Wait a Minute—Don’t Give Up!

There are times when all of us feel like giving up on a particular goal. You may have worked hard to get better grades. Or perhaps you practiced extra hours to help you score more points on the basketball court or the football field. Or maybe you tried to improve your voice so you could sing in a school concert or play. But if things didn’t work out as you had hoped, you may have gotten discouraged. Over time, you may have even decided that it didn’t really matter if you reached your goal. You stopped caring and became apathetic (see definition below). But most people will tell you that it’s usually better to keep working at your goal until you reach it. That’s because it really doesn’t feel very good to be apathetic about something that once meant so much to you!

Speak Your Mind: Have you ever become apathetic about something that was important to you at one time—and how did you snap yourself out of it?

APATHETIC: Showing little interest or concern, indifferent.