How To Set Small Goals With Brooklyn Jolley

Last updated on 10 August 2026

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I don’t know about you, but I’d love to know how to set small goals

Well good news, friend! Brooklyn is here to share how she set small goals for the month. Brooklyn is a goal-setting queen and one of the things I love about what she shares is that they’re easy goals. These are small, snappy goals that you can add into your daily routines, and don’t take a lot of time or energy (which big goals often take up!).

Setting yourself big goals is super important too, and while I’m not good at that at all, I do really enjoy the idea of little goals, easy goals, things that I can achieve.

How to set small goals (with examples!)

Hey guys! I’m Brooklyn!

All over Facebook, I’m seeing people who are not setting goals. They are choosing to do so for various reasons. DON’T BE ONE OF THEM!

I personally LOVE setting goals. Call me a crazy psycho nerd, but I think setting and reaching goals is so fun! This past year has been the first time I have learned what really makes goal setting really work for me. You’ve got to figure out for you what works.

Blog about your goals, print them off in a cute font and stick it on your wall, buy a super cute goals journal to write in, create an Excel sheet, buy a sticker chart- whatever works for you!

Then, start small. I am terrible at long-term goals, but I do set small monthly goals every single month. 30 days seems much more doable than trying to do something for 365 days; can I get an Amen?

Here are some of my favourite goals I set this past year. Most of my goals change every month; lots of them stick, some of them don’t.

Write at least 1 handwritten letter a week.
Pray every morning for 3 minutes.
Keep a tender mercies journal.
Do something fun with friends at least once a week.
Call someone in my family every week.
Watch one Disney movie a month.
Take a relaxing bath before school.
Drink hot chocolate more.
Read from the New Testament every day.

Be a goal setter! It’s okay to set simple goals. Choose goals that will make you happy. DO more things that will make you happy.

A note from Anjali

I am SO bad at setting goals. I can’t do goals that are ‘now’ goals. For example, a goal I guess I have is to travel as much as possible. And while I have done that a lot this year, and I plan to do more in the future, it’s not something I can do every day. Brooklyn’s idea of setting small goals for a month sounds like an amazing idea, and I should give it a go!

Thanks, Brooklyn, for hanging out with us today!

Do you set small goals? Or are you like me and you struggle with it? Let us know in the comments!