
Luke asked: Does being a success in life require perfection your whole life, or can you screw up majorly, and still bounce back? In my case, I was a good person growing up with above average grades, then in high school I got into partying, drugs/alcohol, and that whole thing and my grades plummeted, and my gpa as well at like a 2.5, however this was towards the absolute END of high school, so I still managed to get into a somewhat decent college, on a scholarship. Then after about two and a half years I managed to screw that up, with a similar GPA of around a 2.6 ish which really wasn’t good enough , at least for myself and my parents, so I went over to another less competitive school and finished with a 3.2, which isn’t too bad, but finally grew up, cleaned up, and learned alot. Went bankrupt from too much debt about 3 years ago lol, and had lots of health issues, which affected my memory and whole life.
All in all, I went through hell. I’m 25 now. Settled down w/someone, and back on track
I just went through alot, and made horrible life choices. I know it’s basically never too late, but people make a huge deal out of even little things like a fraction of a point on their gpa’s and tiny minute things, which in order to be highly successful , counts.
I screwed that up beyond hope. lol.
So what can I do to basically be healthy mentally, and still have a successful and productive life?
Successful people are too highly competitive and smart, and just seem to be out of my league.
But I want to be like them.
If it isn’t in my cards, should I just give up?
Christopher