The Importance of Achievements

There is a reason why people on this planet are living. The reason often lies in the individual themselves. Whether we are living to work towards a specific career or living to work towards finding our source of happiness, it is evident that we are always working toward an achievement in life. No matter what country you are from or what ethnicity you belong to, the majority of the human population is constantly working towards improving themselves in order to reach their next milestone in life. Believe it or not, even newborn babies have been working towards their next milestone from the moment they were born. Babies must work towards developing speech, learning how to walk, learning how to adapt to new changes, etc. By learning certain skills or learning new information, you are preparing your body to get ready to reach the next milestone in which you will utilize that skill or information. For example, a senior student in high school will learn an excessive amount of information over the course of the semester. Of course, learning all this information isn’t just going to go  to waste. By learning this excessive amount of information over a short period of time, we are familiarizing ourselves and preparing ourselves for the final exam. But like many other students, the final exam will never be the last achievement we face. Students who continue onto post-secondary education will be faced with evaluations as well. Even those who do not pursue a post-secondary education and go on to find jobs in the workforce are faced with the pressure of achieving that next step or milestone as well. The next step may be to find a higher paying job or perhaps to find a job that will not make your life miserable. This endless cycle continues on and on, and on. The next milestone may be to find a boyfriend/girlfriend, get married and start a family. Even then we are still aiming to reach that next goal in life. It may be work-related or it may be family-related, but nonetheless it is a goal that we are working towards. The cycle of achievements never stop, it is as if the human race was designed for this type of challenge. Perhaps that’s why it is called the human race, because people are constantly racing to reach that next goal or next milestone in life before we die. 

We do not notice it, but achieving something in life is almost a necessity. If someone decides to not achieve a certain goal they have in life or do not reach a particular milestone, people automatically assume that they are a failure. Take for instance a high school dropout. High school dropouts are often unmotivated to continue on in school and graduate. They either don’t see the point in coming to school, or are simply too lazy to complete the necessary requirements to graduate. In their case, they would have not reached their goal of graduating and moving on ahead. They are stuck in the same position and unable to push themselves to achieve that next step. As a result, they may be viewed as failures because they were unable to achieve the goal of graduating high school.

I believe that finding love can also be viewed as an achievement. Many people on this planet have been able to find love, and many others have not. People on this planet live for love. They want to love someone, and be loved back. It’s natural for people to desire love, but what is unique is that we celebrate the achievement of two people finding love. Proposals, anniversaries and weddings are all key dates of special moments between two people who have found love. Society praises them for their achievements in finding love within each other. For those who do not find love and have not achieved the goal of finding a partner, they are sometimes viewed upon as a failure. People may look upon them and assume that they have not done everything in their power to find the ‘one’, when in fact they may have tried their hardest already and were just simply not destined to be with a specific someone.

Achievements are a huge part of our lives, whether we admit it or not. We are constantly working towards a new goal in life almost every day. It’s a cycle that never stops, and that is not meant to be stopped. If it is stopped, there would be no human race.