Sometimes we forget that there's no requirement to live the life society, our friends, or even our family demands. There isn't one narrow path towards success; success is how you define it.
Monetary success isn't the only type of success there is. We're not all lucky enough to have a passion that society rewards with large sums of money. But that doesn't mean it's not valuable.
Teachers, artists, writers, firefighters, police officers, social workers, etc. usually make less money than many other careers, but very few people would argue that they don't add something to society.
Life is short. Should we really spend the bulk of it doing tasks that don't give us life but deplete us of it? Is following our passions and dreams wise monetarily?
Maybe not. But do you really want your life defined by a digital number in a bank account? So many people chase dreams that were never theirs just so they can buy the big house, the fancy cars, and other luxuries society tells us makes us worthy, that equate success.
And yet, the same career is sucking us dry with demanding hours so that we don't even have time to enjoy the luxuries, spend time with our kids or our spouse, or enjoy life because something that was never even our passion has consumed our life. If that's the definition of success, I think I'll happily stay a failure.
Sometimes we forget that the only requirement we have is to live a life of OUR choosing.
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