The Importance Of Settings Goals

( This is an essay I did for college last year, when I was in Interior Designing.)

Through out life you may feel a certain monotony. You feel tired, sick, depressed and start wondering you are alive due to this monotony. A life without a purpose. A life without a meaning. In my case, I spent almost a year in that state once. I called that state the "Mental Limbo". After recognizing this proble, I decided to give my life soe meaning. I set out a purpose. I did not, and still do not want to throw myself at life blindly. I decided to become an Interior Designer. After that I felt healthier, and much happier also. "Goals represent expectations, hopes and dreams, and to the extent our goals re achieved, we are succesful." Bettie B. Young tells us in an article, and I could not agree more. It is really important to set out goals, otherwise life will be pretty much boring and meaningless. Goals can be simple or complicated. It is best to just aim for an achievabe one.

To achieve my goals, I decided to study. I decided on Interior Designer as a carrier because I enjoy decorating and art. For others, there are different way to find goals and to decide them. I have a friend who was suffering from the same "Mental Limbo". I used to read his blogs and I would get so amazed by is writting. I told him he should write a story and he like the idea very much. To have a goal as simple as writing a story, in a life where all you do is go to a bottle company (for work) and sleep made a great difference in his health and mood. "Creating a new world", as he tells me, "through out writting is amazing".

But there's a downside to goals, and that is failure. Most people give up too easily, like another friend of mine, she's given up on finding a job, she says she will always live with her mother. No matter how much I try to motivate her al she thinks of is money, which is an empty goal.

Empty goals, like money, are not fulfilling in my opinion. "Most people aim at nothing in life and hit it with amazing accuracy", said Jim Cathcart, a noted profesional speaker. It's like going to an ice crea shop and asking the employee for "any flavor", not a specific one, and the employee will not give you anything at all, or gives you a flavor you dislike. That is why you need to decide your flavor, your goal.

As I said, setting goals is important. It gives you a reason to go on. To study. To work. To write. "With goals life will have greater meaning and purpose" said Bruce Wares. "I'll be an interior designer", "I'll visit Japan someday", "I'll have a garden", are examples of some of my goals. Bruce also says that life will be ore exciting and fullfilling, and not only life, but work also. If I get a job I'd put my visiting Japan goal in the official "goal list". A written goal is like a commitment.
You should be able to control them. Focus on your goal. Do not give up. Life will have a meaning. Life will be ife for once if you have a goal. Without a goal you will be just a money making machine or you would be suffering from the monotony of the "Mental Limbo".

Achieving a goal would be the greatest feeling. It's like everytie you cook something really well, you feel happy about yourself and smile between bites. When you achieve a goal you feel proud of yourself and there is nothing better than that. It is the lesson I learned. Have a goal. Make it happen.





Sources:
www.bluinc.com/news/theimportance.html
ezinearticles.com/?The-Importance-Of-Goal-Setting&id=93852
nehemiah.gospelcom.net/goal2.htm