My American Dream

A house, a job, and 3.2 kids. The white picket fence. A fancy car. Many people define the American dream in many different ways. It is different now than it was 40 years ago, and even 20 years ago the American dream was different than the way people view it now. A lot has changed over the decades, but one thing still remains true. Anything can be accomplished through hard work. I believe the American dream is to get higher education (whether or not that helps in the long run is up to you), find a career (not a job) that you are passionate about and love more often than not, and the rest is completely dependent on what makes you happy. To say that the dream is to have a family or to drive a certain car is unfair to those who do not wish that for their lives, but just because they don't hold value in those things doesn't mean they aren't living their version of the American dream. That is the beauty of America, we are free to dream the dreams the way we want to dream them. In short, I would say one who has accomplished the American dream is one who has worked hard and gotten themselves to a state in which they are happy more often than they are not. Happiness, in whichever way you as an individual choose to accomplish that, is the American dream in my opinion.