Have you ever felt as if no matter how hard you try, success is always out of reach?

I do. I feel like im moving in parallels to my goals. (academic and otherwise) I can never seem to grasp them.

I try so hard, i sincerely do- and yet time and time again i fall. "Falling too fast to catch myself" is a suitable phrase for my feelings.
It seems like everyone around me is content- and here i am left in the dark, struggling.

Anyway- anyone got inspirational stories? I need some uplifting words from real people. thanks

You need to find something that you can feel strong about and try to succeed doing that. Or maybe your just not happy wiht yourself. Intsead of counting the things you failed at, count how many times you succeeded in doing something.

Innerpeace, thanks for the suggestions.

Alas,
I think the reason for my failure is a result of my own laziness. My goals are pretty realistic...
I know i can do better, i just dont want to put in the effort to achieve what i want. Perhaps success isnt so far out of reach.

I think ive known this subconsciously the entire time, but ive never been willing to admit my own faults. I'd rather blame it on an incorrigible mental default than something i know i can change. Does that make sense?

Anyhow, that mindset is no more. From this point on- i will work. I will work my bottom off until success is mine.

Now that i'm done talking to myself...How was your day?

If success seems so far out of reach, thats eiher because you have an unrealistic goal or your just the kind of person that is never satisfied with what they can do. I know that I never feel that I do enough, in any way, but I also know thats because it is in my nature. I never feel that I have done enough because what i do is never perfect, even though perfection is impossible. I just suggest to either come up with smaller goals or to try to view things differently, see what you DID do instead of what seems to be lacking.