How do you measure success? This seems to be an age old question. I once measured it by comparing myself to others. I thought it was measured in how much money I made at a job, how good my grades were in school, what school I would attend, what kind of car I drove, wearing nice clothes, but why didn't I feel like I was getting ahead. Why did I not feel successful? I realized that it was because I was not living life. I was not out experiencing the world and interacting with all of society. I was confined to a little circle of home, work, and school. All of which were not my dream nor my ambitions. Now don't get me wrong I believe that all these things are important, but they were not what I wanted to be doing and eventually I became consumed by my desire to venture out onto the road. Finally, at the end of my lease in my condo I gave away everything I owned and brought with me only what fit in my truck and hit the pavement. Currently, I am stranded in Omaha and although it isn't that bad it isn't where I thought I would end up, but this is where I completely ran out of money. Currently, I am on the verge of complete financial ruin. I have managed to find jobs along the way, but I am in way over my head and have a long way to dig myself out. The funny thing is I do not feel a sense of failure because I did what I have been dreaming of for so long and I threw caution into the wind. I had no plan when I left Orange County, only a vision. It has been an amazing adventure so far. I feel like Odysseus on an Odyssey and I am trying to find my way home, but must overcome obstacle after obstacle before that can be accomplished. Either way I am achieving my lives ambition and that is success even though I am broke.