For years I grapple with this question. By the age of 30 I had done all the things my parents measured success by - got a degree, the good job with nice salary, bought a house. It didn't fulfill me at all and there was a terrible longing in my soul for meaning. I've had to learn not to be materialistic after I lost it all to family. Funny irony in there.
The things that brought me the most meaning have been bringing my daughter into this world and unlearning all my parents taught me about what they deemed success. I now prize connection to my new family, learning to live in balance and simple comforts, time with my pets and trips out to the countryside. They mean more to me than all of the other measures of success. It's made me redefine what success is entity.
I went through a similar realization, and for me the bottom line was that my definition of success changed. It used to be titles and salary, and now it's about fulfillment, content and joy. I am still ambitious, but what I'm chasing isn't a specific destination, it's a state.
Always true words from you, but this one spoke to me a bit more than usual. Thank you.
For years I grapple with this question. By the age of 30 I had done all the things my parents measured success by - got a degree, the good job with nice salary, bought a house. It didn't fulfill me at all and there was a terrible longing in my soul for meaning. I've had to learn not to be materialistic after I lost it all to family. Funny irony in there.
The things that brought me the most meaning have been bringing my daughter into this world and unlearning all my parents taught me about what they deemed success. I now prize connection to my new family, learning to live in balance and simple comforts, time with my pets and trips out to the countryside. They mean more to me than all of the other measures of success. It's made me redefine what success is entity.
I went through a similar realization, and for me the bottom line was that my definition of success changed. It used to be titles and salary, and now it's about fulfillment, content and joy. I am still ambitious, but what I'm chasing isn't a specific destination, it's a state.