Here's A Thought ... On Careers

I was thinking, no one really grows up to be what they wanted to be as a child. Sure there's a precious few, but are they so in love with the dream that they end up hating it...it is work after all. You can only be a cowboy for so many years, the saddle starts hurting your butt.
Furthermore, what if you were something really bad, but you were the best at it...like Satan, or a bank CEO...would you be considered successful? How do you measure success? If you are like a really wealthy lawyer, but hate your job? I don't think that's successful...but if you are a teacher that really loves her job, you are still poor so you can't really be considered successful. No one ever sees a teacher and says "yeah she's really successful". So if we are saying that success is measured by what people's perception is then in theory you could fake success. Example, if you're a mime in the streets of New York...you could pretend to be driving an Aston Martin...wow he's successful. If we measured success in a more tangible way you could fake it too, like one orange represents 5 years of success, I'd just go by a bag of oranges and learn to juggle them...I'd be a show off...maybe I'd throw them at people I don't like...BAH! IN YO' Face...I'm successful. If we could be ANYTHING we wanted to be, I'd be a recluse...and I'd be good at it too!
They'd say "you know she used to be really outgoing, then she chose this career path and never got off...its suits her though...she's really successful". I'm not going to get all fuzzy and say, I guess you have to determine what is success to you and find inner peace...that's a lie perpetuated by the health food industry...I'm thinking you may or you may not be successful and we should start teaching that...the younger the better...No, Phil you are never going to be a doctor...why is that you ask...well Phil, you are a little creepy even for a ten year old...sure pedophile seems like a perfect fit for you, I'll bet you will be really successful, and what's more Phil's parents won't be disappointed. Anyway, I didn't like it...thinking that is.
Disclaimer: I'm in no way equating bankers to Satan, Doctors to perverts, or Cowboys to Gay men...oh alright I am, but stereotypes die hard.