Let's Re-Imagine What Success Is!

As we sit here in 2023, I think it’s time for us, especially those at a mid-point in our lives, to consider where we are in our lives and what the path before us look like.

As we grow, we are conditioned to believe that the “right” path before us is a traditional path of going to school, getting a job, finding a partner, building a career, creating a family, and living happily ever after. We learn WHAT to do in order to be successful and happy. We are often given many things on the to-do list early in life but then the manual becomes ambiguous when we get to the “happily ever after” part.

The phrase “happily ever after” suggests a perfect, idealized ending to a story in which all conflicts are resolved and the characters live in a state of eternal happiness. This sets us up for disappointment.

Some of us wake up in our late 30s-early 40s and start questioning ourselves and our path - where the heck is my happily ever after?

Even if we aren’t so naive to believe in it fully, there is still a part of us that believes in the story we are continually fed that if we do all the things then life will be good.

What if we got it all wrong?

What if… you are simply chasing what feels like you “should” want instead of what will actually bring you joy?

What if… instead of some formulaic plan for everyone we instead were taught how to connect to our own strengths and how to offer our gifts to the world?

What if… it’s never too late to shift and take action on what will bring you more joy and fulfillment.

Reimagining your life path at midlife can be a powerful way to find greater fulfillment and thrive in your later years. We have many years ahead of us at midlife - change allows for the possibility to be happy in a different way, to find success in a different way.

It requires us to go within for the answers not look outward.

Remember, it's never too late to reimagine your life path and find greater fulfillment and happiness in your later years. A year of thriving is always better than continuing to feel the heaviness and burden of not living a life led by our best Self.

"The most successful people I know are focused on solving important problems and are incredibly present and mindful in their work."— SAM ALTMAN, CEO OpenAI (Creator of ChatGPT)

The Road Not Taken

BY ROBERT FROST

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.

How do we forge a new path forward toward living life fully?

Knowing your SELF.

Turning inward allows us to start a new relationship with ourselves. It allows us to connect to our Inner Daimon/best Self in a meaningful way. This allows us to make decisions that are best for us not based on information for the masses.

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