Keeping Up Appearances

How do you define success in life? Well, let’s be honest. At some point, most of us had much bigger plans for ourselves. We were going to accomplish things. Make our mark on the world. Become the sort of people who have interesting things to say at dinner parties. Yeah, we were going to be people who actually went to dinner parties. Maybe even write a book or run a marathon or do something that would make our parents brag about us to their friends. And then life happened. Now I’m just happy if I remember why I walked into a room and don’t accidentally reply ALL to an email that wasn’t meant for me, but for which I have very strong opinions. I’ve also come to realize that we’ve made this whole success thing unnecessarily complicated. There are books about it. Seminars. Podcasts. Entire sections of bookstores devoted to helping us become the best possible version of ourselves. What I want to know is, who has time for all that? Not me. Sure, my kids are great. My job is okay. I have…

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