Today’s question is “Do you feel successful in life?”
This is a question that is close to my heart and I have written a few articles on it.
I grew up in India where the idea of what success looked like was defined by the society – study with excellent marks, do a professional course, get married, work, have kids and retire with a big house, car and money.
It has taken me years to unlearn that and carve my own definition of success. Success for me now is peace, time spent with family, mental and physical health, contentment and gratitude. Moving from an extrinsic measure of success to an intrinsic measure has not been easy, especially when the conversations are still around what you earn and where you live.
But I have now reached a place where I don’t place value on the external measures at all. I am successful because I am living a life that I have carved based on my needs and desires. I am happy and content and that is all that matters.