Do swimmers achieve greater career success?

I have noticed here that there are so many different definitions of success, and I tend to agree... That being said, I'd also like to throw out that I bet people are a lot more successful than they think they are- it often seems that people are so busy (sorry for the coming cliche) "keeping up with the Jones's" that they don't take the time to enjoy, or appreciate, what they ALREADY have. And I'm not just talking about money. Success is everywhere and you probably don't have to look very far! In my life, in the last five years I have had no less than 20 traumatic experiences and, according to my husband's law enforcement background, I would have been a candidate for suicide not once, but twice! As you can see I survived, and nope, didn't try it :p Things are starting to settle back down in my (our) life. I am starting to notice that I am very lucky, fortunate, or whatever word of choice you'd like to use. I am very happily married (10 years this August), I have three extremely happy children who we absolutely adore, daily silliness, I have a job I love, a large house (compared to the very small one we started out in), one dog, a large extended family that is happy and healthy, wonderful teammates on WCM, and perhaps the most important- a God and faith that make all of the other things possible. In a word- happiness. Are ther still things I'd like to accomplish? Absolutely. What life would be worth living if you weren't always trying to live it? But I have come to realize that, in my eyes anyway, I am not only happy, but very blessed. So, if being happy and blessed are measurements of success, then, so far, I'm there :)

I have noticed here that there are so many different definitions of success, and I tend to agree... That being said, I'd also like to throw out that I bet people are a lot more successful than they think they are- it often seems that people are so busy (sorry for the coming cliche) "keeping up with the Jones's" that they don't take the time to enjoy, or appreciate, what they ALREADY have. And I'm not just talking about money. Success is everywhere and you probably don't have to look very far! In my life, in the last five years I have had no less than 20 traumatic experiences and, according to my husband's law enforcement background, I would have been a candidate for suicide not once, but twice! As you can see I survived, and nope, didn't try it :p Things are starting to settle back down in my (our) life. I am starting to notice that I am very lucky, fortunate, or whatever word of choice you'd like to use. I am very happily married (10 years this August), I have three extremely happy children who we absolutely adore, daily silliness, I have a job I love, a large house (compared to the very small one we started out in), one dog, a large extended family that is happy and healthy, wonderful teammates on WCM, and perhaps the most important- a God and faith that make all of the other things possible. In a word- happiness. Are ther still things I'd like to accomplish? Absolutely. What life would be worth living if you weren't always trying to live it? But I have come to realize that, in my eyes anyway, I am not only happy, but very blessed. So, if being happy and blessed are measurements of success, then, so far, I'm there :)