An overview of the Growth and Goals module

The first Growth & Goals cycle takes about 2 hours to complete, although some people may find it useful to spend more or less time. There are 20 activities, interspersed with information before and after each activity. The activities are intended to be completed in the order in which you encounter them in the module.

Start by identifying three deadlines that you have coming up in your semester or next few months. These deadlines could be exams, assignments, competitions, performances, or simply specific timepoints. Put your deadlines in a calendar, with reminders to yourself to complete each of the next activities. We suggest doing them one week before and within one week after each deadline.

The Growth & Goals cycle will repeat before and after deadlines you are working towards and before and after the final deadline you plan to work through using this module, but will take less time to complete compared to this first cycle. For example, students may choose to complete the module before and after midterms, major assignments, or presentations. They often choose the final examination in the course as their final deadline. It’s important to choose deadlines you face that are important to you and that you feel you would benefit from or perform better on after completing this module. Decide the three deadlines you want to work towards now!

There are a number of interactive activities in this module. After completing each activity, you may wish to save your responses by taking a screen capture or copying the text. You will need to refer back to some of your responses at different points so be sure to save your work in a safe place!

Now that you’ve been briefly introduced to the content of this module, please take a minute and complete the activity below!