According to the S.M.A.R.T. planning model every financial plan must have “smart” goals, which is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely. In other words, every goal that drives a financial plan must be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely. This paper will discuss Alice’s goals in light of the S.M.A.R.T. planning model. Alice's goals are to pay off her student loan, buy a house and save for her children’s education, accumulate assets, retire and travel around the world in a sailboat. The first acronym “S” means Specific. All of Alice’s goals are specific because they are clearly defined except one, which is her goal to accumulate assets. Accumulation of assets qualifies an ambition to amass …show more content…
Alice’s other goals to pay off her student loan, buy a house and save for her children’s education, retire and travel around the world in a sailboat are all measurable. “A” stands for attainable. In other words, it must be achievable. In order for Alice to attain her goals she will have to put herself in position to do so. Even though Alice is a college graduate, she must get a job that will enable her to earn an income, which will in turn put her in position to fulfill her goal of paying off her student loan. If she does not do so, and she does not have any other source of income, her goal will not be attainable. Even though all of Alice’s goals are attainable, she will continually have to put herself in position to achieve it. Alice will not be able to travel the world in a sailboat unless she has access to a sailboat to do so, and so she must continue to plan her life in a way that will enable her to attain all her goals. “R” stands for realistic. Realistic goals are in the realm of possibility; they are not outlandish. For instance, it is not realistic to have a goal to fly a plane if one does not have the
be doing what she is now for the rest of her life, unless she would
enable her to surmount the many obstacles she would face. She would endure the untimely death of both parents as a teenager and would be forced to raise her
... a richer man and save her dying mother and siblings from living a life of poverty and hunger. As a last example is the nanny, Anne, when she said that she too had to abandon her children, because she did not have the money to raise them and she found the job as a nursemaid.
work and is about to get married. The only work she has done is when
Showing her options: Showing her resources, to help her provide for her family, finding her a safe place live, obtaining a job and going to back to school
The title character, Alice, is a young girl around pre-teen age. In the real world, the adult characters always look down on her because of her complete nonsense. She is considered the average everyday immature child, but when she is placed in the world of "Wonderland," the roles seem to switch. The adult characters within Wonderland are full of the nonsense and Alice is now the mature person. Thus creating the theme of growing up'. "...Alice, along with every other little girl is on an inevitable progress toward adulthood herself"(Heydt 62).
conditions in her life and marriage, she is not able to make real changes – like most of the
single mother and had three siblings that she had to work to support. She didn’t let
By using the S.M.A.R.T. goal system, you are able to make your dreams a reality, one small step at a time. The first step in reaching a long-term goal is to understand the S.M.A.R.T. the goal process. Simply using the words specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound can be a bit confusing. After a bit of research, I was able to better define the method. Using a S.M.A.R.T. Goal worksheet provided by Tatt (2012).
to what she wants, as she is educated, she can choose form a number of
two jobs to support her family and is therefore not there to spend much time
chance go by in helping them financially, all without your knowledge. She would be the first one
full time task of raising a baby. Her world is changed from her world of
Having educational and career goals is a great way to keep students motivated and focused. Besides, setting up
...inal realization that she is growing up and that is normal, therefore, she accepts it. In brief, Alice in Wonderland is a book about growing up, and Alice definitely has grown up since the beginning of her journey and she has entered the adolescence phase when she rebels against everyone. Although she is not able to control herself when she gets angry, in other words she is behaving like a normal adolescent, she has gained a new “power” from this confusing experience: being a person with a voice to say something that matters.