You know when I was much younger and still totally dependant on my parents I didn't really get access to everything I wanted so I thought to myself that when am an adulthood and I start working for my money I would be totally happy and I will get everything I ever wanted without wanting for my parents to give me, I honestly pinned my happiness to financial freedom which is success to me, Lol! You need to ask me what's my view now so that we can laugh together, well for this prompt I would be discussing on Success and Happiness.
I finally reached the stage where I started earning, I started having control over my finance and to me I have reached some certain level of success I have climbed a ladder which should definitely make me happy but I realized I wasn't still happy and satisfied, I woke up every morning yearning for different different things and ending up feeling really empty like I was just going through the same circle with nothing exciting to add, because of how busy I got I lost touch with what really made me happy, I even forget what it meant to be idle or have me time.
I couldn't remember when last I went on a vacation, I was struggling to find my feet in this new evolving environment and so I lost myself in the pursuit of success, some days I would just sit and remember that little me who would eat, sleep, play, go to school and have nothing to worry about and I started asking myself what exactly I was looking further to in this age, because I was earning I had to start contributing to things in the house and many responsibilities climbed me, so you see success is not just about what or how people value you outside rather it is about discovering joy and fulfilment in one's daily living.
Most times success and happiness are combined together as one concept but they shouldn't be because they don't work hand in hand always, success has the ability to bring a sense of accomplishment but take note that it doesn't necessarily brings happiness, happiness is a state of your mind which brims from within you so that's why it can't be attributed to external features.
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