Essay On Short Term Goals

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I have plenty of goals I want to finish before I begin my journey in the world completing all my master’s degree, but before that I have a few short term goals and long term goals. My short term goals are to finish the rest of my classes by June with all A's and graduate. This is important to me because I want to finish out the rest of my high school life strong; then I will feel like I accomplished something and left my mark on my school. Then I want to finish the Chicago Police and Fire Training Academy (CPFTA) strong. If I finish this program strong this will be my biggest accomplishment yet! I wanted to give up on this program so many times, but I pushed through. So if I graduate from the program and gain all the benefits they have to offer, I will feel proud and …show more content…
My next short term goal is to lose 50 pounds by the end of the school year. I want to accomplish this goal because I want to look and feel like a better me; I would also like to exercise and eat better so I can be healthier.
My long term goals are to graduate college with a masters degree and become an FBI Agent. I would like to get my masters degree in case being an FBI Agent does not work out. I would like to have a backup plan in case the worst was to happen. If I were to have my masters degree, I might have a better chance of getting better jobs or even a better career in case my dream career does not work out. I would like to become an FBI Agent because even though they might do tons of paperwork, there are many different fields I could work in (being in the field, a computer hacker, profiler). FBI Agents travel a lot depending on their cases. I believe I would enjoy being an FBI Agent because they work with so many other law enforcement fields such as: SWAT, Police, CIA and maybe even more. Some of my goals are related because if I graduate from CPFTA, there is a better chance I will be more in shape, possibly even lose more weight, and I will have

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