Tobias Wolff's memoir, This Boy’s Life illustrates the harsh realities of growing up in the 1950’s and the failures associated with it. Wolff uses his experiences growing up from a child's point of view and the interactions of his characters to illustrate that society of the 1950’s produced a landscape of unsustainable beliefs and misplaced optimism. He demonstrates this through extensive use of vivid and disillusioning language and various characters. However, Wolff also alludes to the possibility that there are triumphs in the characters lives amongst all their shortcomings.…
Have you ever wondered about what the importance of striving to personal goals would accomplish? Well if not did you know achieving goals is the most important thing you can do in your life. Striving to achieve a personal goal can create a better life, help you overcome obstacles, and last but not least can help you feel like you’re going to be successful. Setting goals is the most important thing you can do in your life.…
It’s tough and bewildering to envision a life lacking such crucial aspirations. It’s critical that we set and pursue the goals and aspirations we ache for in life. If we don’t strive for it, we will never reach a satisfying position in our lives. A dream can be as…
Goals can be personal or professional, long-term or short-term, but they help us track our course and stay on target for our future endeavors. Securing the image you see for your future requires straightforward ideas, dedication, and a passion to carry you through to the end. A goal is an end to which you direct your efforts. (Carter, Bishop, & Kravits, 2011, “Glossary”). The objectives desired by each individual acts as a compass, guiding each of us to ultimately build upon our blue print for life.…
Someone always has to have a goal in life, whether it be a short term or long term goal. Some goals may be to go to college, some may be to get married. But, some of these goals may be to make a 90 on a Spanish test on Friday or make a 3-point shot at the basketball game Thursday night. Every person has his or her personal goals that they try to achieve to keep them encouraged and inspired and without these goals, dreams to be a basketball player or a teacher would not imprint themselves in the hearts and minds of people everywhere. So, dreams are important because they keep people encouraged and inspired to do something…
A dream is impossible to accomplish when there is no plan in place to achieve them. Setting goals can be beneficial in getting one step closer to achieving dreams and aspirations. For example, it’s like watching a flower grow. When you grow a flower you need the container to put the flower in. Prepare and sterilize the container. Next add the soil in and then plant the seed. Water the plant, make sure the plant gets as much sunlight needed for it to survive. Slowly but surely with the proper plan and care your flower starts to bloom. Goal setting is the container, it’s the base to what you want to achieve in life. Sterilize your container, is just like writing down those dreams. Place the soil in, add water to your ideas, and actually take the time to bring sunlight and action in accomplishing your dreams. Students should create goals because; making progress in something helps motivate yourself in believing that you can achieve your dreams. Otherwise your dreams and aspirations are nothing more than vague ideas moving around in your…
There are many types of goals. Growing up, I always dreamed of being two things: a mother and a nurse. I am blessed to have two wonderful children ages 14 and 16 and have had the privilege of being able to be a stay-at-home mom during their younger years. Now that they are older and a bit more independent, I have decided to go back to school and fulfill my goal of earning my degree in Nursing. Throughout the years of growing and maturing, I have learned how important it is to have good morals, values, goals, a passion for something, and a good education. I have not only taught my children the importance of these characteristics, but I have also shown them that regardless of one’s age or stage in life, that…
What are goals? Are they just plans that you make yourself for the future? Or are they a list of what you hope to accomplish in life? Well me personally, I believe my goals are challenges I set for myself to hopefully overcome throughout my life so that I can become something more.…
Thank you for the advices you gave me for my expository essay. You were right, my expository essay looked like actually argumentative essay. So, I have decided to change the title completely. Here is my new title ‘’Key factors for successful exam preparation’’. I join the new expository essay to this letter. Could you please check if everything alright with it? I hope this one is better.…
Goals meant different meanings to me every time I set one. Now that I'm attending college it has a new meaning and it will remain this meaning for as long as I live. Goals to me mean an aim, and purpose of an action. So as I sit here and write this goals paper I realize that the goals I set must have a purpose and be manageable.…
To succeed in something, I must set goals both short-term and long-term. These goals serve as a guide so that I may keep focus on what I want to accomplish at the end. I am a realistic person so I want to have goals that are…
My first goal was to obtain my general Equivalency Diploma (GED) with the intentions of later attending college. It took me longer to achieve my goals, since I have had many personal obstacles in my way. At the age of 17, I became a married teenage single mother of a one month old baby. I did not have much of a family so I had to take care of my child on my own. My family was not the type to go to for help because they would take from someone leaving them helpless. Looking in the mirror one day after being knocked down for not cooking dinner, made me look into my soul through my eyes; I decided enduring a life with so much Domestic Violence that it was not for me.…
My parents hard work and accomplishments have taught me that I can do whatever I set my mind to do. At this time I am not sure what I want my career to be but I know I want to be successful. Everyone wants to be successful but not everyone is willing to work hard to be successful. My parents have taught me that the key to become successful is to work hard. In the end my goal is to work hard, become successful, and to repay my parents somehow for their hard work.…
My Visionary self is usually the driving force of my ambitions for life, love, success, educational goals, and so on. I sometimes question whether this is a development of my own doing or has it been created by the interaction between others and myself. For instance my parents have been supportive and promising in all the decisions I make for myself. They have given me the ability to think for myself as well as my future. Although they allowed me to make most of my own decisions one thing my parents enforced and placed in my future was attending college.…
Ultimately, my goals are to enjoy life to the fullest with my family by my side, enabled by having a good job, through vigorous education, that provides me with the ability to achieve financial, emotional, and physical security and help other do the…