Achieving Education and Career Goals
Achieving the education and career goals is challenging due to barriers such as not being able to select the best available considerations, fear of the unknown, and the roadblocks (external circumstances) that always get on the way upon settling on a decision or consideration, among other obstacles. My largest barrier to moving forward with continuing my education and achieving my career goals is fear. For instance, the fear of failure to achieve my goals always hits me up whenever I think of continuing with my education and career goals. Besides, I fear rejection and being uncomfortable in the quest to fulfill my education and career goals.
Overcoming Fear
Acknowledging one's fears can significantly help in overcoming the fears that cause barriers to achieving lifetime goals (Guagliardo). Talking to my instructors, experts from my career field and other people whom I trust can help in lessening the problem of fear. Talking out our issues with the right people reduces our challenges with such a significant percentage – such interactions create an important forum or channel through which one can obtain the appropriate advice and even share experiences as far as achieving lifetime goals are concerned. Guagliardo opine that fears are not permanent but just a part or stage of the process of achieving our goals. Therefore, with time, one gets acquainted with the appropriate measures to deal with fears and come out of every situation victorious.
Embracing Distance Learning
I would like to embrace distance learning as the best educational pathway to fulfilling my educational and career goals. Working and parenting are both involving and critical, and thus the need for measures that can help balance the two effectively. The educational pathway above is vital in balancing my work and my parental role – I will have adequate time to work and be a parent at the same time while continuing with my education without necessarily visiting the main campus physically on a regular basis.
Work Cited
Guagliardo, Rosie. “Overcoming Fear and Achieving Your Goals Starts with One Simple Step.” Forbes, Mar 29, 2018. Accessed Dec 29, 2018.
