My Goal in Life Essay

The idea of the American dream originated from the hope and promise America offers. A man named James Truslow Adams coined the term in 1931 and defined it as "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement"( ). The premise of the American dream is know matter where you started from every individual can achieve prosperity through hard work and determination. The American dream is kept alive because everyone can relate to it…

help us relieve stress. Last grading period I set a reading goal. My goal was to read the book, Cinder, by Marissa Meyer in a week. I will be talking about did I reach my goal, what have I learned from my reading, and my ability to reach my goal. To begin with, I will be talking about did I reach my goal. To start off my goal was to read the book, Cinder, by Marissa Meyer in one week. I did not reach my goal because I have been focusing on my other subjects and I never have time to read because…

The value in setting goals is finding the courage and commitment to achieve them. I have dedicated countless hours to my challenging coursework in hopes of achieving my goal of earning a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering. Hundreds of other hours have been put into church and clubs that I hope I will continue to participate in. Especially, since those programs helped me grow as a person while helping others. I push myself to work to my best in hopes that; ultimately, I will find a satisfying and…

overall message of the Sacred Heart Goals. The Sacred Heart Goals are a group of goals created by the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, which was founded by St. Madeleine Sophie Barat. Saint Madeleine's goals were primarily to empower and educate young girls about their faith and the world around them. She wanted to establish many schools around the world to educate as many girls as possible, and this happened around the 19th and 20th Century. The Sacred Heart Goals influence us every day and are…

When life is stripped to the bare minimum, free of luxury and comfort, amidst suffering and pessimism truth of the human condition is stark. In Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl a psychiatrist through his experiences in concentration camps under Hitler’s regime discovers his answer to the basic question that makes us human. Philosophers have long debated the purpose of life and have produced answers ranging from orthodox religion, the meaning of life is given to everyone by God, to…

ones destiny in life. The idea of a personal legend is introduced in the novel The Alchemist by Paul Coelho. In the novel, Santiago, the main character, attempts at pursuing his personal legend and he endures many obstacles on the way. My name is Jonathan Katz; I am 14 years old and I live in Englewood, NJ. At this period in my life, I am interested in engineering, computers and the subject of math. I believe that I can piece all of these interests together in my professional life to change and…

1. Write a paragraph outlining your SMART goal and why you choose it. Where are you today in reaching it? I chose to make eating more vegetables my goal because I have a difficult time doing so without some sort of motivation. I do like vegetables; I don’t avoid them if they are in something or on something but since getting to college it has become more of a choice. That choice is dictated by how much many I want to spend as well as what is available in the school cafeteria. Much of the…

Goals High school, one of the last schools you’ll ever go to (unless you want to go to college.) I will academically strive in my grades and I will want to make connections so I won’t be lonely and I want a car so I can travel. First of all you need to use all of your strengths to your advantage. My strengths are good communication skills, good analyzer, good eye-hand coordination,card throwing,quick thinker and good note taking skills. These skills are very important to me because without…

topic of finding a workable balance between imaginative observations and practical, goal oriented behavior is very controversial. Alain de Botton, author of “On Habit”, believes that finding a workable balance de pends on the mental habits that one lives by. De Botton de scribes “imaginative observation” as something that one does only when they are in unfamiliar setting like vacation spot. On the other hand, “goal oriented” behavior is what everyone’s daily environment revolved around which…

Looking back at my first assignment in this class, I can clearly see now how little I knew about what diversity really meant. I thought I “knew” the meaning of diversity because I moved from another country, but diversity it is more than speaking a different language. Diversity is the embrace of dissimilarities of people from different cultural backgrounds. This class gave me the tools to reflect on how my personal experiences taught me about diversity and how I have embraced it in different…