Types of Goals- Let’s talk about it

I know all I do is talk about goals, but come it’s not that annoying, right?

I actually did some research for this one, to see what are some different types of goals people might set for themselves or is recognized by professionals.

First, let’s dicuss my pesonal catergories I like to sort my goals into (and some examples for each catergory.)

Fitness, hobby, personal, and school/work

Fitness

Do yoga for an hour
Run/walk 2 miles
Do a HIIT workout every-day
Do arm exercises

Hobby

Sew 50 masks
Write a new chapter everyday
Learn a new song on whatever instrument you play
Learn something new about your hobby (new art styles, different fashion eras, history of music, etc)

Personal

Start journaling
List whatever you’re gratedul for every night
Spend more time with my family
Be consistent with your self-care routine

School/work

Get into an AP class
Learn to manage your time
Maintain a 3.5 gpa
Develop better public speaking skills

Eastern Washington University says that there are three different types of goals; process, performance, and outcome.

“Process, performance, and outcome goals have a linear relationship. This is important because if you achieve your process goals, you give yourself a good chance to achieve your performance goals. Similarly, when you achieve your performance goals, you have a better chance of achieving your outcome goal.”

You can check out the link to see what examples they have for each goal, but here are some of my own personal goals-

Process goals

“…specific actions or ‘processes’ of performing.”

Eat healthier
Play my guitar for 30 minutes every-day
Do yoga every-day for an hour
Write a chapter every-day

Performance goals

“… based on personal standard. “

Get into a course you might want to take
Buy a new house
Run 2k in 20 minutes
Climb a mountain

Outcome goals

“…based on winning.

Win something
Get your dream job
Win employee of the month (do they still do that?)
Win top 10 in a race

Another article called Seven Types of Goals for All Areas of Life by Anthony ONeal lists catergories such as family, spiritual, educatonal, etc.

This article was actually nice to read and I took away a lot of things that I added to my catergories. Here are some from the article-

Family

Take time out of your day to cll your parents/grandparents/ guardians
Go out for coffee with siblings or cousins
Encourage your family to put away the electronics and spend some time together to spend time together
Go out on a hike with your family

Financial

Create a budget for a vaction (or something else)
Start an emergency fund
Learn how to spend less money
Start to invest

Educational

Create a list of things you want to learn
Learn a new language
Read more
Plan to take a new class/course

I hope you liked this! This was just a post on different types and different catergories of goals. You do not need to set goals to fit the things I have listed above.

This post felt a little random compared to other things I have posted, but I hope to expand my blog and write all types of things. Hopefully, this was entertaining to read. Feel free to leave suggestions of things I should write about in my blog!

As always, remember that you are loved and will be forever valid, xoxo.