Today I learned having a goal specifies attention. Ever since I started this Summer my #1 goal has been to pay off my tuition so that I could finally move out of my mom’s home and coninue my education. With having that goal always in the back of my mind I’ve noticed a lot more opportunities to make money than I have in the future. I started noticing things around the house that if I were to grab them and sell them on eBay nobody would even notice if they were gone. I started realizing ways in which I could save money by simply not bringing my debit card to work and buying things in advance to eat when hunger would strike. I started noticing new places to apply for jobs previously forgotten. Things that could bring or save me money in order to pay off my tuition interested me. Things that could take away money from me and draw me farther from my goal disinterested me. I started cutting out the fat like dropping automatically renewing subscription accounts, unfulfilling relationships, and even petty grudges. It’s obvious to me now more than ever that when you have a goal your at your best. The petty annoyance that would once enrage you don’t matter as much. You let things go more willingly in order to free up space for your burning goal. But this could be a negative as well. How my burning intent is to pay off my tuition is now is the same way my burning intent was to gain success in music. Thankfully now I know the way to combat that laser beam focus is to consistently ask oneself what are three responsible things I should do today? And what is one remarkable stupid thing I should stop doing? Having a goal fine tunes one perception. Having a goal that really motivates a person makes like a little more enjoyable.