Grammar fix
personal goal
individual aim
Something you want to achieve for yourself, based on your own interests or needs.
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Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
My personal goal this year is to learn how to cook healthy meals.
One of my personal goals is to improve my English so I can study abroad in the future.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: I made a personal goal to run daily.
Say: I set myself a personal goal to run daily.
You SET a goal (or 'set yourself' one), not 'make' one.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'An objective of a personal nature' is corporate nonsense; 'set a personal goal' is plain.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
set a personal goal
- set a personal goal
- achieve
- reach a goal
- my main goal