My Purpose And Goals In My Life

By the time I complete my degree, I hope to gain enough influential supporters to be willing to assist me in my quest to finding innovative solutions for improving the current unsatisfactory living conditions on the reservations. Most importantly, I want to be a major voice in criminal justice reform and improvement. My overall vision for the future is to be a leader in effecting major improvements to reservation life so that American Indians can enjoy and embrace their customs and culture without the confines of illiteracy, extreme poverty, and poor

“A goal defines a plan of action, acts as a continuous progress report on how well you are doing as you move toward chosen goals, it identifies exactly what achievement or success is for each person, and it tells you when its time to reset goals” according to Dennis Congos. Goals play an important role, when you’re in college. I have many goals but my top three goals for my educational career at Colorado Christian University are, getting an average of a 3.9 GPA in every class, staying in school and not giving up, and lastly graduating with honors on time. I have many other goals but these three are the most important to keep me on track and to help with my future career goals. I have sought out plans to achieve all these goals by the time I graduate.

What is your purpose in life? Many people can not answer this question or they simply don't know they answer to this. We are told from small children we must do excellent in school but, did anyone ever ask why. When we are teenagers we are told we must chose a career and be consumed by it. But, again did anyone ever think to question the things we were told or the things we saw others doing? If I ask someone why they go through schooling that they hate or why do they wake up at five in the morning to complain about it they rest of the day, what do you think these people would say? Well I can tell you, they would look at you like this is a dumb question and say “I need money for my mortgage”, “I have to pay my phone bill” or “ food isn't free”. What do these all have in common?

There are so many lessons that I have learned along this journey a mission in life is not to merely survive but to thrive.

The future is a time or a period of time in which we follow through from the moment of speaking or writing our intentions. It is a time that has yet still to come. The future is what we work for, to go through school and have a career, in order to have a better life. My parents have taught me to work hard for the things I want, and I wish to have a bright future. That is one of the reasons why I am here at CI, to get an education that will help me find a career with sufficient salary that will support me and my future family.

I have always been the type of person to write down goals and set out to succeed them one at a time. I find it very helpful to write down my goals because I am actually looking at them and if I were to forget, I can always look back at the sheet of paper I wrote them on and resume where I left off. My list consists of long term goals as well as small, or short term, goals for myself to help reach the larger goals. I do not like to leave projects unfinished, once I put my mind to it It’s going to get done. If I am really going to do something, I go all out with it and I do it with excellence. I am also the type of person who does not like to wait until the last minute to get things done. Waiting until the last minute to get anything

Some people know what they want and go after it - nothing stands in their way. I am one of those people. I grew up in Omaha with my mother, who is single, and four sibling. When we lost everything because my mom lost her job, we were homeless for a while then we moved to bellevue with one of my mom's associates , hoping for a fresh start. We have always been poor living paycheck to paycheck hoping to make it by because my mom has always been on her own but we wanted better but it's hard when your stuck in poverty and that was my mom. I then started attending Bellevue East High School and working a part-time job at Taco John's to help support my family because our bills were always getting shut off we

I usually do not ask myself about what lies forward in my future ahead. We do not realize how goals can be important and exciting in our lives. It is a distinct thought that we do not often ask ourselves “where am I headed and how will I get there?”. Our goals make us who we are and what distinguishes us from other people. There are moments in our life where we have time to think about what lies ahead, and when we do, we worry how we are going to pursue to head to the direction. There are many pathways to endure it, but it depends all on your mindset that you believe. My goals are all important to me because they give me a long-term vision and I also realize the importance of the goal and they let me apply this knowledge into my life. I

Life goals are something that people set for themselves and work hard to achieve. These goals could be something you personally want to achieve in your career or in your future as you have planned how your life would be .

Viktor Frankl three distinctly human qualities that he identified were spirituality, freedom, and responsibility. My human quest would be questions that I would ask myself. Such as, do my life have a meaning? Is my life worth living? How can I explain suffering, illness, and death? My entitle of my book would be my purpose of life. I have a meaning in life is to love myself as God would want me to love. My life has never been great my life has it up and down. There was a time when I was so depressed that I want to give up. I had to take a good look at myself and ask myself this question does my life have a meaning. According, life does have a purpose. My purpose of life has never been perfect. I was hopeless, alone, afraid, and I felt that

My life, my purpose, my goal. For the 18 years I have lived, I never once figured the meaning of my life. What would I do after high school? What would I study in college? What long term occupation will I have to endure? Heck, what am going to eat for lunch tomorrow? So many unanswered questions. Nonetheless, after all these years, I have discovered my purpose in life. What has shaped me into the person I am today is my true identity. As an only child, I had been brought up by a single parent. My mother taught me morals and has disciplined me young enough to allow me to grow into the mature man that I resemble. And I love my mother for her wisdom and encouragement. Despite that, this is what makes me human, not a mama's boy. Even without a father figure, I do not hold resentment, for I had no idea of what luxury I was missing. Nonetheless, this notion doesn’t distract me from finding myself in my path as a growing student. At the age of ten, I had proved to be a well-mannered student of my church, and the ministers were willing to recruit me as an altar server for the Catholic church, St. Joan of Arc. After serving for six years, I had accordingly reached my sophomore year by which I'd receive my third sacrament, Confirmation. Essentially, this would be just another year of CCE, but what would change me that year would be the church retreat.

I grew up in an under resourced, underdeveloped community where every day was as difficult as the last. These hardships shaped me to become the individual I am today. My vision and goals for the future are specifically influenced by the events that I witnessed and one of these events that took place in my country of origin, Lebanon. On the night of July 12, 2006, I woke up to the piercing cries of frightened children as bombs were targeting civilians and destroying the nation’s basic infrastructure. My family decided to head to the mountains in hopes of finding a safe shelter. On our way, I witnessed buildings collapse and dead bodies scattered on the streets. Suddenly, I heard an explosion and realize that the vehicle ahead of us had been

“I graduate in 213 day, what the heck am I going to do with my life? I don’t want to grow up!” Is a thought that is constantly racing through my head during my final year of high school. When the countdown comes to an end I’m expected to already know what I plan on doing with the rest of my life. Me, at eighteen years old is supposed to know what the heck I’m doing with the rest of my life. Think about that, at only a mere 18 years old I should know what I’m doing with my life!!!! Just 3 years ago I was still being driven to sleepovers by my parents. I don’t even know how to do my own laundry ( Don’t worry I’ll hopefully get a maid to do that).

Everyone has dreams and aspirations on what they want to be when they grow up. I remember changing my ideal career three times as a kid. My heart was for sure set on being a fire fighter, then video game creator, and lastly a United States Marine. We all have passions and dreams that we want to achieve and for some they are very much attainable, but for the rest we need to realize it might not work out. This seems counter intuitive to what society tells us. “Follow your dreams, chase your heart,” but if we’re going to be honest not all of us are going to win the American idol and make it big. Not to push you away from pursuing your dreams, but finding a secure job is a wider choice. This is something I had to decide when choosing my career, I determined my passion, and what I was good at, then found a way to pursue both. This process helped me find the career path as well as the colleges I would need to obtain my goal.

Yes, I think I know what direction I want my life to go. I really want to push myself by getting a higher education, while balancing a part time job, and balancing friendships and family time. I plan to get married when I’m almost done with college or even after college and have 2-3 kids. I am aiming to get a high paying job where if later in life something were to happen and I have to live on my own with my kids, I can financially support myself along with my kids, and still be able to do fun things like vacations, and entertainment activities, without having to worry about money. I am really aiming to go in a positive direction with my life after high school, and face new challenges.