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This week you will take what you learned in past modules about your academic and career future and meld that with the goal setting lessons from this week’s webtext work to create two action plans – one for your academic future and one for your career/professional future.

Step 1: Draft your Long-Term Goals

Begin by reading page 8.3 in the webtext about SMART goals and long-term goal setting. Follow the directions on those pages to come up with two long-term goals for your own life – one related to your academic future and one for your career/professional future. Follow the SMART framework outlined in the webtext to make sure each goal is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely.

 Step 2: Create your Action Plans 

Step 3: Reflect

Below your action plans, reflect on this exercise and your next steps. Respond to the following questions in a few sentences each:

• Do the short and long-term goals I’ve laid out here match my interests, abilities, and values?
• What questions or concerns do I still have about my goals? How can I work with others to resolve my concerns?
• When I think about achieving these long-term goals, how do I feel? 

1. A completed Action Plan for your SMART long-term academic goal

•  A completed Action Plan for your SMART long-term career/professional goal with at least one short-term goal 

1. Short responses to each of the reflection questions