09/12/2026
Success is an interesting concept.
The more I see, the more I try to observe, the more I try to learn from whatever and whomever I can. One of my more recent observations is how happiness comes in many different packages. Some people crave interaction, and human connection, they need to live action packed lives with big social circles. Other people have the productivity bug and just need to be accomplishing and achieving constantly, the kind of person that unwinds with extra work after they’re done with all of their work for the day. There are also those that enjoy the peace and quiet of seclusion. A simple and slow life, low stress, low stakes, and low cortisol. And in every walk of life you find plenty of success, and plenty of failure in building a life full of what people call success.
I often find that people can’t agree on what success even is, we put so much merit behind the metrics we set for our own selves and judge everyone else based on those same criteria. Whether you measure success in life by reputation, financial status, accomplishments, lives impacted, or any other number I think you’re always going to miss the target. Internal happiness is the only metric that I believe truly represents success in life, and it’s completely immeasurable by anyone but yourself. So instead of bothering with what criteria people have prioritized in their own lives, focus on the one thing no one else can measure, your own happiness no matter the package.