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Challenging The Idea of a Successful & Happy Life | Inspiring Story #30
INSPIRE ME | MY INSPIRED LIFESTYLEREAL LIFE INSPIRING STORIESFREEDOM TO TRAVEL LIFESTYLEKARLETTA MARIE
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A short story about challenging the world's definition of success and creating your own happy life filled with meaning.

The crosswalk sounds the alert to wait. I scan my surrounds. People shuffle past, unsmiling, like a montage of uninspired worker clones from an apocalypse movie; black, grey, blue suits. We are the city workers going about our daily routines. A woman dressed in a red linen jacket rushes past, pushing me aside. She’s frantic, like she's running to an emergency. Perhaps she is.

Beside me, stand three silver-headed businessmen. Two wear grey suits that blend into the glass facade behind them. One of the men, the fatter one, has a black jacket thrown over his arm while he sips his coffee....