Prompt: Chris McCandless rejects a traditional path of success and instead defines success on his own terms through freedom, experience, and personal meaning. Reflect on what success means to you at your current stage in life. In the response, explain how success is currently defined (grades, college acceptance, achievements, happiness, etc.) and where those ideas come from. Then, consider whether that definition truly reflects personal values or if it is shaped by expectations from family, school, or society.

 Prompt:
Success to me means quite a few things right now. To me it means having good grades, being better at basketball, trying to be on my phone less, eating healthy, and having an active social life. I am not currently successful in all of these categories, but I try to make small improvements over time. These criteria reflect partly my personal values (being healthy, social, and better at sports) and also the expectations of society and my family (good grades, on my phone less).

Summary:
Today in class we made connections between the book and our lives.

Reflection:
It was difficult for me to relate to some of the stories.

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