At my high school graduation, our student class president spoke to us and one of the first things she said was that every day, we should get up and make our bed.
When she first was speaking about it, I really didn't understand why she said that. As time went on, I kept this with me. I made my bed. Most, if not every morning. It wasn't until now, I finally understood why.
When I get up and make my bed in the morning, I have accomplished one thing. I am ready to start my day because I have done one thing right. As my day goes on, I get the things I need to do done.
Whether it is going to class, work, errands, or even something big. Somedays, I get it all accomplished. Other days, I don't. But at the end of the day, I have a reminder that I did something today. I made my bed.
As little as it sounds, we all struggle with being goal driven every day. There are those days where you plan to get as much done as possible, achieve new things, reach those goals.
Other days, you will try to do all of that, but you might fail. Things might not go as planned. Those days are what get us down, and they could possibly lead to us lowering our goals.
That is the exact opposite of what we should do.
We all have goals for ourselves, sometimes bigger than we imagine them to be. Bigger than we think we could ever possibly reach. That is okay because, with the right attitude, nothing can stop you from achieving those goals.
But you have to push yourself to get there. You have to push past those bad days, you have to get past the difficult times, you have to work with all the rejections and people that say no.
You are your own person and you know what you are capable of.
Nothing is too big. Nothing can hold you back from the one thing you want more than anything. Don't let the fear of failing stop you. Because you will fail, probably a dozen times. But the failures are what teach you the most.
Those are the times you can step back, reevaluate, and try again.
It only makes you a better person when you fail.
Because once you succeed, you will look in the mirror and know that you deserved it.
You deserved it after the long road of hard work that it took you to get you where you are.
The main point of all of this is to not let your goals scare you. No matter how big your dreams are, or how crazy your goals seem, you can accomplish them.
The road might be scary, difficult, almost seem impossible. But nothing is impossible if you want it bad enough.
If you take anything away from this, make your bed in the morning. It is one step closer to helping you achieve something every single day.