Hello again! Today we'll be talking about the fourth aspect of SMART goals: R for realistic or relevant. When making SMART goals, you should ask yourself whether or not this goal is realistic. Is this goal feasible? Is it attainable? A realistic goal should be challenging yet attainable within the given time frame.
Today I'll give multiple examples and hopefully they help make more sense of our topic today. The first video is Abbott and Costello's "Crazy House" sketch. I love Abbott and Costello, so I'm excited to use them as an example! In this sketch, Costello is suffering from insomnia so Abbott decides to take him to a rest house. Little do they know that this "rest house" is more like an insane asylum run by the patients. This is an example of an unrealistic goal. Enjoy!
I hope you enjoyed that sketch! Now let's talk about how this goal was unrealistic. First of all, the goal I am referring to is Costello attempting to sleep in this "hospital." Now, Abbott and Costello didn't know this was unrealistic, but it works anyway. As Costello attempts to sleep he has two men busting into the room and shooting a gun, he has a woman pour water on him as she "waters a bed of roses," a woman comes in picking apples from an invisible apple tree, and other ridiculous interruptions. Now ask yourself, is it feasible to sleep in that kind of an environment? Probably not. Is it challenging? Well, yes. But is it challenging while still being attainable? No, it's not. All in all, this goal of sleeping in the "nut house" is not realistic.
Okay, I tried and tried to find a video for a fun example of a realistic goal, unfortunately my search was in vain. Most that I could find were unrealistic, and any fun shows I could think of that did have realistic goals are not available on Youtube. So I'll just describe an episode of That's So Raven. The episode I'm describing is from season 3, episode one. It's called Psychic Eye for the Sloppy Guy. In this episode Raven makes it her goal to give the nerdy, sloppy guy in her class a make over. Since she's a fashionista, her goal isn't unrealistic while still being a challege. She uses her skills and voila! The sloppy guy becomes the best looking guy in school! Obviously, this is an example of a fun show but technically that's what the show What Not to Wear was all about, and those were actual people living their lives. (Yes, I know reality TV isn't real, but I love What Not to Wear so it's real to me.)
Here's the example we were given in class about a realistic/relevant goal: "I want to become proficient with sketching subjects at gymnastics in my sketchbook by drawing from direct observation and practicing different techniques for 30 minutes after school 3 days a week and evaluating my work with a rubric to help me chart my progress." Whoo. Now that is a mouthful. This goal is extremely specific, but it is also relevant and realistic. The goal is challenging since the individual is not an artist (yet!) but it's also realistic since they will be practicing and tracking their progress within a time frame.
Well, that's all I have for you today; go out there and make some goals!
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