group about people who can support
them in reaching their goals. Make a list on the whiteboard. In partners, have them write the spe-
cific names of people in the box “People who support me” on the worksheet.

COACH’S NOTES
After the worksheet is complete, it could be fun for participants to come into a strong pose and
picture themselves reaching that goal. This lesson could be done in combination with the “Volca-
no Breath” activity from the lesson on Relaxation and Breathing Techniques, picturing themselves
reaching their goal in volcano breath.

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