{"id":6433,"date":"2021-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/?p=6433"},"modified":"2021-04-28T19:43:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T23:43:24","slug":"resolving-for-success-in-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/resolving-for-success-in-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolving for Success in the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

 Adrianne Toles, In Motion Managing Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Goal Setting: Academic Advising is full of new faces while training to offer the best quality assistance to Daytona State students with their goals at all of our regional campuses. Photo taken by Adrianne Toles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The goals we recognize as New Year\u2019s resolutions have been an age-old tradition for thousands of years. A custom upheld by the Ancient Babylonians and Romans has developed into a custom meant to reflect on our lives thus far and establish goals that align with our own aspirations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The responsibility to realize these goals rests solely on our own dedication, organizational skills, time- and financial management, and honest self-accountability. The apparent question then, is how? <\/em>How do we establish specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound goals, and more importantly, how do we achieve them? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether your aspirations are oriented towards academics, personal health, habits, or your career, the process remains fundamentally the same. Students at Daytona State have already made the first steps by meeting with academic advising to say what they want from their time here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is easy to shy away from the concept of outlining short-term and long-term goals as the idea can seem restricting. \u201cI have always associated goal-setting with stress and deadlines,\u201d said local store manager, Therese Watson-Murray. But as it became more pertinent to her career and success of the business, she discovered it \u201cdid not take the spontaneity or fun away from achieving the goals\u201d she set for herself and associates.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goal setting is a skill that is not facilitated overnight nor expected to be applied in much depth early on in your life. Therese Watson-Murray and fellow Daytona State College attendee, Nicholas Zaytsev Ruilova, both openly attest to the freshness of their experiences in establishing and employing the skills needed for goal setting. They began to learn and apply the most within the past two months or even the past three years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With his back against a wall after previously losing a job, Zaytsev Ruilova worked tirelessly to \u201ccritically manage my time and establish a productive schedule,\u201d build a digital presence that appeals to his ideal clientele base, and creates effective short-term goals that relate and encourage his long-term goals as a financial consultant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although it may not come naturally or be a strength for many, identifying an end goal, analyzing what all that would require, and then putting the plan into action is crucial to achieving goals.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The objective is not and never will be to achieve everything perfectly every time. Realistic long-term goals will involve failures along the way. But the Coca-Cola you drink after resolving to swear off sodas does not mark you a failure. Quite the opposite really. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have zero issues looking back at my failures,\u201d Watson-Murray said. \u201cI actually appreciate them more than the wins.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Failure is an inevitable aspect of life, and what matters most is what lessons we draw from it and how we apply them in the future. In failure comes critical lessons that can be used to establish a different plan of action with a higher likelihood of success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The perspectives and encouragement of peers and family can serve as a catalyst for motivation, and a hot spot of different forms of input that Nicholas believes, \u201ccan identify negatives that can be improved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Our ability to think, share, and collaborate is \u201cthe most valuable thing we can offer each other,\u201d as we strive for both common and unique goals, Watson-Murray said. \u201cIt is contagious, but in a very good way. When people succeed, they want to do it again,\u201d Watson-Murray added. \u201cWhen you see someone succeed, you want to celebrate with them.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same can be said for those who simply observe our behaviors and actions and aspire to follow in our footsteps, no matter where those paths may lead. Walking through the doors of Daytona State is just the first step of many, in achieving the goals we set for ourselves. So, what\u2019s next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 Adrianne Toles, In Motion Managing Editor The goals we recognize as New Year\u2019s resolutions have been an age-old tradition for thousands of years. A custom upheld by the Ancient Babylonians and Romans has developed into a custom meant to reflect on our lives thus far and establish goals that align Continue reading Resolving for Success in the New Year<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-story","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6433"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6711,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433\/revisions\/6711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}