# Purpose

**Source**: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/support/success-at-york-toolkit/purpose/
**Parent**: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/support/success-at-york-toolkit/

Purpose relates to having a clear idea of the goals you want to achieve.

You can have multiple goals covering various areas of your life - academic, personal and social - and you may have a stronger sense of your goals in different aspects of your life. For example, you may have a strong sense of your academic goals but a less steady idea of your personal and social goals.

## Having a goal-oriented outlook

Watch this video for a brief introduction to the importance of focusing on goals in the various aspects of your life.

<https://youtu.be/D7U0p-JIqcw>

## Assess your current level of purpose

### [Academic purpose](https://www.york.ac.uk/students/support/success-at-york-toolkit/purpose/academic/)

How clear is your idea of what you want to achieve academically?

### [Personal purpose](https://www.york.ac.uk/students/support/success-at-york-toolkit/purpose/personal/)

How clear is your idea of what you want to achieve personally?

### [Social purpose](https://www.york.ac.uk/students/support/success-at-york-toolkit/purpose/social/)

How clear is your idea of what you want to achieve socially?