Success is my only Option.

I would define the word successful as setting your mind to a goal, mine being to graduate college with my nursing degree, and doing whatever you have to, to accomplish that goal. In the reading of “Thriving in College and Beyond” chapter 3, successful is defined as the means to achieve a desired outcome. Success comes from the Latin root successus which literally means “to follow or come after.” It also tells you that by definition, success involves an order or sequence of actions that will lead to a desired outcome. That meaning the process starts with identifying an end, a goal and then doing whatever you have to, to reach that goal. It advises you that setting a goal is the first step in the process of becoming successful, because it gives you something to push forward to and it ensures that you will start off going in the right direction. To me, setting a goal and pushing forward isn’t the only thing to becoming successful. Obviously, graduating college is a great success but I think graduating and being remembered is actual success, and pushing through all of your hardships to make sure that your goal was achieved. Becoming a part of your school and joining clubs is important and is how I think you can be remembered more at your school, professors and administrators are more likely to remember you 10 years down the line if you were active in the school and participated in things. Other than being the kid who might go to class everyday sit in the back, do their homework every night and have an A average the entire semester. As good as getting the A every semester is, getting involved in your school and achieving your goals at the same time really shows everyone how successful you actually are. Also by setting goals, you show yourself and everyone else that you truly are determined to make sure that your dreams really do come true. And obviously, once your goal, or dream, or whatever you happen to be striving for is achieved, that is the ultimate form of success.