Editing Goal setting (section)

=== Identifying sub-goals ===
Common personal goals include losing weight, achieving good grades, and saving money. The strategy for goal setting begins with the big picture; taking a look at the big picture before breaking it into smaller components allows one to focus on the primary goal. Once the main goal is set, breaking it up into smaller, more achievable components helps in the planning portion of setting the goal.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=William E. |last2=Kelley |first2=Nicholas J. |last3=Kim |first3=Jinhyung |last4=Tang |first4=David |last5=Hicks |first5=Joshua A. |date=2015-12-10 |title=Motivating the academic mind: high-level construal of academic goals enhances goal meaningfulness, motivation, and self-concordance |journal=Motivation and Emotion |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=193–202 |doi=10.1007/s11031-015-9522-x |s2cid=39475261 |url=http://sites.northwestern.edu/nkelley/files/2015/12/DavisetalMOEM2016-2gs4z46.pdf |issn=0146-7239 |access-date=2016-05-13 |archive-date=2017-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001250/http://sites.northwestern.edu/nkelley/files/2015/12/DavisetalMOEM2016-2gs4z46.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> These smaller, more obtainable objectives promote self-esteem and provide instant feedback to keep the individual on task.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mouratidis |first1=Athanasios |last2=Lens |first2=Willy |date=2015-09-29 |title=Adolescents' psychological functioning at school and in sports: the role of future time perspective and domain-specific and situation-specific self-determined motivation |journal=Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology |volume=34 |issue=8 |pages=643–673 |doi=10.1521/jscp.2015.34.8.643 |issn=0736-7236}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lens |first1=Willy |last2=Paixao |first2=Maria Paula |last3=Herrera |first3=Dora |last4=Grobler |first4=Adelene |date=2012-05-12 |title=Future time perspective as a motivational variable: content and extension of future goals affect the quantity and quality of motivation |journal=Japanese Psychological Research |doi=10.1111/j.1468-5884.2012.00520.x |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234795359 |access-date=2016-05-13 |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=321–333}}</ref>