What is Success?

I recently graduated from UT with a bachelor in animal science with my goal to come home to the family farm.  Now, I thought all was hunky-dory about my chosen career BUT people around me have other ideas.  I get the question frequently, what I am doing with my life or my degree and then the downgrading stares happen! Shocker.  I knew people looked down on my career choice but I didn't know it was that bad.  So it begs the question "what is success?"

  I have been asking myself (a lot) what success is because I have gotten so many degrading stares since December.  After thinking about all the professions that I deal with on a daily basis, I have the answer. It is whatever you want it to be. Being successful as a farmer is getting to where you want, for me it is expanding. But for the cashier at the co-op it might be making it to manager or to graduate to college.  I have found through my time in school that my peers aim to be wildly happy.  They want the dream job, dream house, husband/wife, the ultimate life by their book. That is their recipe for success. 

part of being successful for me is making my mentors proud

My question for you is: what is your definition for successful? Do you consider yourself successful?