What is today's American dream? What does it mean to be successful today? Being successful in this day in age means a very different thing for everyone. With so many different choices in life, everyone can choose a different path.
Being a teenager, I am always choosing a different path, or dream, with my life. Currently my dream in life is to create my own little business, such as a frozen yogurt shop. I realize that this will take a lot of money, so I may have to put in a lot of extra time and work before I complete my goal. I am also not good with math, so this may not be the best idea for me. Without thinking of all the negatives of this, doing this would be my personal American dream.
An American dream nowadays would probably involve making a lot of money. Money is a very important thing. Everyone wants as much money as possible. There are a lot of good and bad ways to make money, but a lot of people these days choose the bad way because it is easier. Society has made people want money so they can waste it on things such as fast food, even though they have plenty of food at home.
Being successful definitely means having a lot of money. Also, being successful means being better than someone else. Society has us believing that we should be better than other people by being skinnier, prettier, more nice, having more money, etc. When you are better than someone else, you feel accomplished. It is just the way people are. Everyone wants to be better than everyone else, but that is impossible. Only one person can be the best at something, so that means everyone else is competing to be the best. Being successful means being the best at something. After trying for awhile and realizing that you cannot be the best, then a lot of people give up. Hopefully people can learn to be as good as they can be and not let other people effect them.
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