🧭 Quarterly Goal Setting | Study Template

for the goal-setter who turns big outcomes into calendar slots

Goal

Set 3 academic outcomes for the term and reverse-engineer the weekly system to hit them.

Translate big goals into weekly time blocks: a goal without a calendar slot is a wish. : from How to Become a Straight-A Student by Cal Newport.

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0:00-0:05
Name 3 target outcomes for the term, specific and measurable.
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0:05-0:15
List the inputs per goal: what weekly work produces the outcome?
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0:15-0:25
Audit the current schedule, where is the time actually going?
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0:25-0:35
Slot recurring study blocks for each goal's input.
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0:35-0:40
Use real times, not 'sometime'.
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0:40-0:45
Set a weekly checkpoint: every Sunday, did the blocks fire?
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0:45-0:50
Define a stop-doing list, what gets cut to make room?
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0:50-0:55
Write an if-then plan: 'If I slip on Tuesday, I will [recovery action].'
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0:55-1:00
Set the review date, 4 weeks out.
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1:00-1:05
Adjust the system based on what happened, schedule it.