Three Goals Essay

I believe everyone at the beginning of the semester, comes into the semester with high hopes and expectations of themselves. We have belief that it’s a new semester and a fresh start. Then somewhere along the way, not in everyone’s case, we lose the ambition or the “drive” that motivates us. There are certain elements of my daily routine that shapes this ambition or “drive” so to speak. There are three goals that I would like to reach this semester to help shape my success in the future; getting the right amount of sleeping time, scheduling my social life, and balancing my work for the different classes I am enrolled.

I believe sleep is one of the building blocks of success. I have a really hard time getting to sleep at night, because of all the stress I’m dealing with during the day. There are certain simple things that I can do to change that. For example, trying to fall asleep a little earlier, meditation, and possibly reading my Psychology book. Sleep is huge for me because I am not a morning person. It takes all the strength I have to get up in the

morning and get ready. If do not get the amount of hours of sleep I will not have the alertness that I need to learn.

Learning to schedule my social life is essential. I have been called by many to be a “social butterfly.” I need social aspects in my life to be sane and if I don’t have that I will go insane. One of my biggest flaws is scheduling. This semester I have been practicing this so far. For example this last Friday after I was done with work I was debating going out with friend or staying home and studying for an exam that I had that following Monday. If you asked anyone of the members of my family or my friends they would tell you that I decided to go out, any other time I probably would have. I got off work studied till mid-night and then went out. This was a huge step for me. I was able to get in 4 hours of studying done and was able to enjoy my life outside of school and work. This is going to be one of those on going short term goals for each and every semester. My final goal for this semester will be to learn how to study for each class individually. This semester I am enrolled in Intermediate Algebra, College Success, Into to Psychology and General Anatomy and Physiology. I am already having a hard time juggling these classes. I have been spending pretty much all of my study time, studying for A&P and feeling greatly overwhelmed. I feel as though I am overloaded, but I’m not willing to give up. I have to know how to balance study time for each of my classes. I will feel like I have failed if I get below the “average” grade of a C. If I feel like I have failed I will lose all hope and ambition and I can’t let that happen.

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This semester is a great test on my abilities. When or if I do well, I will feel like I am able to accomplish anything. I am hoping to learn from this class some great studying tips to help me throughout the semester.