OK.
So I'm really proud of you for taking the time to write a realistic and specific goal or goals.
Now part of goal setting.
Since we're not taking tests since this is a very freeing approach and method and this is for the rest
of your life I still believe because I know I need it.
You need a sense of accomplishment satisfaction.
And personally I really believe in rewards.
So since you're not in a school and you're not going to get you know an A plus 100 written on a test
or a sticker or a certificate we need to make sure that you're motivating yourself.
So in addition to goals I want you to think about rewards.
And we want short term and long term rewards.
And it could be something as silly maybe or as tiny as if you complete your goals every day for two
weeks you will buy yourself a McDonald's French fries because it's American.
I don't know.
And I think their fries are delicious.
Or maybe you're on a tight budget which means maybe you don't have a lot of money right now for classes
but every day that you do what you planned you put a dollar or a euro or a vessel or whatever your currency
is in a jar in an envelope or from your bank account.
You keep track of what you did.
And it's one dollar per activity per day.
And that way when you have enough to pay for a class online or to pay for a class in person that's your
reward.
Now that serves two purposes.
Number one you have a daily reward system like oh I'm going to put a dollar in my reward jar.
Then you're also preparing your learning English every day.
So when you can afford a class you'll actually know enough English to use that class wisely.
This helps maybe you have a big budget.
So you think OK if I'm able to finish reading Eat Pray Love by the end of the year I will travel to
one of the countries in the book so you can even do something like that where you know it just depends
on your budget and even if you don't have any money or you don't want to spend money on this.
Get creative.
The whole goal is to create an environment where you want to learn.
And these are tiny rewards or big rewards depending on your budget that you can change as you grow as
you get older.
Maybe McDonald's french fries or something exciting right now but in 20 years you won't like it.
Maybe I don't know maybe buying an English magazine or something that'll be cool then or maybe going
to the movies to watch a movie in English.
So these are goals and rewards that can change as you change.
So take a moment before we continue and fill out some ideas for rewards in your PDA.
Now you might get more ideas as we continue with the course.
Great.
Remember it is editable.
That means you can change it.
Right now I want you to at least get started with something that makes you feel like OK this would get
me excited to actually study something everyday.
I want you to create an environment that is positive conducive to learning that makes you excited because
you're going to do this for days weeks years decades.
We've got to make it fun.
It's time to get out our English action plan PTF and write down some reward ideas.
Remember Think big and think small.
Include similar words that are free or relatively inexpensive and then include some bigger ones even
if you don't have money for those now.
It's aspirational.
It will help you work towards a bigger fool in the future as well.
Have fun with it.