How Not To Live In The Real World

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This is the second article in the How Not To Series. Read the first one: This Is Why You Will Never Get Out Of The Real World.

“Stop living in the clouds and start living in the real world”

“You can’t travel the world for as long as you like, that’s not living in the real world”

“You can’t be as great as you want, that’s not living in the real world”

“I’m not sure this is such a good idea”

These mantras have been force-fed into your brain for as long, the words have formed meaning behind them, but you don’t have to believe in them.

You don’t have to live in the real world, you just have to keep the following tips in mind to make sure you don’t.

Ignore everything around you

Except the traffic when you cross the street.

Ignore the people constantly breathing down the back of your neck, prodding you and trying to get you to fit into their mindset of what the world should be like and what you are supposed to do with your life.

Politely smile at whatever it is they are trying to tell you and just keep walking.

You can say thanks and I will ignore everything you have just said or just say okay in that vague sort of way. The Chirpy has then gotten a response and will leave you alone for the moment and you can continue doing what it was you were doing before they interrupted you.

Find out what you want to do

Most people living in the real world don’t know what they want to do with their lives, that’s why they go to the real job in the real world every day, because they haven’t found what they are truly passionate about.

Spend some time thinking about what you truly enjoy, what you would do if you didn’t have to go to work everyday. How would you spend your time? What do you live to do on the weekends?

Do everything you can to live your dream

You have found your dream, now go and do everything you can to make it so.

If you want to travel the world, start looking at the different ways you can travel around and where you want to go in the first place.

Want to make million dollars – start reading how other people did it.

You want to get out of the real world – keep reading this blog as I tell you how I did it.

Ignore what everyone else is doing

Not only do you have to ignore what everyone else is saying you have to ignore what they are doing. This is aimed the people in the real world, don’t ignore the people that are living your dreams otherwise you will miss important lessons.

But the people in the real world don’t matter. It doesn’t matter what they are doing because you are not them and they are trying to do something completely different to you.

The sooner you learn to focus solely on what you are doing in your life the easier it gets to do what you want to be doing.

A lot of people live in the real world, but just because they do doesn’t mean you have to as well.

Just look at how unhappy a lot of people are with their life, they live in the real world.

Do you really want to be one of them?