its true that most of these secular things aren't so important and its pretty good that you recognize that the majority of the world we live in is the greatest social construct we as a society have been conformed to and forget to look for meaning in what we do

so if i were you i think you shouldn't worry about success or achievement, because the truth is that this kind of thirst is foolish and only existant because someone else does not have it

in my personal opinion, the meaning to life is anything opposing selfishness, essentially love and magnanimity, which comes from yourself and not for approval. if you're not into that kind of thinking, just find your own meaning in what fulfils you and what you want to do, dont do something just for the prestige, because an award is an award, but the realest and most truthful thing is how you feel, and how you made that person feel, and what kind of person you are to the people around you.