The Big Tree

It's a short walk from home. It's tall and easy to climb. The street is busy during the day but at night, it's perfect. The neon lights from the Taco Bell across the street glisten on the leaves.
The sign is so spray painted you can't read what it says anymore. It's still and quiet. I've always wanted to sneak out at night and climb in with someone special. You can see the sun rise over the mountains in the early morning.
I would sit up there with my dad and we would watch the sunset during the summer. We would just talk about life.
I have a lot of great memories on the big tree. When I was little my mom would take me and my brother there. Now, I show all my friends the big tree.
It's old and it's a good tree. It had old moldy bark and dead crunchy leaves on the bottom. We aren't even supposed to be in it but, who's going to stop us?

Goals

      Saying you want something is different then actually working for what you want. I two huge goals. One goal is to go to Harvard, I know its a high goal but working for the goal even if you don't accomplish it can still get you somewhere. My second goal is to one day own a dance studio.
     You may be thinking Harvard? Why do you want to go to Harvard, its not like you want to study law or anything like that do you? But just about a year ago I found out that Harvard has an incredible dance program. I hope that even if I don't make it into Harvard I will hopefully make it into another college with a great dance program.
    I also hope to one day own my own dance studio. I hope that opening my own dance studio will allow me to make people as happy dancing as I am. To reach my goal I will work as hard as I can in dance class. I will most likely need to go to college and study dance and also study buisness. Dancing can change everyone no matter if you are dancing or watching its gorgeous.
    I made a goal last year to go on pointe one day. I accomplished this goal yesterday. The feeling of accomplishing a goal can not be described by words. All the hard work paid off, and I was so incredibly happy with myself that nothing could ruin my day. Goals are to work for, don't think they come easily.

Goals for 2013

     My goals for 2013 this year is definitely going to get accomplished. Haven't you ever made yourself resolutions or promises that is "planned" to be accomplished at the end of the year, but you never done them. Well, I say for 2013, you and me will have goals and accomplish them this year. Just stay determined and sure about yourself so you won't ever get discouraged and say you can't do it.
     One of my goals for 2013 is to get at least a B or higher in geometry. I'm going to complete that goal by first listen to the teacher's lessons and pay attention more. Second I'm going to make sure I understand everything that is being taught. If I don't understand it I will put it on my mind to stay after school and make sure before I go home, I get some help that I need. Lastly, I'm going to study at least every other day and try my best to know the thereoms, formulas, the work that is needed, perimeter, area, etc. Just for references later down the road when he quizzes us. Mostly I just want to get a B or higher in my geometry class and I think these steps help me.
     My second goal for 2013 is to get at least a B for my mile run. Which is between the time 8:01-9:00. Normally I get a C because I keep finishing up at the same time between 9:23-9:30. It kind of gets on my nerves because I'm so close getting that B grade, but I always end up getting tired on my 3rd lap around the field. But for this goal, I'm going to complete this by 4 easy steps. One, I'm going to leave my friends behind and not talk to them because it waste all my breath too fast. Second I'm going to paste myself to run the whole thing without stopping and regurlarly breathing. Third, I'm going to keep my head down while running so it doesn't seem like I have so much left to run my 4 laps. Lastly, I'm going to encourage myself and push myself to finish those 4 laps for a B grade and stay hydrated so I won't have that feeling of passing out (again). I think I can get a B grade on my mile run if I stick to it and follow all these steps.
     My last goal is to help the people around me who are less fortunate than me. I love love love to help people. This goal is one of the best goals I made for this year and I will be sure to accomplish it. My mom and I always use to help the Ronald McDonald House like repainting it, or cleaning down the walls, mopping the floors, or just something to make it look nice and tidy it up. Sometimes my mom and I volunteer and make foods bags and pass them out in parks to the homeless. I love to see their happy smiles and how thankful they are. And lastly this year my mom and I are going to start our own helpful volunteer work. This year my mom and I plan to make these packets for the homeless and donate toys to the children hospital for Christmas or near that time of the month. We're going to complete this goal by first buying toys now and continue to get toys during the year. Also, this is the time we're going to get all the supplies we need to get for the ToGo packets for the homeless. Second we're going to take the toys that we get and wrap all them up or put them in bags and signed them from your secret santa. And for the ToGo packets we're going to put them in the bag and stuff all the supplies that go with it. Lastly, we're going to take all the toys we collected, bought, and got donated to us, we're going to take them to the children's hospital and pass them out. And for the ToGo packets we're going to pack them all in our car and drive to different places or parks and hand them out to the ones in need. This year I think I can complete this goal with my mom if we stick to it and I keep reminding her because parents do forget.
     By reminding myself daily about my goals I'm sure I can achieve all of them by completing the following steps.

2013: My Goals

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2013. The first year that I will actually complete one of my goals. I have a couple easy goals that will take some time, but I hope to complete before the end of the year.

My first goal is to read the complete works of Steven King. Whether it be The Shawshank Redemption, Misery (one of his worst books), or the one with the people stuck under a dome (can’t remember the name at the moment). I have wanted to do this for several years, but have not succeeded. I actually started one o his books a few years back, but I picked Misery and feel asleep three chapters in. So I decided to just not read his books, and instead watch the movie Shawshank Redemption. Big mistake, I wasn’t the appropriate age.

My second goal is to not get in trouble in class do to being very sarcastic. This has been a rather small problem since around third grade. Just pointing out, I didn’t say that I would stop, just dial it back a bit. I have only gotten in trouble once for being sarcastic in class and the only thing that happened was me getting a stern talking to. In my defense it was to a student who was using explicit words, so he had it coming.

   Those are my goals, and if I don’t complete them, I will do what my English teacher says I should do and grow a mullet. I’m going to regret saying that, aren’t I. Forget that part, I won’t grow one even if I don’t complete these goals.

Actions are better than words.

Everyone has once,around new years, written a few resolutions and vowed that they will be accomplished by the end of the year. Be honest, have you really every done them? I have a bad habit of writing down and promising myself to accomplish, almost impossible stuff, by the end of the year. Such as, loose 35 pounds or not have one "argument" with my mother for the whole year. I'm so pumped up and determined in the beginning, but normally punish myself in the end.  This year I will make it easier on myself and do small things that could happen. I, Sydney A., vow to accomplish these goals by the end of 2013, with help from friends, family, and the world around me. If my goals are not accomplished I will not give up, I will still try to reach my goals.


One of my easy goals that I  can do is to be able to do a cartwheel. Every time I gain the confidence in myself to do one I either one, do it, but crash and burn so badly my confidence disappears in the imaginary wind, or two, I'm about to do it and then chicken out and get discouraged. I was in gymnastics for maybe about 3-4 months and my teacher always would yell at me because I could never do it. To help me accomplish this I will do specific steps. Step 1:  On Fridays, after school, a teacher named Ms. Ashley and I, will go out to the field and practice them. Step 2: It could help if I figure out each step in the cartwheel and then practice those steps at a time. Step 3: I will watch as many videos that I have to, like this one, to do a cartwheel. My teacher always told me that I never kick high enough for it to be straight, so I can work on kicking off with more power and straightening my legs. I am determined to accomplish the cartwheel because I have never been able to do it. Who knows maybe after that, I can practice doing all kinds of flips and gymnastic stuff.

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My Goal.

As just a kid I don't have many goals. Most of them are just silly but, I do have one main goal on my mind right now. If I don't accomplish this goal then I'll be pretty upset with myself.
I've wanted to go to Warped Tour for a while now. Warped Tour is a huge event where all the great Heavy Metal bands play in one location. Lots of the bands that will be playing are great. One of my favorite bands will be there and their name is The Black Dhalia Murder.
In order to go to Warped Tour I had to ask my dad to pay for my ticket. It's not until June so I have time until it's here. During that time I have to pay off my ticket money. My dad already bought the tickets but I had to pay him back. I need $50 to pay him back.
In order to reach my goal of $50 I have a lot of chores to do. My dad won't give me more than $3 a chore because he doesn't think I should be payed to do things I'm suppose to do, like chores. I have to find mini jobs to do like mowing lawns or baby sitting. I've already made a few bucks just from my dad. I need to find people that will let me mow their lawn or baby sit their kids.
Starting off with making flyers or calling friends and family that live nearby. I need to set aside a jar to put my funds in. I need that money before June so, I hope I can do it. $50 may seem like it would be easy to make but not when you're 14 and have a stingy dad.

Don't Give Up On Your Goals!

     Have you ever had a goal or resolution that you really wanted to complete? Well I know sure I have. I started realizing that most of my goals or resolutions never really get completed because i try to set a goal that is just unbelievably hard. Most people do the same thing. I decided this year i'm not going to set a goal that is just completely insane that I will never accomplish. I was inspired to not reach for a goal to high by a video i saw on youtube. So this year my goal is to learn how to draw people a little better. I will take a few steps to complete the goal because its not like it can happen all on its own (a person could only wish) so I am going to practice every day drawing one person from different angles. The other step I will take is viewing other peoples art work to see ways I could improve on what I am doing wrong.

     To accomplish my goal I have to be able to accomplish the steps. So i decided every day i will make time to be able to draw one person. I could draw them from different angles every night and see what was are easier for me to do. If I complete this task i believe it will improve the way i draw people and help out drawing different types of people.

      To also help accomplish my goal I will view other peoples art work to see different ways of drawling. My perspective on art of people will hopefully change after i accomplish my goal. 

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