Society puts a lot of pressure on us to become successful. It pushes us to do well in school, get accepted to good colleges, and have a great career. These are believed to be the stepping stones to becoming successful. Society believes that being successful will lead us to a lot of money and power and inevitably ultimate happiness.
‘Doing well in school,’ ‘good colleges,’ and ‘a great career’ are all terms defined by society. Society judges what a good grade is, what a good college is, and what a great career is. Society ultimately decides what being successful constitutes. This is where the pressure comes from. We all want to be deemed as successful. Being successful is held by society as a worthy quality, and we obviously all want to feel like we are worthy to society. In order to do so, we feel we have to live up to society’s expectations of what being successful is. We feel the pressure to get at least a 4.0 gpa in high school, to get accepted to all the colleges we apply to, and to have a career that society appreciates and respects, such as being a CEO, a doctor, or a politician.
Yes, society seems to have it all figured out for us. What society does not seem to realize, though, is that the pressure it puts on us to become successful has also created a strain on us. It has led us to adopt unhealthy habits and lifestyles. We focus so much on becoming successful that we disregard our mental and physical health, such as working so hard that we do not allow ourselves to get enough sleep or putting ourselves down when the outcome is not what we want or expect.
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