Essay On Unrealistic Goals

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There are many types of people that one meets throughout the course of a lifetime. Some are strivers while others are survivors; some are achievers while others are believers; some are thinkers while others are experiencers and some are makers while others are dreamers. But there is one thing that they all have in common.

They all have some type of goal that they want to achieve at some point in time. A goal that shows no mercy to people who fail to meet it yet tremendously rewards those who do. Some think that pursuing an unrealistic goal is a big waste of time. After all, why would anybody waste half of their life chasing something they know may not be realistically possible? Maybe because they are rebels…misfits…round pegs in square holes. The ones who see things differently.

About the only thing we can’t do, is ignore them. Because they change things. My personal example is Schri Magazine. Ever since I was a child, I had an obsession to meet famous people. Everyone does, right? The only thing was I did not have even the slightest idea about how to make it happen. I would watch YouTube tutorials on how to become famous without getting a college degree. I did everything I could think of except drugs or alcohol.

As I got older, I began searching for my passions and life’s purpose. I attempted to answer the age
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I asked God to guide me to something that would make my heart sing as well as change the world. Shortly thereafter, I was hit with an overwhelming idea of marrying deejaying, fashion & music with journalism in effort to create my own magazine. A magazine that, through personal stories from successful people, shows others it’s cool to be themselves without drugs or alcohol. I was also blessed with a once in a lifetime opportunity to serve on the advisory board of the Miss Virginia Scholarship

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