Now how does other people's "list" of wants make a difference in your life? You do realize there is no formula for success right? So pointless.
Whoa dude. U've gotta get ur head peppered with a bit of some optimistic-dust. (like fair-tinkerbell-dust)
c'mon now. Life ain't all that bleak is it. Do read some Ralph Waldo Emerson if u everrrrrrrrrr have the inclination.
To me and also to him success is:
*To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of little children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one self; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived- this is to have succeeded. *