Last Updated on August 26, 2024 by Jan Barley
Making Money is a Game. Your Life Changes When You Understand The Game of Money
In our version of reality, most of us subconsciously believe that we must work hard to make a lot of money. We might anchor onto making a high income by gaining unique skills, such as becoming a cardiovascular consultant or a top-notch lawyer.
But what about if we’re all getting it wrong? How about if making money is really a simple game that few of us know how to play?
What if you consider that taking the most well-trodden path is NOT the safest and may not lead to the pot of gold? The reason is that the “pot of gold” we long for has nothing to do with money and does not make us happy.
Underneath the desire for money is a longing for happiness, security or love, but we forget that in the chase for hard cash.
The road to riches is strewn with anxiety and comes at an expensive cost. Time, health, relationships, and family are often the losers in the game. Society determines the game’s rules; the deeper you get into the game, the harder it is to exit.
Reality Transurfing
In Reality Transurfing by Vadim Zeland, there’s something called the Mirror Principle. It’s easy to understand that we expect to see our image in a mirror. In reality, the reflection we see is not quite the same as others see, as we notice when we see a photograph of ourselves – “How do I look so old!!! Must be a bad photo.”
You created your world; your reality mirrors your thoughts, actions and behaviours. We cannot rely on the mirror image of our reality as a truth because, quite frankly, it is an illusion, though you may fight me to the death to prove otherwise.
The Reality Transurfing book is heavy-going. At 759 pages, it would break your toes if it fell on your foot. It’s not an easy read, though I plan to have another go. Meantime, I’m rereading Transurfing in 78 Days by the same author. It’s a little book with big messages, but you don’t learn the techniques like the BIG book.
Anyhoo, I digress.
Stop Playing the Money Game
I’ve played the societal money game my entire life, and it’s got me nowhere. I’ve never achieved a six-figure income and recently realised I’ve been playing the wrong game.
2023 may become the year I changed the game.
In January, a new CMO made my life hell and four months later, I left the company exhausted, feeling inadequate and with badly smashed confidence. Being in a hypervigilant state for an extended period wreaks havoc on your mental and physical health.
Then, a few months later, I got “let go” by another company despite consistent performance with most of my content ranking in Google page one results and rave reviews from my editor. HQ wanted compliant minions that didn’t work for other clients, didn’t have side hustles, and dedicated their time 100% for a few measly peanuts at the end of the month.
F*** that!
As a widow living in a rental, I had no choice but to go onto benefits. I found a little regular work, but it was writing a few features about dog behaviour, which I love. Meantime, I had plenty of time to think about what I wanted.
During the last few months, I’ve discovered how bloody awesome it is to be out of the corporate game. Despite being freelance, I was still exchanging time for money, and that, my friends, is the biggest scam we all get lured into. I started a done-for-you business that taught me digital marketing and it’s the best decision I ever made.
Believe – Take Action – Result
I’ve been writing morning and evening affirmations for several months, and stuff began happening that showed me alternatives for making money that didn’t involve handing your life over to someone else.
Though I am on the lower rung of my transition into a new money game, what is clear is that I have released the old game. It no longer works for me; I feel so far removed now.
I genuinely believe that making money is a game, and it comes with guidelines, some of which I outline below:
- Do what you love
- Be authentically you
- Make your own rules
- Access creativity daily
- Learn something new every day
- Don’t live by the rules of others
- Believe in your ability to create change
- Identify your money mindset limitations
- Do not trust the mirror of external reality
- Believe 100% that making money is a game
- You can change your external reality by changing your internal reality
- Refuse to participate in the “old” game, or at least recognise you are still in it and take the necessary steps to leave it.
One of the biggest cons of the societal money game is that money will make you happy. It does not. It might make you happy for a fleeting moment, but don’t expect long-term happiness.
Conclusion
In the new game of making money, the secret is to enjoy the process. Yes, you have a goal, but make it a process goal. For instance, one of my process goals is to do something creative daily. It’s non-negotiable because it makes me feel alive and connected to my soul. That might be writing an article, working on a book, creating a video, or images for social media content.
Focus on enjoying the journey. Outcome goals become meaningless when you reach them. You have nowhere to go and may have forgotten to plan a strategy for success. Most people don’t know how to manage success. They feel a churning burn of disappointment when they reach the perceived summit.
Consider thinking about your goal as a road trip. Pack up the camper van, take your essentials and enjoy each day as you visit new places, meet new people and learn new things.
