Success: My Personal Goals To Becoming A Police Officer

Success is a euphoric feeling that many, if not everyone, strives to achieve. The Merriam Webster dictionary states that success is the "favorable or desired outcome; also: the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence" ("Success"). On the other hand, if someone were to ask what the definition of success is, that person would receive a variety of responses. This sense of achievement is a personal concept as each individual aims to accomplish different goals. As for me, my definition of success revolves around happiness; the ability to attain what I desire without compromising my happiness. My major goal in life is to become a police officer. However, I will need to achieve a multitude of smaller, short term goals to be able to reach my major, long term goal. These short term goals include: passing the PREP test and graduating from PSI. To become a police officer, one must be in good physical condition. Passing the Physical Readiness Evaluation for Police is mandatory to be even considered. With that being said, I will reach this goal by training for the shuttle run, …show more content…
I will accomplish this goal by staying physical fit, graduating school and networking. I can work on this during or after school while also going to my teachers for support. The reason why this goal is relevant to me is that I have always admired the work that police officers do by keeping our cities safe. Likewise, I find the career interesting and something I see myself enjoying in the future. Although the process of becoming an officer is competitive and time consuming, I want to be able to reach my goal in four years. With this in mind, I realize the competition will be a tough roadblock. There are a numerous amount of candidates who I have to surpass in order to get hired. However, with hard work and dedication I know I will be able to overcome this