How do you measure success?

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Muskie dijo:
Have you made it?
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It's funny how difficult it is to answer this question.

If you're at least normal, your life is someone else's version of success. Maybe you have a stable job, maybe a wife, a family, a lot of money, a lot of freedom or some form of a gift at something.

When it comes to personal assessment and you take it all in as a whole, then someone else's version of success might feel like a miserable failure.
 
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How intelligent someone is combined with how much of their goals they’ve accomplished. Success is very relative to what you want in life.

I don’t give a shit if you have a billion dollars if you’re just some boring normalfag retard, people who manage to thrive in extremely niche crafts and environments are people to be learned from and respected.
 
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You have to first define what success is, and for that I recommend meditating so that you can figure out what your own definition of success is, you won't find the definition by reading a dozen self-help books or watching alpha videos on the internet, because it won't be your definition of success.

That can take a long time, from birth individuals are constantly taught to concern themselves over what others want, such as their parents, the education system, the wider society itself, influencers on the internet, etc, so while meditating you're giving yourself the opportunity to ask yourself whether the values and principles you hold are actually your own, or were those just taught to you during your malleable years.

Muskie dijo:
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You'll figure out the answer to that when you're an elderly person awaiting death, when you'll have all the time in the world to reflect on the past 80 years or so during your final years, but for now it's not something you can answer because your definition of success will constantly change during your active years.
 
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Success would be being able to make regular maintenance purchases (such as teeth cleaning or wheel alignment) at any time without having to plan a paycheck around it, being able to life comfortably and be able to afford the things you need to life comfortably, being able to splurge on small things like a new fan or phone charger without worrying if you'll have enough money to pay the bills, and being able to set aside some money for a hobby that makes you happy. Being able to get a good night's sleep every night and being able to eat healthy food that tastes good.
 
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Betonhaus dijo:
Success would be being able to make regular maintenance purchases (such as teeth cleaning or wheel alignment) at any time without having to plan a paycheck around it, being able to life comfortably and be able to afford the things you need to life comfortably, being able to splurge on small things like a new fan or phone charger without worrying if you'll have enough money to pay the bills,
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Let's forget the last part of your post.

You can have all this and yet none of it. Throw in some massive anxiety, addiction or affliction and it makes it all pointless. You could, but you don't, or you do and you don't appreciate it.

Your point of view is driven by bottom of the pyramid needs. Which are not very difficult to meet for some people. But there is a trade off in the higher tiers.

Your version of success is very achievable. So much so it feels like borderline homeless to me. If your version of success is being able to buy a charger without looking at the price, I imagine you live in a cardboard box.

Are you setting the bar low so you can claim success or do you live in a cardboard box?

By these standards, a retard who inherited and lives in a facility is successful no?
 
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