Goals that you set for yourself and end up completing give you a inner confidence that makes you glow from the inside out.
Pushing yourself to achieve something that you envision for yourself is stimulating and challenging it requires dedication, passion, motivation, and time.
My belief is that if you want something bad enough- you will do whatever it takes to get it.
Having a goal changes the meaning of a persons life.
It gives you a reason for being alive- a purpose.
The most lost people often dont have anything that they want- they dont have a passion, the motivation, or the will to experience something more.
They are comfortable. Living day to day, clocking in and out, following the same routine that allows them to live that middle class life style. Striving for security.
Longing for meaning.
I dont ever want to be one of those people. I never want to stop working towards something.
I have so much that I want to do in my lifetime because I realize that there might only be one opportunity to do it.
There is nothing that I believe in more then setting goals for oneself and working towards achieving them.
Small or big- it doesn't matter. As long as it forces you to continue working towards finding meaning in yourself.
These are some of my goals that I want to accomplish in the next five years:
1. Graduate with a masters degree.
2. Get into a Psy D. program
3. Go to Thailand
4. Go to Australia
5. Go to South America
6. Start writing a book
7. Find love
8. Change someones life
9. Buy a car without my parents support
10. Do something for the community at least once a month
11. Get a spot on LA talk radio once a week for at least an hour
12. Learn to not get nervous when I public speak
13. Be a better daughter
14. Be a better friend
15. Experience crazy passion and love for a man
16. Let go of my insecurities
17. Stop eating so much sugar
18. Practice speaking Russian so that I dont loose it
19. Forgive the people that hurt me in my past
20. Coachella
21. Skinny dip (yes I havent ever!!!)
Day in and day out I realize there isnt much time between our crazy schedules, bills, and school to accomplish these little things. Yet, I know at the end of our lives the little things defy so much more then we realize while we were lost in our routines.
I have goals, dreams, and unrealistic expectations of what I want my life to be- but at least I have the ability to fight for my vision because I wont ever be the type of woman who settles for satisfaction. I dont believe in ever being satisfied. There is always room to for improvement in all aspects of our lives.
When we stop fighting for something. We stop living.
Here are some pics from the last few months of my experience in graduate school and the amazing people that reaching this goal brought into my life:
