Let's go back down memory lane for a few minutes, and take a look down on the senior year of high school. Through all the struggling goodbyes,nerves about starting college, and never wanting summer to end, we all had some goals that we wanted to achieve when we stepped on campus. Whether they are trying to achieve a 4.0, making it into a certain sorority/ fraternity, or as little as stepping out of your comfort zone.
Regardless of what year you're in -- in college -- or even if you still are in high school, ask yourself this: How many goals have you achieved that you set for yourself? One? Two? All of them? None? Achieving those certain goals gives great self-confidence and not achieving them, on the other hand can be grueling some, especially when you pour all your heart and soul into it.
At times, not achieving the goal is OK. Everyone fails at times; it's inevitable. But what's not OK is giving up that certain dream because it was too hard or because you failed the first time around. On my campus, I see a lot of people coming in as a biology or STEM-related major, and for their career choice they want to be a doctor of some sort. Biology is a very hard major and during freshmen year, most campuses try to weed people out, and as second-semester rolls around half the people aren't a STEM-related major and have drastically changed their career choice.
Maybe their passion really changed, but the pattern is that most people change because one of their classes is hard. The thing is if you're really passionate it might take you a year longer or two to reach your goal, but that doesn't you should give up. Setbacks just push you to strive and do better. When you have desire it doesn't feel like work or it's hard.
As Marie Lu, said, "Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything is possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time."
