Success'O Meter !!!

Married by mid 20's, having 2 kids and owning a house by 30's , securing the future on an insurance policy with a stable bank account and having completed a Europe trip - tadaaaaa!!! and that gives you full 10 on 10 on the Success'O Meter of life........ Really ?? Is everyone with that definition and scale of success, happy in true sense ? Also is this list to measure success applicable to all of us ? Once again let me draw your attention to the unconventional route that also leads to success where happiness comes as a bonus. I am in my mid 30's (yay!!) , not married , love my job, traveller with a busy social life and have a GREAT set of friends, I wake up with a smile and sleep with a smile on my face, now this is my definition of success . Doesn't my version of success also sound fun ?? Why do we have to set time lines and milestone set by others in order to measure our own success (rolling up my big poppy eyes).  If you are not married by 30 you are judged and everyone looks at you like something is categorically wrong with you ...duuhhh...if you are married but still don't have kids post 3 years of tying the knot you are given sympathetic and worried looks (still don't get it why ??), when you have one kid you get coaxed to get a sibling for your single child (even if you don't feel the need), If you have 2 kids then you are made to feel the heat on not owning a house (What social dogma..phew !!) and so on and so forth, it's like a vicious cycle . Today nobody thinks of asking me if  I am happy  , but definitely will ask me am I "Married" ? Why is age considered as a time bomb lol. I celebrate life and every year as i grow old i just love my journey all the more . Think of it this way so many around us have given into this whole pressure of getting married to the one their folks choose with right age ,right family, right time etc etc. But what about the right feelings ?? People have been forced to take up stable, well paid boring jobs that they actually hate. For me, I rather marry when I'm 40 and be genuinely happy than marry at the age of 20 and get screwed in my head and heart . I rather wait to have kids till i am ready irrespective of how many years i have been married for , in fact I might just not want to have kids. May be i just want to travel the globe with my partner , dance under the moon , sail on river Nile, eat some smelly cheese on the street of Paris and continue with my high flying job rather than changing stinky diapers at home. All I am saying is success is based on how happy you are in what you are doing and that you are totally enjoying it. The definition of success varies from person to person. It also varies on how each one measures it. For someone living in a palace sized house with no exposure to travelling the world is success and happiness where as for someone its living in a small apartment but globe trotting is the deal maker. For someone marrying and having kids with a well paying 9 to 6 job by 30 is equal to leading a successful life where as to someone else its about breaking the norms and following their dreams. We set our own milestones and time lines based on what we want in life and what makes us happy at the end of the day. Comparing your life with someone else's and this whole peer pressure to follow the mono route of living a life only gets you flustered . I see so many around me who's life seems perfect with achieving all the milestones as per the pre conceived time lines , but these very same people have a tangent of uneasiness within themselves. In spite of being "Successful" as per the social norms, there still seems to be something missing. I say even tomorrow if I were to die i have no regrets and for me that's called success. Ask yourself whats your quotient to success ? Success is not about the depths of your bank accounts it is in true sense the depths of your happiness.