Specific Goal

My goal in life is to pursue a career I will love participating in and commit to fully.

My short term career goals are: Graduate with the Associate of Science in nursing from Motlow in May 2018.

The most important long range goal I have ever had was to graduate high school. This has been one of my goal's throughout my career as a student. It has been my main goal because I will be the only child of my mother's to graduate from high school. My mother has always pushed me to my best and has always told me to reach for the stars with this goal, because she did not want me to get a GED like she did. My education goals consist of learning something new every day. Throughout my educational career as a student there were major and minor bumps in the road, yet my goal of being able to receive a high school diploma kept me thriving to accomplish it. Now as the last few months of school wind down closer and closer to graduation my heart grows

My first goal is to graduate and get certified as a medical assistant. To reach this goal I will attend every class, study hard, and pass every class so when I complete my externship I will be confident in my new career.

My long-term goal is to go to college. I will need to finish high school with good grades. I will also need to prepare a plan to pay for the college of my choice.

My primary goal for going to school is to be able to make my family proud and do something beneficial with my degree.

My College and Career goals include graduating college and getting a job. I wish to attend the University of Alabama. I plan to major in occupational therapy or speech therapy. After I graduate with my bachelor's degree I wish to get my master's degree. After I finish my schooling I want to receive a job that allows me to provide for my family. I wish to receive this job in my degree's field. After receiving this job I wish to improve to reach a leadership role.

After graduating high school, I went on to attend Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, FL, where I pursued a degree in pre-pharmacy while doing track and field. After being there and becoming homesick after 6 months, I decided to go back home (Atlanta, GA). I thought I was ready for the college life, but I just was not. So I attended a technical college to pursue a lesser dream and become a pharmacy technician. While only being a technician for about 3 years I was able to purchase my own home at the age of 21! Purchasing my own home was a great accomplishment for me. I later got engaged and married that same year, 2008, to the love of my life at that time. In the year of 2009 I had a handsome baby boy whom I named Cardoza. My marriage began to get rocky and my career began to come to a stand still and boring. My husband at the time and I separated and my career led me to Florida. When I first came to Florida I was able to transfer my job as working as a retail pharmacy technician. After coming into difficulties with keeping my insurance and a consistent work schedule to maintain 40 hours a week, I started searching for another job.

My next goal is to graduate High School with good grades. Studying more would help improve my grades. Additionally,

I understand having these goals without a plan makes them nothing but a wish. Therefore, upon graduation this May, I anticipate spending the summer pursuing my EMT Certification. This will broaden my medical knowledge base and allow me an opportunity to work within the medical field while pursuing my Associates of Science in Nursing, and ultimately receiving my “DNP” from UAM.

When setting a long term goal you should think about four important factors. Is it specific? It is measurable? Is it challenging? And is it realistic? It’s also good to think about a few short term goals that will help you complete your long term goal. For instance, to Graduate TECHS with an associates degree, I would need to maintain a good GPA. I can work on getting an A in each class on my reports cards, which would lead to a good GPA, which would lead back to my Long term goal of Graduating with an Associate's degree.

During residency, I learned so many things about myself. As I matriculate through school, I have been thinking about my goals. My goal is to ultimately own my own practice. I would also like to have a non-profit organization that caters to teenagers. My short-term goal is to become a Licensed Professional Counselor for the state of Georgia.

Right now, I feel as if I have learned a great deal from the obstacles I had faced, and I have matured more and more by the lessons I have gained from them. Having found which path I am to take in my future life, I am perfectly content with my situation in life at this instance, and nothing could make me happier.

Above all, my personal goals are to learn as much as I can and make my family and myself proud of what I’ve accomplished. I’ve realized that college is a great opportunity to further my education and I want to take advantage of that by taking in as much knowledge as possible. The reason for this goal is to know that I did the very best I could when I graduate college. Not only will that make me proud but it will make my family proud too. Staying motivated, focused, and determined is going to be the key to

Throughout my life, I feel like I have been pretty successful. I have been able to accomplish some of my personal goals, while both being able to give back to my community and plan for my future. I hope that my with the success I have had already, will help me have an even more successful life in the future.