You have to work hard to accomplish your goals and succeed in life. An example would be working hard and playing hard in baseball may lead you to the MLB. Another example would be working hard in school may lead you to a better job when you grow up.
Working hard is the main step to reach your goal. My goal is to go to the Olympics and be a professional swimmer, but I have to work hard to be a professional swimmer. The year 2009 was the year I was going to reach one of my goals, Tags. Tags is the first step to go to the Olympics, but you have to be the best of the best to go. I work 5 to 6 days a week training to become a better swimmer. On Saturday mornings I swim 7 to 9 and when we have school I have swimming 4:30 to 6:30 in the afternoon. This all pays off though if you work hard.
It’s now March 2009 and my family and I are at Dallas now at the best meet I can go to at my age Tags, [Texas Age Group Swimming]. Here I try to race my fastest against other people all over the state of Texas! I swim 3 events, the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle. I think I ranked 22nd in the 200 free, I think I ranked 16th in the 100 free, and I think I ranked 6th in the 50 free. After the weekend was over my parents congratulated me on my swims and we went to the mall and arcade room to play some fun games, then I was able to buy a new video game called Super Smash Bros.
The prize may be awesome, but remember you have to work hard to get to that prize. Now that I have accomplished one of my goals I feel more confident. I will continue to work hard to accomplish my other goals.