Julia O’Hara, Period 1, 10/20/21

Goal Setting and Growth

At this current point in time, what specific goal(s) do you have for yourself? Why?

Right now I am extremely busy. Trying to juggle soccer everyday, homework, studying for tests, as well as writing college essays and completing college applications is a big struggle. My main goal throughout all of this is to not let myself get overwhelmed and to keep pushing forward. I want to make sure I am able to put 100% effort into everything I do and try my best even though it may be hard to complete everything. I have always been the type of person who does their work the second they are assigned to it but lately with my busy schedule I have not done that. For the rest of the year I hope to be able to get back to that and stay completely on track with everything. 

How do you demonstrate resilience (the ability to recover quickly from setbacks) towards achieving this goal? (or these goals?)

I have started to make a list of everything that I want to complete each day. Even if something isn’t due that day, I make my own due date for them. Writing everything down in my planner is something that helps me visualize the amount of work I have to do and when exactly I should complete it. However, there are days where I have setbacks and I am not able to follow this schedule. The best thing I do is to not let myself get too stressed and overwhelmed. Although this may be hard to do, I have to realize that there is no benefit in stressing out and that I should keep pushing forward. 

How does the world around you affect your perception of this goal? 

The world around me affects my perception of these goals because I realize that everyone that surrounds me also has their own individual goals that they are trying to achieve. No matter what your goals are and no matter how well or bad you are doing, the world goes on. No one else knows your internal thoughts and aspirations and even if they did, they probably would not think too much about it because they are worrying about their own issues.Therefore, after looking at the world around me I realize that I should not let anyone influence what I can and cannot accomplish. I also realize that your environment greatly shapes the goals you want to reach. At tech I feel like we all push each other to strive very high and to never give up.