Personal mission statement: Achieving artistic success while at the same time constantly pursuing

education for financial and academic well-being. While pursuing an artistic career as a writer I also
want to pursue another career in computer science that is financially rewarding as well as challenging
and fun.
Goal: Finish writing and filming my current movie project.
Results/Accomplishments:
Action
Steps

Responsibilities Timeline

Who Will Do It? By When?

What Will
(Day/Mont
Be Done?
h)

Resources

Potential Barriers

A. Resources
Available

A. What
individuals or
organizations
might resist?

B. Resources
Needed
(financial,
human, political
& other)
Step 1:

I will do it

Write the
screenplay

It needs to
be done by
Decebmer
2015

A.Writing
materials. Other
movies
screenplays as
examples.

B.

B. How?

A. Possibly my
cowriter could
resist

B. Refusing to
release the
screenply

Communications
Plan
Who is involved?
What methods?
How often?

Me and my cowriter
Writing sessions 1 -3
hours in length

3-4 times a week

nothing needed
Step 2:

Me and the other

directors

Pre
production

January
2016

A. Locations and A. Local business

actors
owners an possibly
government
authorities
B. We need to
locate a laction
for a certain
scene
we need to
secure filming
permits

Step 3:

Cast and crew

3 directors and 2
cinematographers
On location
discussing and scene
blocking

B. Refusing to let Every day for a week

us film on property
or stoping filming
due to lack of
permits

February A. Money for

A. Actors and crew
hiring actors and

Cast and Crew

Filming

for the film

2016

crew

B. Money for
catering

Step 4:

Me and the
editors

March
1016

A.Software
programs

Filming
B.disagreements Everyday for 2 weeks
between everypne
on set

A. Editors

post
production

Step 5:

F Editors
Software production

B.Experienced
editors

B.Possibly creative A few hours a day for

differences
a week.
between the
editord

A.

A.

B.

B.

Evidence Of Success: How will you know that you are making progress? What are your benchmarks?
Each step provides a benchmark and a area of progress.
Evaluation Process: How will you determine that your goal has been reached? What are your
measures?
When the film has completed post production. The only measure is that the movie is completed

Goal: Complete my degree in Computer Science

Results/Accomplishments:
Action
Steps
What Will
Be Done?

Responsibilities Timeline

Resources

Potential Barriers

Who Will Do It? By When?

(Day/Mont
h)

A. Resources
Available

A. What
individuals or
organizations
might resist?

B. Resources
Needed
(financial,
human, political
& other)
Step 1:

Me

Communications
Plan
Who is involved?
What methods?

B. How?

How often?

August A. Classes
A. University
available and
money for tuition
2015

Me and the
University
email and internet

B. Time for
studying and
completing
projects

Enroll

Step 2:

Me and my
classmates

Pass first
two
classes

October A.
2015

B. I might not be
accepted into a
class

A. Me, the
university

Time for
studying
B. Internet access B.I may not work
hard enough and
the university may
not allow me to
pass the class.

Step 3:
Continue
to do well
in my
classes

Me

Before
2017

A. Time for
studying,
understanding
from fiends and
family

A. Me and the
university, work,
family

B. Possible time B. Family or work

off from work
needs may
eventually take the
priority

once a week

Me, friends
phone, internet, about
time I need to
complete my
homework
Everyday

Me, fmily, work

internet, talking
Every week

Step 4:

Me and
classmates

2017

A. Time and
health

A. University and
family

Graduate

talking about what I

need to do
B. Understanding B. University may
from fiends, time decide to kick me
for studying
out, family may
take priority at
some point

Step 5:

Me and family

A.

A.

B.

B.

Every week

Evidence Of Success: Completing classes and gaining more knowledge. My grades will act as
benchmarks
Evaluation Process: When I receive a degree. Completing required classes will be my measuement.

Goal: Get a career involving Computer Science

Results/ Accomplishments:
Action
Steps
What Will
Be Done?

Responsibilities Timeline

Resources

Potential Barriers

Who Will Do It? By When?

(Day/Mont
h)

A. Resources
Available

A. What
individuals or
organizations
might resist?

B. Resources
Needed
(financial,
human, political
& other)
Step 1:

Me and a
company

End of
2015

A. Time

Communications
Plan
Who is involved?
What methods?

B. How?

How often?

A. The company I
want to intern at

Me and companies

Internship
B. Nice clothes
for work
enviroment

Step 2:

Me

2016

Entry
level job

Step 3:
Job
requiring
previos
work

A. Time and
experience
B. Money for
possibly
relocating

Me and
companies

2017

A. Time and
experience

B. They might not

want me to intern
there

A.Company I want
to work for

Resumes and
telephone calls
2 to 3 times a week

Me and companies
Resume and
telephone calls

B. They might not

want to hire me

A.

2-3 times a week

Me and the
companies

The company I
want to work for
B. Connections to B.They might not
other people in want to hire me
the industry

Resume telephone
calls and meetings
4-5 times a week

Step 4:

A.

A.

Step 5:

B.

B.

A.

A.

B.

B.

Evidence Of Success: When I start making money in this career.

Evaluation Process: When I make a comfortable living in my career making at least $40,000 a year.

Proactive- creating or controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding to
it after it has happened.
Quadrants- each of four parts of a plane, sphere, space, or body divided by two lines or planes at right
angles.
Politicking- engage in political activity.