It has been report that professionals may over extend themselves and may fail to recognize when their professional and personal life are not balanced, leading to the professional to be ineffective in either role (Bakal, Pappas, Smith, & Stern, 2003). Combatting this from occurring take deliberate actions with the first being to have a clear vision of what a balanced professional and personal life looks like. Once this has been established, identification of what is a priority and what, if need be, could be eliminated. Additional, goals of what is to accomplished need to be determined. Once these goals are in place, actions to achieve the goals will be created. The SMART goal format will be used to establish these goals. SMART goals are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely (Lemine, 2014). Using this type of goal setting allows for refection and evaluation of the goal’s progress and what may need to be changed. I find it ironic, that I am writing about SMART goals and using them as I near the end of this educational journey. I first learned of SMART goals in the first class, Student Success, which I took at Grantham for my BSN
It has been report that professionals may over extend themselves and may fail to recognize when their professional and personal life are not balanced, leading to the professional to be ineffective in either role (Bakal, Pappas, Smith, & Stern, 2003). Combatting this from occurring take deliberate actions with the first being to have a clear vision of what a balanced professional and personal life looks like. Once this has been established, identification of what is a priority and what, if need be, could be eliminated. Additional, goals of what is to accomplished need to be determined. Once these goals are in place, actions to achieve the goals will be created. The SMART goal format will be used to establish these goals. SMART goals are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely (Lemine, 2014). Using this type of goal setting allows for refection and evaluation of the goal’s progress and what may need to be changed. I find it ironic, that I am writing about SMART goals and using them as I near the end of this educational journey. I first learned of SMART goals in the first class, Student Success, which I took at Grantham for my BSN