Spanish—As a Goal?

Last year I took Spanish for two semesters. My daughter took the class with me. I had taken four years during high school. I still have all my high-school Spanish textbooks, and I have since bought others. I also used CD set that I bought for homeschooling my children during the eighteen years I stayed at home. I also listened to the series with “Johnny Spanish” from Discover Spanish.

I was thinking of taking the intermediate level during this school year, but I decided to focus on other changes. I do intend to work on Spanish now and then. I do not see it as a major goal for the coming year. A member of our team at work is Hispanic and works in a position that requires his use of Spanish.

Thinking through my goals for the coming year has helped me to see that I can delete the Discover Spanish podcasts from my iTunes. When I study, I will prefer to use online tutorials and other resources as well as my textbooks.

Do you have any goals like this?

Recognize that goals can change as you discover new directions in which you want to go. You may be certain about your goals now, but allow for the direction to be changed has you move along. Perhaps you will see that other goals are more beneficial. Maybe you need to focus on sorting things out. But be sure you make set some goals. Look at your hopes and dreams, and do not dismiss them. Be willing to set some goals that will challenge you, but do not set so many that you lose all hope.

If you are timid about it, pray for strength and guidance.
Read the Bible (paying attention as you read and seek).
Set some goals to take you through the first quarter of the year.
Be specific about that period of time, and then break it down to monthly goals.
Now go further and see what can be done, week by week.
So what will you need to do each day to be successful?
Do you know that success doesn’t necessarily mean you fully accomplish each goal?
Do you know that you will miss on some things?

Set goals anyway!