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It's also very successful if you were a stay home parent and your kids were able to succeed thanks to your efforts.
by avip 8y ago
It's also very successful if you were a stay home parent and your kids were able to succeed thanks to your efforts.
- core-questions 8y agoAbsolutely. There are a range of definitions for successful, but I think in many ways it's best left as "in the eye of the beholder", in the sense that it's about achieving your own personal threshold. If you build a way of life that is sustainable for yourself and provides you with personal and psychological stability for you and your dependents, and if you feel at least reasonably fulfilled in this, you can call yourself successful. If you don't think you're doing what you should be, or think you could be doing So Much More, or that you have wasted potential, then maybe you're not successful yet, even if you're doing better on paper than some people who do view themselves as such.
- swagasaurus-rex 8y agoI have a great many friends that do not have the kind of money and opportunities I have simply due to my choice in a software career path. Even a boring thankless job for me is where many of my peers dream they could be.
- _Schizotypy 8y agoSo in terms of children being successful, are we just judging by reproduction in this case? Wow, such a feat
- thrownblown 8y agotell that to my exwife
- fyfy18 8y agoGiven how many marriages end up in divorce, and how many more must stick together but create a hostile environment for children, avoiding that should be seen as an achievement too.