Why I Stopped Chasing Success & Never Looked Back / We’re told success is about climbing higher, earning more, proving ourselves. But what if that version of success is just another endless race? What if the things we spend our whole lives working toward don’t actually make us happy?
At some point, I stepped back. I stopped following the rules I never agreed to in the first place. And little by little, I started redefining what success even means. Not based on money, titles, or status but on something that actually made sense to me.
This video isn’t about dropping out of society or rejecting everything. It’s about questioning the things we never think to question. The invisible expectations, the pressure to always do more, the fear of slowing down.
Because if the pursuit of success only leads to stress, burnout, and feeling like you’re constantly behind, then what are we actually chasing?
00:00 What if I just stopped playing along?
00:47 Part I: The unwritten rules of life
01:05 Grinding your life away
02:19 The social pressure to always keep up
03:42 How social media controls our emotions
05:05 The pressure to always be better
06:52 Part II: Why I started questioning everything
09:07 Part III: Choosing to live on my own terms
09:36 Rethinking education & skipping college
11:11 Moving abroad & making choices without real logic
12:21 Making work meaningful again
13:46 The trade-offs of a simpler life
14:55 Cutting out the noise
15:53 Why success didn’t change anything
17:40 Part IV: The reality of living on your own terms
18:50 Why I don't like to label myself anything
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