long-term goals
Distant target achievements
Long-term goals are objectives set for the distant future—months, years, or even decades away.
They provide direction and purpose, guiding smaller decisions along the way: Her long-term goal was to become a surgeon.
Unlike short-term goals, they require sustained effort and often involve milestones: We're saving for retirement as part of our long-term goals.
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- visionAbility to see
- big pictureOverall perspective on things
- futureTime still to come
- aspirationsDeeply held goals
dreams · bucket list · planning · milestones · purpose · dream job · career · legacy · decade · ten year plan · retirement · nest egg · savings · commitment · persistence · delayed gratification · strategy · roadmap
- personal planningbudget, calendar, schedule, to-do list, checklist
- Nursing Practicepatient assessment, care plans, care plan, implementation, interventions
long-term goalsknee-jerk reactions
Instinctive, unconsidered responses
improvisation · crisis management · firefighting · playing it by ear · living in the moment
long, longer, longest, length, lengthen, lengthy, elongate, elongation, prolong