I've achieved every one of my dream so far but I had to change
  my view of success away from "This Is How I Make Money And
  Prestige" into "Am I doing the same types of things I would have
  done were this my paid, honored profession?" If the answer is
  "Yes", then I am a success grin emoticon = Psychologist for
  example. I knew I could do it, but after interviewing a few as a
  teenager, I knew it "wasn't enough". Yet, the urge always
  remained. It was years before I realized I had been doing it all
  along - and continue to - yet I'm more effective "out here"
  because I can do things they CAN'T do. == I* could probably name
  a dozen potential professions I consider myself competent enough
  in as I bet you could for yourself; and there's a great
  satisfaction in knowing, if you had to suddenly take the place
  of a professional in that field, you'd do fine. = Yup - there's
  always 'delete account'! I like a good pissing contest
  sometimes; good for the blood to get it boiling somethings I
  think. I'm not ALWAYS Mr. Nice Guy, especially when someone gets
  my goat, but in the end, I always have fun. =