Adaptive Goal Setting Template
🎯 Adaptive Goal Setting Template SMART-ER Goals for Fluctuating Energy & Gentle Progress
Traditional goal-setting doesn’t always leave room for rest, healing, or real-life curveballs. This free printable introduces a gentler method, SMART-ER goals, designed for creatives, chronically ill entrepreneurs, and anyone whose capacity changes from week to week.
You don’t need to abandon your goals, just adapt them. This worksheet helps you stay connected to what matters without pushing yourself past your limits.
✨ What’s Inside:
🌿 SMART-ER Goal Framework A reimagined version of SMART goals with two essential additions: Energetic (matches your current capacity) Reviewable (can flex as life changes)
đź—‚ Goal Planning Table Break down your intentions with space to explore each SMART-ER element, including whether your goals align with your energy and flexibility needs.
đź§ Alignment Check Quick questions to help you sense whether your goal fits today, not just the ideal version of you.
📌 Gentle Prioritization Exercise Sort your current goals with compassion. Star what sparks joy, circle what’s doable now, and let go of the rest.
🔄 Rewording Examples See how to soften and reframe high-pressure goals into sustainable, energy-aware intentions.
đź’› Perfect For:
- Anyone recovering from burnout or chronic illness
- Neurodivergent creators with shifting energy
- Slow business builders
- Gentle productivity practitioners
You’re allowed to want more, and still go gently.