Redefining Success
Success. It's the thing we all think we want; an elusive dream we chase and often feels like we can’t quite catch. For years I believed I knew exactly what success looked like: the dream job, the title, the money, a loving family, and the beautiful house in a gated community. I thought if I could just check every box on that list, everything else would fall into place. But once I finally got to the end of that list, reality hit me with a harsh lesson about what success truly is. To friends and family it looked like I had it all, but inside it felt like so much was missing. It took me a while to realize all the things I had associated with success weren’t making me feel successful at all. In fact, I felt unfulfilled and burnt out. The dream job wasn’t the dream I thought it would be, and all the material objects I had acquired along the way had no lasting impact on my happiness, leaving me with this overwhelming feeling that I was missing something so much deeper. We are often so...