I haven't always been an overachiever, but I think I've always been achievement focused. I've achieved some big things.
My drive to achieve has led to some remarkable successes personally, career-wise and education-wise. But if I'm honest, it's also driven me to neglect relationships, family, love, leisure, and health.
Being achievement-attached is like being success-driven. An unhealthy focus on winning gets nobody anywhere and requires intense energy.
We get addicted to accumulating achievements—academic, professional, creative. Really, it's just another term for workaholism.
And like anything we do too much of that comes with a side of dopamine, achieving feels fantastic, but coming down is hard. But I didn't become this way in a vacuum.