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Small step

Turn something you want to achieve into a few small steps. On your own, or together with someone who helps you. Print your plan and tick off each step you have done.

Small step

Small step

Make your plan

Everything can stay empty. Anything left empty becomes a line to fill in by hand.

Something you would like to change. For example: going outside more often, or opening your post again.

For example: then I feel fitter. Or: then I worry less about money.

Your small steps

Up to 5 steps. Make each step so small that it almost happens by itself, and write down when you will do it.

  1. Step 1

    For example: put my shoes by the door.

    For example: this evening after dinner.

  2. Step 2
  3. Step 3

For example: your sister, a neighbour or your support worker. And with what? If you want to do it alone, leave this empty.

For example: I have been outside three times this week. Or: I sleep a bit more calmly.

No printer? Choose ‘Save as PDF’ in the print window. Then you can print your plan later or look at it on your phone.

This is how your plan looks

This goes on paper. Have you done a step? Tick it here, or on paper with a pen.

E-powerment

My small steps

What I want to achieve

Why it matters to me

My steps

  1. When:

  2. When:

  3. When:

Who I can ask for help

How I will notice it is working

Does a step not work out? That is all right. Make it smaller, or choose another moment.

Made with ‘Small step’ at e-powerment.nl

How it works

  1. Write down what you want to achieve, and why it matters to you.
  2. Think of a few small steps, five at most, and put them in the right order. For each step, write down when you will do it.
  3. Write down who can help you, and how you will notice that it is working.
  4. Print your plan, or save it as a PDF. Put it up somewhere you see it often.
  5. Have you done a step? Tick it, on screen or on paper.

How small is a small step?

So small that it almost happens by itself. ‘Move more’ is a goal. ‘Walk round the block for ten minutes tomorrow after breakfast’ is a step. Does a step still feel big? Then cut it into two smaller pieces.

Also write down when you will do the step. People who decide in advance when and where they will do something do it more often.

Does a step not work out? Look at what got in the way, make the step smaller or choose another moment.

On your own or together

You can make your plan on your own. You can also make it together with someone you trust, such as your care worker, a friend or someone in your family.

Are you a care worker? For each step, ask: ‘Can you do this, even on a not-so-good day?’ If the answer is no, make the step smaller together. Agree when you will look at the plan again.

Rather on paper

Take a sheet of paper and write down these questions, with space underneath:

  • What do I want to achieve?
  • Why does that matter to me?
  • What are my small steps? Write down three to five, with a box in front and, for each step, when you will do it.
  • Who can help me?
  • How will I notice that it is working?

Your data

What you fill in is not saved and not sent. If you close or reload the page, everything is gone, including your ticks. So print your plan or save it as a PDF before you close the page.

Start again clears everything straight away, for example on a computer you share with others.

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