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Our world certainly has grown more complex, challenging, and stressful. It can be filled with opportunities for anyone who is willing to seek and achieve success in the interior design profession. When the economy is good, there are many opportunities; when there is an economic downturn, opportunities might evaporate in any particular geographic area.

Whether the general economy in your area is doing very well or in a decline, the interior design profession offers students and professionals numerous options and directions for career opportunities. An effective way of helping to determine career options is through determining and setting personal goals.

Goal success does not just suddenly materialize. It is achieved through hard work, determination, and planning. Yet for many, sometimes these goals are never reached because many individuals do not actually set their own goals for the future. Sometimes family, friends, children—all of these and others—may enter the picture and delay or prevent an individual from reaching personal and professional goals. But in most cases, the inability to achieve a goal or a dream is not due to other individuals or job responsibilities; rather, it is usually due to a lack of planning and failure to set goals—or maybe setting the wrong goals.