Get to a goal fast!

I have some aspirations and I try to set

For myself realistic goals and targets

Once I start working on my goals, I want to beat

The timeline I have set, I want to complete

My goals much ahead of the deadline

So that the goalpost I can redefine

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To achieve the goals I have defined for myself, I cannot wait

Getting to the finish line faster is the only outcome that seems to satiate

My competitive spirit, reaching a milestone earlier than expected

Gives me a high, on the other hand, being late leaves me dejected

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Some goals are easier than others to achieve

If a goal is related to something in which I wholeheartedly believe

I tend to reach it much faster, while the ones that need

A push on my part deadlines tend to exceed

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Slow and steady wins the race-myself I remind

But I cannot shake the sense of urgency from my mind

That growing up in a nation with limited resources I had imbibed

I am in a constant race with me, is how my behavior I would describe

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I so not set lofty goals, I keep them doable enough

Yet achieving every target in a timely manner is tough

I achieve some goals, on others some progress I make

Some get abandoned, in my stride such failures I take

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As the end of the year approaches, I’m trying to evaluate

Which goals I have reached, which goals require me to accelerate

My efforts, and which ones are best left to the side

My hands are full as the next steps I decide