The big one by Jeffrey

The big one by Jeffrey - August 2024 Scholarship Essay

Not until recently have I realized how important setting goals is. Throughout my time as a teenager and now current graduate college student I always thought if I just had an idea of something I would get it done until recently where life has been throwing haymakers my way I have realized how important goal setting is. Without concrete goals, it is easy for you to get thrown off your path as you don't have an evident end goal. Having been one that has been thrown off my yellow brick road I have started to set goals for myself, not even big goals but little ones day by day to help myself get into the goal-setting mindset. It is extremely helpful in thinking about eventual big and long-term goals.
Growing up my dream job had always changed around from firefighter, to astronaut, to paleontologist, when finally before college I had settled on marine biologist. Eventually, I realized it was not for me so I switched to sports management as I can't even go with what seems like a second without thinking of sports. In the spring I graduated with my Bachelor's degree and got accepted into the graduate program at the University of South Florida. I never had thought I would want my master's degree, much less two of them. My program is going to be a dual degree program meaning in two short years through hard work and dedication I will graduate with an MBA in Sports Business and a Master's in sports management.
My next big educational goal is to get through my dual degree program while gaining the most knowledge and experience possible on my way to those two degrees. Now the two degrees aren't my goal. They are the reward for reaching my goals of getting through those degrees while learning and gaining knowledge and experience no matter what my grades look like. Due to the process of learning about goal setting and how to reach them, I am confident I can reach this goal and encourage others to learn how to set goals as it can change your life.