Success

Success to me is when I am able to do something that I set as my goal. It can be things ranging from getting a good grade on a test, getting to know a new friend, finishing an assignment on time or finishing a drawing that I've put aside for a long time. Other people might think themselves successful when they've met the love of their life, bought that house they've always dreamt of or reaching the highest position in a job. However, when you use the word success or successful when you're talking about someone else you're usually talking about a working career, or possibly that someone is successful in life if they have a family and have money. I've never heard someone say "that person is so successful", refering to someone who have finally started to play a music instrument or whatever he or she might have wanted to do.

I set the goals pretty high for myself - if I'd get a grade that to some is a success, but to me one step down in the grading scale, I'd feel that I had failed and I would be disappointed in myself. At the same time, I want to be good at pretty much all the things I do, unless I feel that there is no way that I can be (such as sports), and if I don't live up to my own expectations, I get angry with myself and push myself harder. This is what drives me in life - succeeding in doing the things that I wish to do, and doing it well. It's also my definition of success - I set a goal, and then I achieve it. Sometimes these goals are not about work in any way, but in social connections, such as I decide that I want to get to know someone better, and if I do, I feel that I have succeeded in befriending him or her. It might sound silly, but I quite often have these goals - to change someone's view on me, to get to know new friends... I think my life would move much slower if I didn't have this drive to succeed in what I do.