With New Goals come Bigger Responsibilities!

It is easy to set goals for yourself but the hard part kicks in when it comes to achieving them. Every time I succeed in achieving a goal I gain confidence and hope. And whenever I try to achieve a goal but I fail to, I often lose hope yet I always keep in mind that everything is achievable if I try and try. Failure to me has profound meaning. Never have I felt ashamed of failing to achieve a goal, well not anymore at least. I learned that if I have failed to accomplish a goal I wouldn’t lose anything major, maybe a little bit of hope, but most importantly I will end up gaining the knowledge of what I have done wrong. Simply put, I get to learn from my mistakes.

Each year is not like the other, responsibilities grow as we opt to set new goals for ourselves. This year, hopefully, will conclude my life in high school and before I embark on my college life I would like to accomplish many things. I chose to make education my number one priority even if it will cause me to lose my social life. My number one goal for this year is to get accepted to one of my top 10 universities. This is crucially important to me as I wish that all the hard work that I have given throughout my high school years will pay off at the end when I get accepted to a prestigious university. My other important goal that I wish to achieve over the course of this year is to acquire a healthy body. I will achieve that by adjusting my diet completely from junk foods to healthy foods and continue doing my daily exercise routine. My health is of high priority to me, as well. By the end of this year I hope I can feel and look healthy for once in my life!

Another goal that I have set for myself for this year, probably onwards, is to learn to play the piano and also continue pursuing my hobbies that I have pursued but unfortunately gave myself a break due to work overload. I will give myself some time to learn new stuff and pursue my hobbies by managing my time correctly. Now that I have experienced work overload with school, I can manage my time and try to fit other activities that I can learn and pursue.
Last but definitely not least I would very much like to improve my relationship with distant friends and extended family members. I haven’t been in contact with any of my old friends or extended family members for over a year now! I've been too busy with “school” and other issues and so that made them distant. Starting from this year I will call them every once in a while or pay them a visit at least.

Reading over my list of goals, I realized that other than my number one goal I am able to achieve each and every goal in the long run, without a doubt!