My goal setting

Academically I do try and set goals for myself. There is no reason for someone not to set any. It helps me move forward on my work or helps me at least know there is some type of end on my projects. Sometimes I don't know how to start or set a reasonable goal. But just thinking in a straight line isn't going to help me either. I need to have multiple ways to get what I want. I sometimes need to think about the little things that can help me achieve bigger things. Like in my school work, if I have a project that is going on then I have to set small goals to get bits and peices of it finished in a day so then once those add up I will be mostly finished with whatever I am doing when the due date comes.


A time that I did set a goal for myself though was during my high school volleyball season. I wanted to be better than just a "good player." I wanted to be noticed by other coaches and even by college ones as well. I worked hard to get 1st team all-city for volleyball. Getting 2nd team during my junior year was only a small step towards my goal. I knew what I had to work on and I was able to accomplish it by the end of the year. With that, though, I was also able to be award honorable mention for state and 1st team all conference. It was an honor to win such high awards in my area!!


In the next couple of weeks, I need to learn to pace myself and set small goals for my upcoming capstone project. I need to be able to complete certain tasks on time so I am not stuck with rushing and creating all of it at the end. First of all, I need to start doing research on my topic and start understanding why people would even want to read or listen to me talk about it. That's the first step. But then I need to learn to find accurate data and arrange it in a way that makes sense to me, but also to my readers, of course. It's important I learn to set goals for myself now because in college, I am not going to have someone spoon feeding me and telling me when something has to be done here and there. No. As a future college student I need to be able to learn to go out on my own and make a step by step plan to prepare myself on finishing up my capstone project. Hopefully, I will be well organized and be able to finish my goals in time.