{"id":519,"date":"2020-02-24T17:20:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T17:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/first\/?p=410"},"modified":"2021-09-07T17:57:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T17:57:21","slug":"stick-to-plan-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/2020\/02\/24\/stick-to-plan-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to Plan Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Write\nit down<\/strong>.\nWrite down your career plan so that you will remember it and can track your\nprogress. You are more likely to commit to your plan that is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/careerwise.minnstate.edu\/exoffenders\/create-plan\/smart-goals.html\">specific, measurable, achievable,\nrealistic, and timely (SMART)<\/a>. Put a copy of your plan some place\nwhere you can see it often such as on your bedroom mirror or the refrigerator\ndoor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Set deadlines.<\/strong>&nbsp;Make one of two goals that you can achieve within a\nfew days or a week. Then make other short-term goals that only take a few\nmonths to complete. Over time you will see how many tasks you have completed\nand how much closer you are to accomplishing your long-term goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reward yourself.<\/strong>&nbsp;Working on the way to your goals is hard work. Think\nof small rewards to give yourself when you achieve something big or small.\nThese extras will help you stay driven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Have an accountability partner.<\/strong>&nbsp;It&#8217;s vital to not try\nto achieve your goals alone. Find one or two people who will help you stick to\nyour plan. This can be a colleague, a job coach, or your overseeing agent (or\ncorrections agent). Your companion will remind you of deadlines and give you inspiration\nwhen you face setbacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Write it down. Write down your career plan so that you will remember it and can track your progress. You are more likely to commit to your plan that is&nbsp;specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely (SMART). Put a copy of your plan some place where you can see it often such as on your bedroom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14959,"featured_media":637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[9,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":546,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}