Goals bring purpose to one’s living experience. If you are longing for something and do not acknowledge it, it cannot come into form. However, if you are longing for something and slow down to identify it; it becomes the first step for it to become a reality.  

Setting your goals gives you a reason to celebrate your own accomplishments and to feel disappointed at what you did not achieve. This shifts you into recognition that you are your own creator of your life experiences and responsible for your outcomes. You will learn that there is not an elusive power over you. 

The benefits of setting your own goals is that it increases your decision making skills and best of all, it gives you hope.