The Goals Make the Game!

Goals are a very important thing in the world of sports. If a team goes out onto the playing field without any plan of action and just decides to "wing it", the odds are that they will most likely lose. I don't watch sports very often, so just bear with me if I say something wrong. The purpose in their playing will become muddled as they go for the win and by the end of the game, the whole team will just be one big wreck. The players will scatter across the playing field and run around hoping for the best. In  a hopeless game of "hot potato", the ball will be passed from player to player and finally end up into the wrong hands. Or, the ball won't be passed to the right person, and that person will get tackled because his teammates didn't know what was going on and weren't there to watch his back. Because of this, the team will lose badly. Basically, the lack of an aim or purpose in their game led to a big loss in the end. 

This idea of having goals set in mind also applies to writing. Before writing, a writer- whether published author or college student - needs to sit down and set his or her goals for writing into place. They need to decide what they will be writing, how they will do it, and who they will be writing for. Without these few goal marks set in place, this their writing purpose would be unclear, their thoughts scattered, their writing unorganized, and their paper hard to read overall. With the goals put into place before writing, your paper will clearly state its purpose, it will be very well written, and clearly understood by the audience it is intended for. Just like in a football game, where the coach has the perfect game plan. The players will be in the right place at the right time, the ball will be passed to the right people, and it will all end in a touchdown! Clearly, purpose and goals make the difference. 

Lately, I have been trying to apply this idea of setting goals into my own life. I have set goals in the past, but over time, they have become muddled and needed some "resetting." Where do I want to be a year from now? 5 years? 10 or 20? In the next few years, I am hoping to be a Certified Suzuki guitar teacher, with a well-established studio. These are all things I am beginning to work out as I set out in this new chapter of life in college. I know that setting these now as I am looking ahead at my next four years in college, will help make the bumpy road ahead of me at least a little bit smoother. Or, at least give me something to hold onto while i'm out there. In the end, I'm hoping to reach that finish line, look back, and be able to say that I did my very best and made it through well.






Questions, nice comments, and ideas are great. The whole idea of this blog is to help me better my writing. Any positive feedback is welcome.