Goals Revived! - And Pwning Life 2.0

So I was in my Student Development class and can you believe the subject? It was goal setting and on my teacher's PowerPoint, he had stated that there are 6 types of goals:

• Social - I want to get married by age 24. Basically anything that has to do with your social life.
• Academics - Ex. I want to get this GPA by September 25.
• Religious - Ex. Pray 2 times a day.
• Personal - Ex. I want to write a novel by the time I'm 50.
• Physical or Health - Basically like losing weight, or and other health related goal.
• Financial - Anything based on money. Ex. Make $1000.00 a month.

And my college professor also stated that there were six characteristics of goal setting. When he brought that up, that caught my eye because most people set goal that are too far-fetched. They set a goal that they most likely wont complete because it sounds like an impossible goal. So if all of your goals had these six characteristics, they would work and you most likely could accomplish them. And these six characteristics are:

• Believable - Is this goal possible for me to do?
• Measurable - How long do I have to complete this goal. Can I complete this goal in a lifetime?
• Adaptable - 
• Reasonable - Is this goal something I could complete?
• Controllable - Can I control whether this goal happens? Example of a non-controllable goal: The New England Patriots will go to the Super Bowl this year.
• Desirable - Is this goal something that I anxiously want?

"You'll notice that Believable and Reasonable are kind of the same thing."

And then now for the difference between a good goal and a bad goal.

Pwning Others

This week will be a change than the other weeks before. This time, I'm talking about "pwning" others. And what I mean by "pwning" others, I don't mean own or destroy, I mean to help someone else achieve their goals and dreams.

The reason I am covering this topic this week is because I recently talked to this girl, that has been having some issues with others and her own self. She told me that others had been treating her differently because of her looks and weight. Now don't get me wrong, when it comes to weight, it's a huge issue. But in this case, if you look at her, she doesn't look "fat" or "big" in any way. She's even a cheerleader at her school. But yet she still gets treated by people over there.

So in a few recent conversations with her, I asked "what would make make you feel better? She said the same answer that most of us in this situation would say "for them to stop". And I decided to take her another direction. Since most people like that don't just stop bullying, I decided to show her a modified version of Miltownkid's "goals" routine. I said that if you want them to stop treating you this way about your weight, then I'm gonna get you on an exercise plan that I'm sure we all have heard of. I told her to do the the following:
1. Workout every other day.
2. Eat healthier or get fruits like grapes if she feels the need to pig out.
3. Set a start date and weight.
4. Set an end weight and period of time that she wants to achieve this.
5. Take a photo of her current self (As a "What I used to look like)
6. When she reaches halfway through to her target and to her target take another picture.

And the part that motivated me the most to make this post was that last night I talked to her again, she said she had worked out and taken the picture. When she got done, she said she felt great. This shows that if you set your mind to make a change, that you can make yourself a happier person. You just need the boost or help to do it.

So in the next weeks I hope to continue hearing her input as to how she feels day by day. Pwning life is not just about making your life better. It's also about helping others make a change.
So until next time everyone.