This has varied throughout my life, when I was young I thought that success was to have the best grades in my studies, to have properties and money in abundance, this concept is very immature and was the one I kept in my thoughts until I was 25 years old or so.
Then life taught me that it was not so easy to get my ideal of success so it was changing as I reached maturity, I began to look for an ideal example of success among the people close to me, none met my expectations so I continued to be happy reinforcing my self-esteem and I forgot about this concept as such.
The closest people to me that today I consider successful are my grandmothers, both with ages of 91 and 96 years are alive and healthy, this is a success without a doubt, they were independent women who worked at home and outside the home, raised more than 10 children each and all their descendants are good people, without vices, hardworking and professional. So they are a good example of success for me.
However, success is unique and particular as people themselves, there is not the same success for two, that I see in my grandmother successful people does not mean that I have to look for that same success, nowadays a woman with more than 10 children is not a reflection of success but of carelessness and irresponsibility. Everything changes with time, even this concept in society. So success for me is:
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Being healthy in mind, body, and soul.
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To live to the fullest, enjoying the simplest things in life.
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To live in peace and harmony with other human beings and animals.
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To have someone to love and be loved.
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Everything else, such as food, material goods, travel, comes in addition to acting well.
What does success look like?
I see myself successful being a happy woman, who feels satisfied to leave something positive in others in her path, who lives to the fullest without thinking about what she did not have or will have. Living in the present.
How can you get there?
Breathing, seeking wellness, maintaining my health, doing what I like to generate income, contributing to my family, friends, and acquaintances in any aspect.
To be more concrete it would be to do:
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Exercises
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Meditation
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Relate assertively with others
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Work on what I like
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Enjoying nature
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Finding daily motivation
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Gratefulness
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No future expectations
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No remorse for what was not
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Living in the present
