FREE 10+ Goal List Samples in PDF

There’s a saying that goes, “You only live once,” and we do agree that with this one life, we need to accomplish what we have set for ourselves in this world. Otherwise, we are doomed to regret that we have not experienced nor lived the kind of life we have always wanted while able and alive. This is the very reason why it is important to set life goals so that you can have the direction, motivation, and inspiration that you need to pursue the best things that life has to offer. In this article, we will talk about life goals and how you can make your personal list by reading further. 

10+ Goal List Samples

1. Goal List

2. Master Goal List

3. Sample Goal List

4. Initial Goal List

5. SMART Goal Setting List

6. Goal To Do List

7. Financial Goal List

8. Participation Goal List

9. Personal Goal List

 10. Final Goal List

11. Budget Goal List

What Are Goals?

By definition, a goal is something that an individual or a group of people desires to achieve. It can also be termed as thoughts for the future, considering that they are planned days, weeks, months, or years ahead of time. Goals provide an individual with a certain sense of direction, as well as motivate them to accomplish something within a definite time frame without deviating away from the right track.

How to Write a Goal List?

The format and design of your goal list can be simple, minimalist, or with amazing graphic designs. If you want to create your personal goal list today, you only need your pen and paper, or much better if you have a template to make your work easier. Upon making your list, here are some of the things that you need to consider as you go along. 

1. Go S.M.A.R.T.

When making your goal list, you need to identify whether your goals are SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely). These parameters will help you set your goals effectively, and will more likely help you achieve them with favorable results. You can follow the SMART goal criteria when you want to accomplish something in your personal life, business, work performance, hobbies, academics, and more. 

2. Categorize Your Goals

Aside from doing the SMART goal technique, it is also important that you categorize your goals. To do this, you can break them down into different categories: financial goals, career goals, personal development goals, travel goals, education goals, spiritual goals, relationship goals, and so forth. This will also help you to make a priority out of all the goals in different categories, as well as give you the opportunity to label them into priority and non-essential. 

3. Provide a Deadline

To make your goals tangible and reachable, you need to motivate yourself to stick to the timeframe you have given yourself. Like bucket lists, to-do lists, task lists, and life planners, you need to be very strict when it comes to following the daily, weekly, and monthly schedules you have set to accomplish these goals. However, there are times that you need to be lenient with yourself as well because we all know that when reaching our goals, there tend to be unwarranted and unrealistic setbacks that we also need to go through. 

4. Pair It With an Action Plan

If you do not want to turn your goals into unfulfilled dreams, then make it a priority to create an action plan to go with it. This is very effective especially when your goals are for the long term and needs to undergo a series of actions before you can successfully reach them. Action plans are also useful when you want to accomplish multiple goals in a year, say, getting a university diploma while developing your small business. 

While living this life, we tend to dream of achieving certain things that may or not might not come true. However, it is up to you how you can make these dreams into goals, and goals into reality. Start making your goals into achievements by downloading our creative and professional goal list templates from our gallery.