Success. This is an issue that I have been contemplating. For me currently in life, it is not a serious issue, but it is an issue. According to the Oxford dictionary, it means "the accomplishment of an aim or purpose". However, I view success a little differently. When I hear success, I think of long term. I think of a wife. I think of kids. I think of an amazing job. I think of an enjoyable life. And that's what I will settle for, nothing less.
The first thing that comes to my mind is getting into a good college. I want to get a job that has something to do with physics, because I love physics. So I would need to major in something that has to do with physics. So for college, I am looking at UMass Amherst, John Hopkins, and like every dreamy high school student, Harvard and MIT.
The next thought that comes to mind when I think of a success, is an amazing job. Like I said earlier, I want a job that involves physics. I am looking into marine architecture. This job seems fun, and it has a decent pay load. According to salarylist.com, the average annual pay is about $70,000. To me, that's success, not just the money, but enjoying the job. I would rather have a job that pays less and I enjoy than a job that pays a lot and I do not enjoy.
I also want an amazing family. This means I want a wife and kids. Honestly, I have not thought about how many kids I want. I want either two or three. And I definitely want at least one girl and one boy. I want to stay happily married, and get grandchildren. I want to have a big family as well. I am not exactly sure why, but I want to have a lot of nieces and nephews. I can already imagine having the entire family over my huge house for Thanksgiving, watching football and feasting. Christmas will also be a lot of fun. So many presents! So many happy kids!
That's my view of success. And that's my bar minimum.
Thanks Zack. It appears to me that you have a very healthy definition of "success." I suspect that this definition of "success" was cultivated by the sense of happiness or satisfaction you feel with your own family. I hope that you are able to realize most or all of these aspirations.
ReplyDeleteThe only suggestion that I have regarding the writing would be to avoid the excessive use of vacuous adjectives. You use the word "amazing" too many times in this post. The word "amazing," the way you use it, has no tangible value. Therefore, you come across as forcing a feeling that your readers do not necessarily want to have. As a general rule, I might try to limit the number of adjectives you use, and instead focus on more tangible details.