My goals are almost always short-term. I feel I can actually accomplish a list of precise short-term goals pretty efficiently. It's worked for me the last few semesters at least. I make a list of 10 things I want to change about my life before the next school year and I work at that. It's probably not as good as having a "big picture" goal, but it's better than just floating around. It helps keep me productive, if nothing else.
A few things I'd like to accomplish soon are 1.) Studying abroad in Spain before I graduate, 2.) Find a direction I want my Linguistics and Spanish degree to take me in; looking at career options/internships, and 3.) Find a band to play with and improve my bass playing.
I spent the better half of my life thinking it was extraordinary to be bilingual, not knowing just how multilingual the rest of the world was.Originally Posted by Psyke
If you really are a total beginner, I'd suggest finding a good teacher and taking lessons. Only practice can make you a great player, but I've been told it's 100 times more beneficial to have a teacher when you're first staring out. Having someone there to correct the little mistakes and explain to you the music theory behind what you're learning means you can improve much more quickly and easily.
One of my best friends just started taking lessons, and his teacher told him "My goal is to teach you to teach yourself."
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