Return To College Essay

It’s important to set goals while your attending college. My goal is to graduate Argosy University with a Bachelors’ Degree in Psychology with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. I chose to return to school and complete my goals for several reasons. My three main reasons are; to set a good example for my children, gain a sense of accomplishment, and to land the career of my dreams. My motivation comes from intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. Accomplishing my academic goals will reward me internally positively affecting my family and also give myself the feeling of accomplishment. My external rewards will come as a larger paycheck from landing the career of my dreams. Your attitude towards the learning process can help you achieve your goals and they can also
hinder them. With myself, my attitude towards the learning process can actually help me and hinder me from accomplishing my goals. I have mixed feelings that comes with struggles in my personal life that can affect my learning process such as time; being the biggest struggle. I never have time to fully accomplish what is needed of me in a given day. I’m a very busy person, between children, a husband, my job, and also finding the time to make it to the gym, which is the only time during the day that I have for myself to relieve some stress as well as keep me fit and healthy. Now that I have added college to with my busy lifestyle the struggle that I was already facing has become more intense. I now have to find time to study, do my assessments, and even attending the campus common. Luckily I have a wonderful support system, with in my family and we each work together to encourage and support each other so we can all obtain the goals that we all have set whether it be induvial or family group goals. Support and help from others is the most important thing when trying to reach your goals. There were a few adjustments that had to be made to help ensure that I meet my goals, the reason that I had to make some adjustments was because I had to learn how to better manage my time. Sticking to my plan will keep on the right track to achieve the academic goals that I have set for myself.