Sparkling Your Goals with Hope

Applying hope to goal setting and pursuit helps strive towards the future while taking useful action for achievement and overall well-being. Use the following exercise to add hope to your goals:

1. Identify a short or long term goal that you would like to achieve.
2. Add in agency and motivation to achieve the goal you chose by thinking and writing about how the strengths within you allow you to have the capacity to pursue the goal. Consider writing affirmations and using "I" statements.
3. Create pathways for achieving your goal while also brainstorming any challenges that you may have to overcome. Write down multiple pathways you can take and ensure these pathways use your character strengths.