• Lesson 2.5, Day 1: the goal ladder
• Unit 2: Me, My Goals, My Money
• You need: your SMART Goal Builder from yesterday and your Lesson 2.1 sort sheet

• Write one thing you want that will take more than a year to get
• Write one thing you want that you could have by Friday
• Two lines, two minutes

• Short-term goal: done in days or weeks
• Long-term goal: takes months or years
• A SMART goal can be either
• A long-term goal without short-term goals under it is a wish with a date on it

• Top rung: the goal
• Every rung below: one step, in order
• Bottom rung: something you do this week, with a day on it
• Every rung is an action someone could watch you do

• Could someone watch you do it?
• "Ask the coach when open gym is": yes
• "Get more serious": no
• "Run one mile three times a week": yes
• "Get better at defense": no

• Pick one of your two SMART goals from yesterday
• Top rung: the goal
• Three to five steps in order
• Bottom rung dated within one week
• 12 minutes

• Every ladder has one
• What is the most likely thing to stop you? Name it
• What will you do when it happens?
• Obstacle: I forget. Plan: a note on the fridge
• Obstacle: no ride to open gym. Plan: sign up for the late bus

• A person with a name and a way to reach them
• "My sister, who reminds me at dinner"
• "The coach, who runs the late bus list; I see him in the gym at 2:30"
• Not "my family." Who, and how?

• Read your ladder to your partner
• Partner says one rung that is not an action, or "all actions"
• Fix it if you need to

• My first step is ___ and I will do it on ___ (day). The person who helps is ___
• Thumbs: is your first rung dated within a week?
• Keep page 1 in your folder. Tomorrow: a real decision, and the Goal Plan goes in

Day 2

• Lesson 2.5, Day 2: a real choice, and the Goal Plan
• This is the Topic 2.2 check
• You need: page 1 from yesterday, your Lesson 2.1 sort sheet, pages 2 and 3

• Write the five steps of the decision model from Unit 0, in order, without looking at the wall
• Then check:
• 1. Name the choice. 2. List options. 3. Weigh each against what matters. 4. Decide. 5. Look back

• Options across the top, at least three
• What matters down the side: your top three values, or the goal on your ladder
• A plus or a minus in every box, with one word why
• Then decide, defend it in two sentences, and set a look-back date

• Your own real choice is best
• Or take one of the six cards on page 2
• Card 1: the $25. Card 2: same day. Card 3: tonight. Card 4: tryouts. Card 5: reading time. Card 6: lunch money
• The rows must come from your own values or your own goal
• 14 minutes

• If the grid agrees with you on every row, you filled it in backwards
• Find one honest minus for the option you want
• "Fun: minus, nothing tonight" is honest

• The step everybody skips
• On what date will you check?
• How will you know? A number helps: "on June 1, do I have $120?"
• I will hand this back in four weeks and you will write one line on the cover

• Page 1: your SMART goal and ladder
• Page 2: your decision grid
• Page 3: the cover (three lines) and the rubric
• Score yourself first in the "Me" column. I score after class
• Staple, turn in. 10 minutes

• SMART: all five parts on the top rung
• Ladder: three to five action rungs in order, first rung dated within a week, an obstacle with a plan, a helper
• Decision grid: three options, rows from your own sheets, every cell filled, a defended decision, a look-back date
• 12 points. Meets on all three is 9

• The step of the decision model I will most likely skip in real life is ___ because ___
• One line on an index card

• Where do your 24 hours go?
• Your first rung gets a real hour on a real day
• Optional: do the first rung before tomorrow and be ready to say so