Use for Young Women, Young Men, Seminary, Family Home Evening, Primary Sharing Time or Activity Days
LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
My Future Looks Bright! Goal Planner
OBJECTIVE. The lesson helps youth understand how setting short-range goals can help her to achieve long-range goals. More Information: “Short-range goals as stepping stones”
Read the full talk, “Never, Never, Never Give Up!”
Discussion Questions
• How do you feel when you accomplish a goal? How does accomplishing goals increase confidence?
• How can the [YOUTH GOALS] help you set and accomplish important goals in your life?
• What are some things we can do to accomplish the goals we set for ourselves?
• How can prayer and the Spirit help us set and accomplish goals?
• Why should setting and achieving goals be a lifelong process?
• How can we help and encourage others to accomplish their goals?
TO MAKE. Download and print the activity in color or black and white.
ACTIVITY. Help youth realize that their future looks bright as they plan for a sparkling life. With this form, they can project what they want to be and what they want to do. With this goal planner, they can choose a goal and use the six steps to make short-range goals that will help them achieve success!
THOUGHT TREAT: Long and Short Licorice Pieces. Write on slips of paper 25 long-range goal ideas and 25 short-range goal ideas. Place ideas in a container. Take turns drawing and reading them while others guess if the goal is long- or short-range. The first three to say “short range” or “long-range” earn a short or long piece of licorice.
MUTUAL-NIGHT ACTIVITIES
GOAL ANTICIPATION EXERCISES: Have youth think of ways they can anticipate their future, looking forward to the next goal.
WISH TO PURSUE POSTER OR BULLETIN BOARD: Youth can post pictures of things they wish to pursue and add pictures or brochures or drawings of what they look forward to. They can even post a recipe they want to try or post a goal they wish to pursue. This is where they can post notes about their goals.
MINDMAP GOALS. They can create an outline of the things they are thinking about, drawing lines for the main idea, then adding lines that support the ideas. For example, they could draw a line across a poster to map out their life year by year to write their life history. They could also do mind-mapping to outline their goals and specific steps to achieve each.
LADDER APPROACH. Have young women anticipate the next step they will take in the future as they are taking their present step. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Concentration is the secret of strength.”
USE THIS ACTIVITY FOR Come Follow Me
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