Why I've stopped telling myself to 'be more ambitious'

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I recently read that quote in an article inAs a woman, and a woman of color, I've grappled with the definition of ambition.

I've always thought of myself as ambitious — a striver who was always thinking about her next step, whether it was making sure my grades were in the top 10%, or graduating college early , working at a prestigious company, getting promoted, and having a hard-to-achieve hobby. , happiness, and success.

In my experiences, many seem to tie the definition of ambition to one of the following things: where you went to college, how many hours you work, whether you own a home, whether you are a parent, and how much money you make. But if you went to an Ivy League school, or work more than 50 hours a week, own a home, or make $200,000 a year, does that mean you're ambitious? Stauffer writes of a 27-year-old student and parent in Maryland who never had been thought of as ambitious or hard-working as a young adult because she had her son in high school — despite earning her associate's degree and pursuing her bachelor's, securing housing for herself and her child, and working.

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