I am 21 and haven't ever done anything worthwhile. Will my life always suck? How can I become successful?

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I’m 33 and I haven’t done anything worthwhile. I’m happy with that. Notoriety is intriguing for me to armchair philosophize about, not interesting enough for me to actually chase.

The most notable work I’m doing and may ever do is to assist in the back and front end development of the website Great Big Story. It’s about as close as I care to get to being directly responsible for making something with a lot of visibility and impact. It’s work that fell into my lap, I did not seek it out.

I’ll be happy if my kids turn out to be way more successful than I am, and I don’t even have them yet. I never used to think of myself as a family man, but nowadays I can think of nothing else.