How Do You Measure Success?
27 January 2020
How do you measure success? The simple answer is— you don’t. Success is what you make of it, same with productivity and mindfulness.
I think that everything we do is measured by our own accord. We aren’t all racing to the same finish line, and remember that my finish line could be a lot farther than yours; but that doesn’t mean my experience is any different than yours.
Instead of measuring one’s success on how much someone makes, how many luxury items one can obtain, or how established they are within their careers, maybe it’s time to look at success a little differently.
I briefly spoke about productivity and how I see it after a few years of labelling myself as a “productive” person while starting my social media journey, and productivity is also how you see it. If it makes you happy, then do what you have to do.
The little successes you achieve, if it makes you happy, then you have succeeded. : )
Reflections
I have the opportunity to make a lot of friends, I just haven’t found all of them yet. I can use my social skills to learn more about others and use my experiences to directly relate to them so they don’t feel as if I’m coming from a pretentious place.
I need to pay more attention to my body. Do I want to eat? I should eat. My lips are dry, my hands hurt, and my head hurts. I should start investing in quality skincare products and start drinking more water.
Little Victories & Moments
🏀 Thought a lot about how I grew up watching Kobe Bryant and reminisced on fond memories that I made with my dad (whom I am not on speaking terms with).
🍺 Went to Teikametric’s company party as Micah’s +1, met Travis and Courtney as well as a bunch of others for the first time over some drinks and darts.
🤓 Got a call back from my interview with good news; I finally have a job! I start tomorrow morning.
🌱 Released one of my own written captions for os.japan.
A few things I’ve been indulging in—
👾 Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and Enter the Gungeon
🎶 Loyal, Late Night Feelings, REEL IT IN
✨ HONORABLE MENTIONS ✨
Jenny & Andrew— it was a pleasure meeting you both and getting to know you guys; as well as watching you both perform Renegade the minute I mentioned TikTok!
Travis— meeting you in person was just the same as talking to you through the Slack group and Discord! Also keeping an eye on you releasing your content 👀
Elliott— watching you consistently push out quality and meaningful content is extremely refreshing. Thank you so much for you constant support, I appreciate you!
I hope you enjoyed this little newsletter of mine!
Give me a follow on Instagram or Medium if you’d like to chat or read my work. I also help run a Slack group which is full of people from all over the tech world if you wanted to get some inspiration and feedback on your work. ☺️
Talk to you soon.
— J ♡