Growing Up as a Child

When I was growing up as a child, my father instilled a lot of values in me. One of these values was on how to make my dreams come to reality. Indeed, I learned that setting goals was one of the key factors towards realizing my dreams. Practically, this value has proven true in my past endeavours. For instance, whenever I went for my high school holidays, I always set goals to utilize my time in activities like physical exercises, visiting my relatives, and participating in sports. These activities incredibly improved the productivity of my holidays. Having benefited from this practice, I am motivated to apply the act of setting goals in my career pursuit. My major goal is to become a nurse. This is important to me because of the following reasons: I would like to utilize my resources well; I have a lot of opportunities awaiting; I will perform more efficiently in my career.
First, I would like to utilize my resources well. Each day I spend part of my time working in order to pay for my school fees and tuition. I work eight hours each day after classes, and at times get few hours for my sleep. The government also plays part in contributing to these needs through pell grants. This is a big sacrifice from the government, and also my efforts to pay my school fees, and therefore count itan investment in which it is worth putting more efforts in order to achieve good results. I spend a lot of money every semester in payment of my school fees and tuition. In addition, I do purchase the books that are required in all my classes, and most of them are very expensive. Furthermore, I usually spend most of the time in my studies by attending classes everyday. And even when I do not have any assignments to be done after wards, I spare some time to revise what I have learned and also read ahead of my tutors. Moreover, I fore-go doing other activities in order to invest in my studies. I enjoy watching T.V. shows, playing my favorite games, and visiting my friends. But I no...