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Short Term Goals

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I have been described as an ambitious person. Not only do I want to swim in the Olympics, become a successful lawyer or psychiatrist, have a loving marriage, and live a long, prosperous life, I also want to help make the world a better place, help those who are needy, and save the environment. I plan on making every one of these things happen.

Obviously, to make these things happen, I will need goals. I will need not only long-term goals, but short-term goals as well. For example, the first goal I listed was swimming in the Olympics. The short-term goal that corresponds to this is to make CIF qualifications. To become successful in my career, I will need to do well in the rest of my high school career and then be accepted to a good college. …show more content…

I swim for 2 to 2 and a half hours a day, lift weights, and go to special training camps to stay in shape for swimming. I have already made city qualification times, and will be going to city championships this year. As a freshman, I have already made the varsity swim team, and am 1 of the only 2 freshmen to do so. In school, I take all advanced classes and try my hardest. Although, I sometimes find them trying and harder than I would have liked, I realize that I must push myself even harder, and think of them as only one of the many challenges I will have to overcome in my life, and on the path to a successful career. In the way of making my life happy and successful, I try my hardest to learn the morals and standards which are taught to me by my friends, family, and teachers. I pray every night and believe in God as a guiding light whom will help to lead me along the right path. As far as saving the environment, helping the needy, and generally making the world a better place to live in, I have already taken many steps towards achieving my goal. Over Christmas break, I sponsored a needy family for Christmas, and was in charge

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