Happiness and Goals...ideas

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I am going to college in about a month, but I don't want to stay on the computer all day anymore.

That is what I've done with most of my summer, but I feel like I need to do something else soon.

Plus, I just heard a talk about how goals make you happy.

So, I wanna ask, anyone have any ideas for goals I could try to accomplish?

I like drawing, reading, singing, signing....but it's hard to just do anything. I've already made a few running goals, and I read a few books without aim, there's not much I can do with singing is there?) and idk really what to set a goal for.....

Ideas anyone?????

I'm glad you included some of the things you like to do in the post; some people don't really get all that far when they ask for ideas for goals because they just give a vague idea about their interests or possible areas that will have a goal happening.

So, as far as your interests/activities go, I see a few areas where I can suggest some goals.

With reading, I love setting goals. (Read this many books this season; this many this year; etc.) Sometimes with individual books (I'll finish this by Sunday, for example), but usually in a broader context. Perhaps you can set a goal for a number of books you'd like to read in a specific time frame.
With signing, perhaps learn a specific number of signs a day/week/month?
Singing (God, those words are so similar)... Find a song you really like, and if you can't sing it yet, work up to it and perhaps set a time by which you want to be able to sing it. Not really sure, as that isn't really much of an interest of mine. I just do so to myself.

With singing you could print out lyrics to songs you like and put them in a 'to learn' folder and then work on them one at a time. Then when you have them down put them in a 'completed' folder. This way you can see what songs you want to work on and what songs you have learned. I do this sort of thing with music, its useful because sometimes I forget what songs I know... plus I like to go back through the songs I know and just sort of go over them again and fine tune them. I guess that isn't specifically a goal but its an organizational thing that could help you set goals and actually see the progress you make.