What does this word mean to you?

[DrierThanANunsNasty]

Might be a bit cheeky but it’s the subject of my dissertation and I’ve found the research fascinating so far. So, fun little experiment (don’t read other people’s comments before answering and give your instinctive answer, don’t think about it too hard!)

What does the word ‘success‘ mean to you?

Achieving your goals

Being a good person, having decent kids and a good marriage.

Being happy

Achievement, doing what you say or to do, attaining what you want from life. More job and career relayed than family and home. Good career, prospects, respect, good pay

Achieving something you set out to do.

So the 'thing' can be anything - be happy, run 5k, ruin someone's day, doesn't matter - but if you get it done then that is success.

A sense of achievement, or pride.

There's lots of unspoken caveats around the 'success measures' of the thing though with these eg the run 5k would probably have - without injuring myself / serious medical issues, in one attempt etc.

Being happy and content in all aspects of your life eg. Work, family, finances, relationships.

Happiness, stability, contentment.

I think it's all relative though... One person's successes won't necessarily be another's.

tosspot aspirations not connected to real life.

Peace and contentment with personal achievements. Being happy with where you are in life.

Fulfilled

@2littlefishes that’s the point of the question (and the experiment and my dissertation), I’m asking what success means to YOU

I think it is a feeling, You have achieved your goals, you are doing well,. For some it,s not living of others but some may think landing a sugar daddy was success.

What was intended to happen happened.

You could be successful in one aspect of your live but not deal sucessful in another,

Getting that 'yessss' moment. Could be from saving money, completing a degree, getting pregnant...it's the culmination of what you have strived for... never mind what comes next.

Aaaand I just read back up and realised that other people didn't interpret this as a "please define this vocabulary item" question 😂 Can I blame my ASD? 😂😂😂

Being happy

Various Big Successes or Little successes - varies for me according to mood, age, circumstances and prior experience.
I might fail to make a successful soufflé but the supper party might still be a success.

Generally positive outcomes for things that matter to me, at any given time.

Currently I would think I’d been successful if I could sleep in this heat.

@JoyFreeCake actually a lot of participants in my legit experiment have defined the word very similar to you!

Succeeding.

Things turned out how you wanted, or at least in a way you were happy/satisfied with afterwards.

Of course it means something a little different to these guys.

That's a relief Drier!