2007-03-27 17:01:48 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I starting failing miserably around my freshman year of high school and I was 13( I know its shocking a 13 year old freshman)
2007-03-27 17:06:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hello. I guess in the mind of some if you've not got things set well by the age of 35 or 50 that you have failed. I don't look at it that way, though I sometimes think of my life in those terms. Ultimately for me though, one's life is on a journey to BECOME! Though I'm not happy in my life basically, don't have a fantastic job, and the like... I'm still becoming and there's hope. A former pastor once told me don't judge your future on your past and your present. There are potentials, opportunities, and such yet waiting to make their way into our lives... so we must persevere and keep pushing. I often tell myself to just keep pushing, don't stop, and that perseverance equals payoff. That's really true. There are seasons that I find my soul in, yet I must continue so that once better days and times come... I'm still kicking and hanging in. I personally see myself as a late bloomer, that things are happening later than sooner in life for me. I'm not to happy about that, yet that seems to be the mode for my life. So wherever you find yourself friend, just keep on pushing... better days are coming. Peace!
2007-03-28 02:08:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on what you consider success or "making it". For me there are several areas in life that you can look at to evaluate your progress or success. Financial, educational, spiritual, personal relationships, etc. I think at different times in our lives we could stop and see that we are successful in one area and could do better in another. Then a year or two later take a step back and see a totally different picture.
But overall I think that you've made as long as you haven't given up on being the very best you can be and are willing to change what you know could be better. When you quit trying to improve is when you've failed.
2007-03-28 00:19:52 · answer #3 · answered by just me 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What an interesting question.....being an old person, at the end of the third of 3 careers, I never quite thought of it that way. I thought about whether I was happy or not but a success? Nope. So I guess my answer is you've "made it" if your happy where you are in life. If you have a great, fabulous career and your rich and miserable......what's the point?
2007-03-28 00:14:50 · answer #4 · answered by morgorm 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You cannot fail until you quit. So whatever age you quit, that's the age you fail. You can be old and still go back to school or try anything new.... you never fail until you decide to. You can change things and make new decesions all along the way. :-)
2007-03-28 00:10:38 · answer #5 · answered by Sha Sha 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is no definite age to decide if you have made it or not. As I get older my goals and priorities change. The measure of what is success and failure has also evolved. I look to be content in the moment and everything seems to fall into place.
2007-03-28 00:22:30 · answer #6 · answered by ranbhush 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think 30. By 30, you should be educated and working or have a career already. You should also have settled down by then, either married or in a serious relationship. I also think 30 is a good time in life to buy a house and have already gotten a first new car or two.
2007-03-28 00:07:07 · answer #7 · answered by Melanie J 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For some reason age 46 comes to mind. I'm 38.
2007-03-28 00:06:32 · answer #8 · answered by killmylandlord 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glancing at you answers, which I seldom do, I'm compelled to say that shelly63 & ranbhush just about said it all. They are really worth a think. Personally, I don't view my life as "success" or "failure," since these words are so subjective, & we go through so many phases, constantly evolving, that there could be no "absolute" of either, even to you. Age is also irrelevant. I believe that we live to "thrive," & we strive to thrive--in whatever ways these are manifested. "Failure" is an attitude, so is "success."
2007-03-28 01:10:53 · answer #9 · answered by Psychic Cat 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is all based on perspective. How do you determine what failure is. To one person failure means one thing and to another person it might mean something else. Until the day I die, I wont consider myself a failure or a winner. I will enjoy my family, my house I own, my job. I will look at in perspective and see all the good memories. To me that is making it, whether I get that dream job or not or whether I accomplish all the dreams that I have.
2007-03-28 00:15:54 · answer #10 · answered by shelly63795 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋