Redefine Success

Success used to feel like doing more, faster, and better than before.

More productivity. More output. More boxes checked by the end of the day.

But somewhere along the way — between baking bread, raising children, and choosing a slower rhythm — my definition of success began to shift.

Success now looks quieter.

It looks like meals made at home more often than not. It looks like choosing progress over perfection and presence over pressure. It looks like work that fits around family life instead of competing with it.

Redefining success doesn’t mean lowering standards. It means choosing the right ones.

In our home, success might mean:

• A loaf of bread baked even if the house is messy

• Lessons learned around the kitchen table instead of a perfectly followed plan

• Choosing rest when pushing through would only lead to burnout

This kind of success doesn’t always photograph well. It doesn’t always earn praise. But it creates sustainability — and that matters more than appearances.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re falling behind because your life doesn’t look like everyone else’s, let this be permission to pause and ask: Success by whose definition?