A mini-goal is a target that you can achieve in one sitting (or standing, as the case may be)!
The problem with aiming to speak well some day, or even this time next year is that it is too distant to feel real and can therefore easily be ignored. You need deadlines, even if they are within your own mind. And the best deadlines are looming ones. You can't really get less distant
than TODAY.
Rather than aiming to eventually have a good scope of vocabulary, learn all words related to body
parts (for example) within 30 minutes. What has been very effective for me is having a very
conspicuous countdown timer – if I'm working on my computer, 25 percent of the entire screen is just the digital countdown, with the seconds constantly flashing at me, lest I forget!
Rather than aiming to eliminate your accent, work on rolling your 'r' for the next three days,studying tongue positions, repeating training videos on Youtube and getting natives to correct you (in person or via Skype).
These are parts that eventually add up to achieving your end-goal, and they are very much achievable if you put in that short-term devotion. It's easy to dismiss people as language geniuses, but all they are doing is a large amount of these easy tasks.
When brought together, all MINI-GOALS will add to the end-goal when planned out correctly, but each task individually isvery much achievable by anyone else. With a very efficient strategy and genuine devotion to the project, your hopes become a mission.
Summary:
Break up your monthly/weekly plans into smaller chunks that can be achieved immediately
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