What Is "The Bubble"? Should I Get Out?

What is "The Bubble?"

From a very young age, we are told that we must go to school. "You must get an education." This is very true. By all means, it would be much more difficult to go on with life without knowing how to read, write or add two plus two together. However, the majority of what we learn in school is predetermined to help us become the sheep that join the workforce. We are told from a very young age what we are going to do.. and then we do it.

You're going to go to the schools created for you, get a job to help line your bosses' pockets, have 2.5 kids and then retire... that is just how life goes. So many people have done this. But what if there was more?

What if there is another way? A better way...

Being in "the bubble" is when you follow what your predecessors decided is the way that life should go because everyone else is doing it that way. Everyone else has done it that way. That's just the way it is done.

Yet, not everyone ends up with a boss, a white-picket fence, 2.5 kids and a mortgage that they can barely afford. There are people who have learned how to "hack" the system. People who have grown to understand that the world can work differently if you work differently. You just have to let go of what you've been taught about the safe little bubble you're wasting your life in.

What is life like outside of "The Bubble?"

Consider these two groups of people for a moment:

In one instance, there are people in this world who buy houses and end up terribly in debt, struggle to pay their mortgage, etc. This is their forever home. The home that they will live in unless it gets foreclosed.

While on the other hand, there are people who buy houses and end up making hundreds of thousands of dollars. This group might rent out the house, they might redo the inside of the house for a quick flip or they may simply just hold it for awhile in order to sell a few years later.

The main difference between these two groups of people is that one group has gotten out of 'the bubble'. The first group bought the house because that's just what you're 'supposed to do' while the other group bought the house because they saw the investment opportunity. The opportunity to make it further away from what everyone else told them they should do.

I want to help free people from the dreaded day-to-day that may include a 9-5 job they have convinced themselves that they love.

I was in the bubble for 25 years of my life and I finally got out. I remember the feeling of being scared to take the first jump out of my comfort zone and try something new. Yet, I also remember the first day I finally found my niche. I look back at the days when I had a traditional job. I woke up at 5 AM every day, made my coffee and went to work. Then, I came home and worked on some things, went to bed and repeated it for the next 4 days of my life. I loved my job. I really did. However, I love the freedoms of getting to choose so much more.

If I want to wake up at 5AM, I do. If I don't, then I don't. I still have coffee every morning but instead of having it to get through the rush hour traffic, I have it because I want to.

Leaving the bubble allows you to have the powers and freedoms to live your life the way you truly want to.

Why has no one told me to leave "The Bubble?"

Many people in your life will most likely tell you that it is basically impossible to make ten thousand dollars a month, yet there are people who make more than that a minute.

Many people might tell you that it's because they're smarter or they had a better start in life than you.. and by all means, that could be true. However, I promise you that to make money, you don't necessarily need to be the smartest person in the room or have a huge trust fund to start. All you need is to get yourself out of your comfort zone.

There's a saying that I have been told about many times. It's about a crab in a bucket. Whenever a crab tries to leave the bucket they were put in, all the other crabs pull him back down. So rude, right?

While we are all aware that none of these crabs should want to be in the bucket, they fight to keep each other in it. Crazy, right?

Well, we only know they don't want to be there because we have seen beyond the bucket - and to the plate with butter that they'll end up on. The bubble is similar. Everyone in this bubble will pull you down to keep you in the bubble.. yet, just like we all know that the crab doesn't want to be in the bucket, I know that you don't want to be in the bubble.

You have a choice. We all have a choice. Every day. What are you going to choose?

Are you going to choose to stay where you are? Just blindly following the same path that many have before you.. OR Are you going to create a life where you get to decide? Take a look at the random teenagers that make videos on the internet and make millions. Look at the people trading pictures on the internet, NFTs, and making thousands. Look at the people in the world that create, write, draw, etc. on their own time because they want to ...and make thousands of dollars.

Do you truly believe the 13 year old that makes videos about snorting milk out of his nose is smarter than you? Do you truly believe the person that bought a picture of an ape on the internet and cashed out is just a genius? No, they just tried something new. They tried something different outside of the bubble.

If they can make millions of dollars making stupid videos, then can't you do something different to make money? Throughout the pandemic, a huge portion of our world transitioned fully digital. Whether it was through a zoom call meeting, an online class, an online store, etc., the world transitioned. Don't be left in the dust or lose your job to an AI robot.

Go create the life that you want to live.

I'll leave you with this final thought: Many years ago, the majority of the world believed the world was flat, while others didn't. Those who said the world was round were called crazy... until the rest of the world realized they were right. Now, we have landed people on the moon, flown instruments into space & started an entirely new era.

Do you want to wait until "the bubble" is globally proven wrong or do you want to start on this new era before your grandkids are running around within your white-picked fence?

Don't be afraid to make a change. Don't be afraid to bet on yourself.