Personal Essay On My Goals And Personal Goals

When working on any goal the most important part is knowing what you want. You can never get what you want if you don’t know what to aim for, what questions to ask and what resources you need. My goals in life are mostly academic based, but also have lots of personal goals that tie into my academic goals. In two years time I see myself graduating from Santa Monica College with an Associates in Computer Science and an acceptance to UCLA with scholarships to cover my tuition. There are however smaller goals that need to be accomplished to get there. Every effort on my part is directed to this larger goal and all goals I have for now will tie in to my long term goal. First goal that I have is that I want to get A’s in all of my classes. This for me is an attainable goal as I know that when I put my all into classes I can get A’s. I know that this will be hard as some classes will be harder than others such as with my math …show more content…
I am a big advocate for mental health as it has helped me out greatly. I have had problems ever since middle school with depression. I have just recently started to get help for my other symptoms and have been diagnosed with bipolar 1 as well as social anxiety. I am glad that I did that as I finally realize how unstable my emotions were. I take medication and see my psychologist and psychiatrist on a regular basis to check to see how I am doing. I also monitor my own emotions because I know when something is off and I can then schedule an appointment with my psychiatrist or psychologist to help me with these problems. The problem that I face is that I have gotten so used to being sick, so hat it feels comfortable and I have to be willing to be uncomfortable and be willing to ask for help when I need it. I know that having a healthy mind and body is important for you to be able to live a happy and healthy life and want other people to know that if they need help they shouldn’t be afraid to get