Setting clear goals for the different areas of your life can be invaluable. This section allows you to bring into focus your aspirations in terms of your career, your academic ambitions and your personal goals.

Splitting your goals into separate areas may seem artificial. Many of your aims will of course be interrelated, so after concentrating on one area at a time, step back and consider the bigger picture.

Read the section on SMART goals first to give yourself the best chance of success.

"The goals section is very analytical and forces you to think about what you want which can prove very hard, but at least it makes you start thinking of the future."