![]() The New Year has fallen upon us and with that comes many conversations of New Year's resolutions and goal setting. There are many people who don't believe in setting resolutions and instead prefer the term of goal setting. I am one of the many people who believes we should aim to set goals rather than resolutions when going into the New Year. New Year's resolutions tend to be broad, vague, and often don't have a time period for completion. Goals tend to be more specific and typically follow a time frame. In 2019, we will focus on the importance of goal setting, the benefits of goal setting, and I will walk you through my goals for this upcoming year. Goal setting has become a task that I find myself engaging in on a frequent basis and has become something that I believe everyone should engage in. Every day and week, I set short term goals that will prepare me for achieving my monthly and yearly goals. I'm sure there are people who are not 100% in support of setting goals because sometimes life does not go the way we hope it will go, but there is much significance in setting goals and it benefits us in many ways. Goals are one way in which we can measure our success and growth. For example, as a person looking into graduate schools, I have set short term goals to achieve the long term goal of being accepted into graduate school. With graduate school applications having a set deadline, I am forced to evaluate my daily and weekly goals in respect to the overall long term goal of being accepted into graduate school. When we are able to measure small goals against a larger goal we are able to visualize the areas that require improvement or more dedication. Goals prevent us from falling victim to procrastination. When we set goals for ourselves we make ourselves more accountable to complete the task because they allow us to focus on what is important. Research shows that procrastination is often positively correlated with stress and suggests that by setting goals we reduce procrastination which in turn reduces stress levels. When goals are achieved, we experience personal satisfaction which activates the reward pathway in our brain. When we experience personal satisfaction from completing a goal, neurons fire in our brain and bursting chemicals are released to activate our reward pathway and tells us that this experience feels great and that we would love to experience that feeling again. The importance and benefits of goal setting are endless, but it is a process that requires dedication, patience, and motivation. As I mentioned before I set daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly goals. Daily and weekly short term goals are the building blocks for my monthly and yearly long term goals. As we walk into 2019, I have set several short term and long term goals that I hope to accomplish with patience. I will focus on one long term goal I have for this year and walk you all through my thinking process for achieving that goal. The most significant goal I set for this year is to get accepted into a Doctorate of Physical Therapy graduate program. When I set this goal for myself I knew that it was massive and it would require several short term goals to achieve that long term goal. The short term goals I have set include; completing the prerequisite course requirements by June 2019, studying for the GREs every week up until June 2019, complete 100 total PT observation hours by February 2019, reach out to professors/ a licensed physical therapist to obtain letters of recommendation by May 2019, outline my personal statement by May 2019, complete my personal statement by June 2019, and to complete all applications by July 2019. These short term goals will allow me to see where I am in respect to my long term goal and will be need to be completed before I can achieve the long term goal of being accepted into a Doctorate of Physical Therapy graduate program. In 2019, let's stray away from setting resolutions, but instead let's set meaningful short term and long term goals. With goal setting, comes accomplishment, success, growth, reduced procrastination, reduced stress, and personal satisfaction. In 2019, I am gearing my goals toward fulfilling my purpose in life, living the life I want to live, and finding meaning in life. I am not changing, but I am going to give myself clarity and constant reassurance of endless possibilities in 2019. I encourage you all to set long term goals , but break them into several short term goals, believe in all things magic, accept failure, CUT TOXIC BEINGS OUT OF YOUR LIFE, engage in relationships that establish reassurance, and just live your damn life! -The Jay-Word MOOD for 2019- ladies we are sprinkling black girl magic everywhere and taking everything we came for!
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