It’s Up to You to Create the Life You Want, Not the Universe

Stop, the Universe isn’t going swoop in and do the work for you.

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Do you know what would be great? If I could look up to the sky and scream, “Universe, please help me make money!” and then a wad of a hundred dollar bills would smack me in the face.

I’m sure thousands of people believe such a thing can happen — not the money falling from the sky bit, but the idea that they can ask the Universe for help and they’ll get what they want without putting in the work.

Well, I’m sorry to break it to you, but the Universe doesn’t exist to give you what you want.

She exists to guide you and help you get what you want. In other words, the Universe works alongside you, not for you.

I’m the idiot who was basically looking to the sky and begging for money without taking action.

I wanted to make money — outside of Medium, and I kept begging the Universe to create an opportunity for me.

The truth is, that can happen.

One time, also during a time I needed money, my aunt called me up out of nowhere and said she’d pay me $50 to help her with something relating to her business. It was the quick opportunity I’d been looking for, but shit rarely…