The Importance Of Personal Goals

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“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar; A quote that I had come across one day during my senior year of high school, while posting a daily quote on Facebook to give others motivation to get through the day. Yet this was very hypocritical of me seeing that I could barely gather up enough motivation for myself each day. At that time I didn 't realize how much that one quote would mean to me but it turned out to be a quote that got me through a lot of doubtful times. There were only three months left of my senior year, and my grades were not looking the greatest, compared to someone who use to be a “straight A” student. I was so close to the end and time seem to be …show more content…

So that’s what I did in the smallest but somewhat meaningful way, each morning I’d post a quote on Facebook reminding people the things life had to offer, I was being such a big hypocrite. Maybe deep down I was doing it for myself, hoping one day the smallest quote would inspire me to make a change in my life. One day that in fact happened, I didn’t know why such an unexpected quote stuck with me so much, possibly I was just hoping for the smallest little light to help me see a better path, because I was at the bottle of the barrel. As I highlighted the quote “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals” it just seemed to ring like a door bell in my head, replaying over and over. Goals and dreams were something I use to hold on to so much to get me through everything and they suddenly became nothing to me but why? Later that night I thought to myself if I could just set one goal to accomplish what would it be? It was to finish off my senior strong. And I …show more content…

So I set a goal to have just that by May of this year. Currently I am enrolled in my second year of college, and my major is Advertising & Graphics Design, something I know I will always be happy doing. My girlfriend and I have been together for four years and are currently in progress of getting a new place together, though she may think that’s the only goal we have right now, I have an even bigger goal set in place for us. Things are going great, and I have a more positive outlook on things now. Though sometimes I still find myself getting down, I just get through it goal by goal because goals have shaped in into a better person day by

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