**Some serious steps to reach the goal** Every New Year's Eve, we try to make changes in our lifestyle that we believe will bring us personal happiness and satisfaction, while having a general beneficial action that will help us achieve our goals. Instead of repeatedly trying to lose weight, quit smoking and quit drinking, isn't it better to try to find a more useful and appropriate goal in life? One answer is: just as it takes time to get that goal right, it is difficult to achieve lasting and lasting change, because many of our habits and behaviors are deeply rooted, and the core personality traits and characteristics may be immutable, but all traits, habits, and behaviors can be changed to some extent. It is never too late to change these behaviors and with effort and determination, you can become the person you want to be or at least get closer to your ideal. **Determining and achieving goals** Determining self-help goals begins with identifying and recognizing individual needs, that is, answering specific and broad questions: - What do you want to change? - What should you do to make this change? - What are your short-term goals? - What are your long-term goals? - How do those goals become realistic and achievable? Answering these questions will help you create a list of benefits and advantages of achieving your goals that you can use to motivate yourself. It also helps to set a time frame for achieving short and long term goals and this time frame can be flexible as goals can change. **In determining and achieving your goals, if you wish, share your answers to the questions raised in the text with us.**