Free Printable Goal Setting Worksheets

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Originally published December 27, 2017. Updated December 28, 2019.

Why should you care about goal setting worksheets? It always surprises me when I meet folks that don’t set goals or use a daily to do checklist. Using these two tools help you know where you’re going and figure out the best way to get there. If you don’t currently set goals or plan out a daily to do list, you should definitely give it a try. It doesn’t take long to do and will help you get organized, save time and reduce stress. I’ve created these free printable goal setting worksheets to make it easy for you (and for me). 

Even knowing how much more smoothly my work and personal life operate when I set goals and plan my daily tasks, I get lazy sometimes or get overwhelmed and don’t use them. When that happens I find that I’m much less efficient in every aspect of my life and much more stressed.

How Do You Create a Goal Sheet?

• Take the time to actually write down your goals. When you write them down, you tend to take the time to think about them more deeply and you’ll remember them.
  • Find a printable goal setting worksheet that you can use, like the one shared below.
  • You can use a piece of paper, your phone or computer to create your own goal sheet in simple list form.
• Use the SMART Goals format to make it easier to set your goals
  • Set specific goals
  • Make goals measurable
  • Goals must be actually attainable
  • Goals should be relevant to you and your life
  • Goals need to be time-bound or have a completion date
• Make sure your goals match your priorities and what’s important to you.
• Keep goals realistic.
• Write your goals with a positive outcome.
• Set both larger, long-term goals and shorter, smaller goals that contribute to your larger, long-term goals.
• Commit to monitoring your goal achievement.
  • Set weekly, monthly or quarterly dates to review your goal accomplishment.
• Adjust your goals, if necessary. Remember your goals are tools to achieve what’s important to you. If they’re not working for you, then change them.

Printable Goal Setting Worksheets

Why Set Goals

• Allows you to focus on what’s important to you, your values, what you want to do and where you want to go.
• Allows you to plan how to accomplish those goals.
• Allows you to measure your progress towards your goals.
• Helps you stay focused on what’s important to you and not let life distract you.
• Helps keep you motivated.

Useful Goals Need to Be

• Realistic – I probably will never be 6 feet tall, but I can train to run a marathon. (Ugh, how about 3 miles?!)
• Specific – Doing well at work is everyone’s goal, but how do you know how to accomplish that? Setting a goal of completing the office payroll on-time is specific.
• Measurable – A goal of being a better person is admirable but you’ll never know if you’ve accomplished it. Set goals that you can measure.
• Time Limited – Set a realistic time limit for your goal – a day, a week, a month, a quarter, a year. Just make sure it’s realistic and motivational.
• Agreed Upon – If you’re working with others on this goal, everyone must agree on it or you’ll be dragging them along rather than working with them. 

Depending on your goals and your personal organization style, you may want to use a different goal setting log for different aspects of your life. Or you may find it more helpful to put all your goals on one sheet. Use the log in the manner that is most helpful for you. If you’re not sure, then try both ways and see which you prefer.

No matter how great your memory is, life gets in the way of what we plan to do each day. Using a daily to do checklist helps keep you focused on the tasks that you need to accomplish. Download your free copy of my Daily To Do Checklist  and print out multiple copies so that you can use one each day to work towards your daily tasks and the goals that you’ve set.

There are two parts to setting goals: the larger, long-term goals and the smaller, short-term goals. The smaller goals are often best track on a To Do List. Because I’m such a big fan of writing down goals and tasks, I’ve shared many different printable to do lists. There’s certain to be a couple that you will find work well for you:

• FreeDaily To Do List Printable for Sticky Notes
• Monthly To Do List Set
• Free Running To Do List
• Daily To Do Cards in 5 Colors
• Daily To Do List for Planners

Be sure to check my more than 100 free printables. There are many different to do lists and checklists to organize all your goals and tasks.

Are you a goal setter? Do you write down your daily tasks? What tips do you have that work well for you? Be sure to grab your copy of these free printable goal setting worksheets. Here’s to a successful and focused new year! And be sure to pin so that you can find these goal setting worksheets whenever you need them again in the future.

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