My Short Term Goals

Making a life plan is like a flight plan and being a pilot. The pilot continuously has to correct for certain conditions that has gotten the plane off course. Without a plan the plane and pilot would be taken by the winds and weather never reaching their destination. (Boss, 2014). Having big dreams are a way for people to set life goals for themselves and point them into the right direction. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a doctor. I always knew I was going to be in the medical field. Although my plan is not to become a doctor, my dreams put me in the direction I needed and led me to want to become a Physician’s Assistant.

Values are things that are most important to you in life and can be a variety of things that mean the most to you (Boss,

Goals are important in determining what direction you want to go in life. Short-term goals are goals that you want to have finished by the time you’re done with college or in five years. (Boss, 2014) “It is also useful to set goals to which one can strongly commit because such goals (intentions) have a better chance of being attained” (Oettingen, Gollwitzer, 2001). One of my short term goals consist of completing my Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science and maintaining above a 3.5 GPA. Also, I need to take a GRE test to get into graduate school. We just bought a house a year ago; before we moved in we made some renovations to the house, but did not have the time or finances to do all of it at once, so another short term goal of mine is renovating my master bathroom and kitchen. When it comes to long term goals, I have determined that the best investment is education. I feel that you should learn something new every day and take it and use the knowledge gained. Other long term goals of mine are to enjoy life and my career, love my family even more than I already do and to learn to be more appreciative of the things that I have and that are around me. After achieving my short term goals and beginning the career of my dreams, I will work to become financially

After achieving those short term goals and 5 years into my career, I realized I wanted more. I decided that I wanted to do more than what my scope of practice allowed, so I went back to the drawing board and made another short term goal of becoming a Physician Assistant. According to Dorothy Michno and her article “Setting and Reaching Goals: Gotta Get a Plan”, she states that you should“Consider your goals potentially changeable. Don 't hesitate to add, subtract, or rewrite your goals as you learn more about yourself or have new experiences” (Michno, 1996). In my plan to achieve my short term goals of obtaining a higher education and becoming a Physician Assistant my plan is to obtain my Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science and take the GRE test before applying to get into a PA program and completing it with a high GPA. AS for my bathroom and kitchen, they are getting worked on slowly between are busy schedules. My plan of action for my long term goals is to achieve the short term goals that I have set for myself. Work as a Physician Assistant and become financially stable. “Willpower researcher Roy Baumeister, PhD, a psychologist at Florida State University, describes three necessary components for achieving objectives: First, he says, you need to establish the motivation for change and set a clear goal. Second, you need to monitor your behavior toward that goal.