What does success mean to you?

[peachesleamons]

I'm in my late 20s. I'm not happy or unhappy. I'm content but unexcited.

I just have no idea what success looks like to me. I am doing what was once my dream job but now has lost the excitement.

I earn a salary that gets me by but isn't an enormous amount. Will money make me more excited?

What does success mean to you?

Success?

All my children settled, happy, living their best lives as adults.

That's my success.

Being happy with wherever you're at and not always needing the 'next step/ next big thing' once you're content with yourself as you are without a career, property, car, money, looks that's success.

Your interests change as you get older. You may just be drawn to a different experience work wise now. Maybe try some volunteering or charity work for the fulfillment/ satisfaction you're looking for.

I guess success for me is to feel fulfilled…. To achieve that means I need to satisfy my curiosity and achieve positive outcomes. I need a career which enables me to solve problems - then I can unpick what’s going on/learn things and fix it. I’m not at all motivated by money, even if I had millions I’d need a job or hobby or something which would enable me to learn new things and ‘work stuff out’

From what I’ve observed in other people, not a lot of people are motivated by money once they have enough to live comfortably on…. It’s mostly other things like learning things, or achieving something or ‘winning’ or helping others etc.

maybe unpicking why your dream job was your dream job could help.

For me right now, it's largely career, financial stability and a happy family.

To me a successful person is one who lives a life that is satisfying to them and which doesn't cause undue harm to anyone else.
Recently a friend who most people would consider to be financially poor , told me that she was very happy with her life. That's success in my book.
For some it might take a high salary or a statusful career but for others those things drive them but don't make them happy. That's not success.

Look up Maslows hierarchy of needs

@Habada i'm familia with this and I think I'm striving for self actualization

Achievement of any kind - from major negotiation to not leaving the shopping list at home again. Happiness is key, yours and DCs