SSP 005 : Student Success Program

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Name:______________________________________________________________ Class number:____________

Section:________________________Schedule:______________________________ Date:______________________

Lesson Title: Odyssey Plan Materials: SAS

Learning Targets:
At the end of the module, I will be able to: References:
1. reflect on my plans for the future; Burnett, W., & Evans, D. J. (2018).
2. identify my long-term goals based on what I value, Designing your life: Build a life that works
believe in, and can do; and for you. London: Vintage Books.
3. identify short-term goals and how they connect with
my long-term goals.

A. CONNECT (Duration: 5 mins)

Hello there! How was your first week of school? ______________________________________

Have you reflected on your future already? If you have, what plans do you have for yourself in the next five
years? If not, why haven’t you? What makes it difficult for you to make plans?

An Odyssey Plan is a graphic representation of three possible alternative lives you might live over the
next five years.

Alternative Life Plan 1 Alternative Life Plan 2 Alternative Life Plan 3

● Life One—That Thing ● Life Two—That Thing ● Life Three—That Thing

You Do
● "Your first plan is
centered on what you've
already got in
mind—either your
current life expanded
forward or that big idea
you've been playing
around in your mind for
some time”
You'd Do if Thing One
Were Suddenly Gone
● "Imagine one thing in
your life suddenly gone.
What would you do?"
You'd Do If Money or
Image Were No Object
● "If money wasn’t a
problem and you knew
no one would laugh at
you or think less of you
for doing it—what
would you do?”

B. COACH (Duration: 50 mins)

--DO & THINK--

Instructions: Imagine yourself having the chance to plan three different versions of your
life/career/relationship that will unfold over the next five years. Think of these three alternatives:

● Life Plan 1: What do the next five years look like for you at this point in time?
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● Life Plan 2: What do the next five years look like if one thing in your life is suddenly gone?
● Life Plan 3: What do the next five years look like if money or image were not an issue?

With those in mind, start building your alternate life plans.

1. Write a six-word title for each of the life plans that will reflect the theme of your overall plan.
2. Rate your plan’s Resources based on what you have available now to carry out your plan.
3. Rate your plan’s Confidence based on how sure you are of yourself to carry out that plan.
4. Rate your plan’s Coherence based on how your plan matches with your overall outlook in life.
5. Rate your plan’s Likeability based on how appealing the plan looks to you right now, at this
point of your life.
6. Then, write three questions you have about the plan.

You’ll find the Odyssey Plan worksheets at the end of this handout, but see below for an example of how you
can fill out your own worksheets.

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C. CHECK (Duration: 20 mins)

--REFLECT--

Go through the questions/instructions below. You may use the back of these pages if you need more
space to answer.
1. Based on what you found out about yourself through this activity, identify your short -term
and long-term goals.
Short-term goals Long-term goals

2. How will your short-term goals affect your long-term goals?

3. Based on what you learned about yourself today, complete the statements below:

I want to
.

I know I can achieve my dream and meet my goals because I can

.

I belong to a/an (adjective) community that

will _______________________________________________________________________________

to help me achieve my goals.

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