3.27.25: Successful or Satisfied?
I was asked the other day if I’d rather be successful or satisfied, and honestly, these kinds of questions are pretty dumb because they immediately put you in a box. But if I had to choose, I’d pick success. If I have a successful career, am a successful father, boyfriend, husband, or whatever, I assume satisfaction would naturally follow. That said, I don’t really like the word satisfied. It feels like settling, like you’ve reached a point and just stopped. There are much better feelings out there—fulfilled, excited, inspired—that go beyond just being satisfied. Why stop at "good enough"?
