Success
suc·cess (s
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n.
1. The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted: attributed their success in business to hard work.
2.
a. The gaining of fame or prosperity: an artist spoiled by success.
b. The extent of such gain.
3. One that is successful: The plan was a success.
4. Obsolete A result or an outcome.
Above is the dictionary’s meaning of “success”. What good ol’ Webster forgot to mention is; pain, anxiety, fear, anger, distress, nausea, crying fits, loss of sleep, loss of friends and family, weight gain, weight loss, hunger, self mutilation, just to name a few.
Success is handed to some by there wealthy white American families, and for others never comes. In the middle is where most of us land. ”The middle class”, which by the way is slowly ceasing to exist. Here’s some statistics you might find interesting;
10 Reasons America’s Two-Income Families Aren’t What You Think
(According to Harvard Law professor and bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren)
- Two-income families today make 75% more in inflation-adjusted dollars, but have less money to spend than one-income families did 30 years ago.
- Two-income families today spend: 21% less on clothing, 22% less on food, and 44% less on appliances compared to one-income families a generation ago.
- Every 15 seconds an American family files for bankruptcy.
- This year, more kids will live through their parents’ bankruptcy, than through their parents’ divorce.
- 1.6 million families will file for bankruptcy this year, 9 million more are already in credit counseling.
- Home mortgage foreclosures are up more than three-fold over the last generation and car foreclosures have hit record levels.
- More than 62% of families say that they worry about making ends meet.
- The average family spends 69% more in inflation-adjusted dollars on their home mortgage than their parents spent a generation ago.
- The average family spends 61% more on health insurance, than their parents spent a generation ago.
- Credit card default rates are at a record high.
