For me, the exact location of success is always changing, yet how I reach it stays the same. Whether it’s controlling my anger or creating a successful website, there are personal and professional goals I have for myself. Thus if I spend 5 minutes deep breathing or 5 hours writing, to me it’s all a step towards success. It doesn’t matter what I do as long as it’s for the benefit of the bigger picture.
Once you stop measuring progress solely by societal standards, it’s easier to have patience and appreciate all levels of achievement. There is no “perfect”. You can practice all you want, but you’ll never have a time in your life that’s better than right now. Because now is the only time you’ll ever have.
Instead of working towards perfection, work towards personal progress. Becoming your best self. Then anything you do, positive or negative, is a step forward. You’re just practicing how to progress! So build your own race course and set yourself up to succeed by placing as many finish lines as you need. Then when you overcome your obstacles you’ll find success every step of the way.