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A Birthday Paradox: Is Success Solely About Achievements?
What’s your achievement along with your ages?
Today i celebrate another chapter of life.Today is my birthday and my well-wishers, friends, relatives and colluges exchange birthday greetings.Thank you all.Your well-wishes seem to me often genuine but sometimes i wonder about what exactly are we congratulating ourselves for? Can you give me the answer?
What do you think-our annual celebration is a marker of time passing or a validation of our accomplishments?Birthdays are sometimes linked with your life milestones, ups and downs and personal development.However, the image gets more complex when we delve deeper.
I evaluate my personal experiences with you:Over the past 365 days, i materialized 89 government job exams but fails first round of 87 jobs, second round of 1 job and in the end i was able to get a government job.Is this the only way I can be judged successful?
Obtaining a position in the government is undoubtedly one of my life’s greatest accomplishments, but it doesn’t really give a full picture of who I am.It does not fully consider the untold hours I’ve devoted to upholding relationships, engaging in hobbies, or just taking delight in life’s small pleasures. It excludes the ways in which adversity has steadily helped me grow personally.
