Explanation

Generally, goals are categorized as either long-term or short-term.

Long-term goals consist of plans you make for your future, typically over a year down the road. These typically consist of family, lifestyle, career, and retirement goals. Long-term goals are achieved over time as a person completes the stages of their life.

Short-term goals are ones that a person will achieve in the near future, typically in less than one year. Short-term goals are often, but not always, steppingstones on the way to achieving long-term goals. These type of goals are considered enabling goals because accomplishment of these goals will "enable" you to achieve an even greater goal.