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What must you accomplished to consider yourself a success?

I must be able to put the word "Writer" on my yearly federal tax form,  and I  need to be married to a conventionally beautiful woman who will bear me two or three children of both sexes, and I need to be able to support them financially, emotionally and spiritually in such a way that I can truly be proud. . . .

mothmc, 35
Pensacola
, FL

Marriage, children, and a very successful career.

Lindsay, 21
Harrisonburg,
VA

If I can go to bed happy and wake-up happy, than I consider that successful. I'm pretty close to being there. There remains some dissatisfaction around the lack of space, time and money to indulge in my two favorite pastimes, crafts and gardening. I would like to have a smallhouse surrounded by a cottage garden that combines vegetables, flowers and herbs. And if I really want to let myself feel unhappy I would bemoan the lack of children in my life.

Cindy, 41
Lowell,
MA

Getting a PhD, personal happiness, and never regretting decisions I make throughout my life.

Amy, 23
Baton Rouge,
LA

Contentedness.

Karen, 20
Marshelltown/Ames, IA

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LET'S SEE NOW.
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Ph.D. BEFORE AGE 3
MT.EVEREST SCALED WHILE WALKING BACKWARDS
PERFORM OPEN HEART SURGERY
DURING RECESS
take care of your health (you know eat your veggies & all that) & your
loved ones. hate to sound like one of the beatles, but all you need is love.Wompa dompa da. [

Doug
Lowell, MA

To live my spiritual ideals perfectly.

Laura, 35
Lowell
, MA

To be loved by the people that matter the most in my life, to attain the job I would most like to have, and to fulfill my own goals and potential.

Nicole
Elk Grove, CA

Be a good husband to my lovely wife Pamela. I want to be with her the rest of my life. If she is happy and there is always passion in our marriage, I will have been very successful in this lifetime. She is and always will be my soulmate.

Kevin, 32
Sugar Hill,
GA

I will be a success when I have made my own film that people actually see and those people actually like it.

Shayna, 28
Somerville,
MA

Because of the jumble of verb tenses, I can't understand the question. I consider myself a success for a fair attempt to survive with grace  and dignity--but I'm not sure this is the answer that is sought.

Jill, 59
Saylorsburg,
PA

`Um...syntactical trouble with the question...will muddle through.  I want nothing more than to be your new God.  Dedicate your prayers to:

Anthony, 24
Baton Rouge
, LA

To know that I have made a few lives easier and even fewer harder. 

Felicia, 34
Somverville, MA

I already consider myself a success for continuing to pursue the things I  find worthwhile.

Alias Irrelevante

Sorry about all the late entrys, I've been defraging my hard drive and it's taken 4 days. (It was a mess)

I will cosider myself a success when I have achieved the goal of world domination (in one aspect or another). I want all humans to bow to me and serve me. I want to instill fear in them and be more powerful than god himself. Or if I got a really good record deal, that would be cool too.

Socrates One
Lowell, MA

I have lived my life in such a way as to find meaning in whatever I set out to do. I never made much money and passed into the 21st Century bankrupt.  However, this is not about a hard luck story! It is about being more excitied than ever about what is ahead in life. There is a seed of greatness in all of us but are we willing to do more and accomplish more. My goal by the end of the 2000 days is to have accomplished what few have done-experience financial freedom. The road will be long and hard, but the fight for freedom in any form is worth it!

Rich, 52
Lowell,
MA

To love and to be loved.

Janet, 42
E. Brunswick,
NJ

As trite as it sounds, a family. I want to build a family which produces successful, happy, loving children who then pass on the values that have been instilled in me by my parents and that I will instill in them. I think that is how we will heal the world and the contribution I can make to it. By raising responsible, loving people

Kathy, 26
Garden City,
MI

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