Question

3 — establishing smart goals
learning objective: use the smart process to develop goals which produce the most impactful results.
consider the following personal goal:
to help the environment, i will stop buying bottled water when i shop at the grocery store.
select the revision that would make it a smart goal.
a.) next week, i will stop buying bottled water when i shop at the grocery store.
b.) to help the environment, i will stop buying bottled water when i shop at the grocery store, starting next monday.
c.) to help the environment, i will stop buying bottled water whenever i shop.
d.) to help the environment, i will stop purchasing bottled water,

Explanation:

A SMART goal is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time - bound. Option b adds a specific start time (next Monday), making the goal time - bound while keeping the other elements (specific action - stop buying bottled water at grocery store, relevant to helping environment) intact. Option a has a time (next week) but is less clear in structure compared to b. Option c broadens the shopping context without adding a time. Option d removes the shopping context detail. So b is the best revision to make it a SMART goal.

Answer:

b. To help the environment, I will stop buying bottled water when I shop at the grocery store, starting next Monday.