Yes, You Can Get Paid to Exist Without Grinding and Hustling

We are immersed in a world of hustle and bustle, physically and mentally. We were taught to “sleep when we’re dead” and “work hard” even if that meant working multiple jobs. Day in. Day out.

Those days are over. But only if you want them to be.

Personally, I never identified with hustle culture. Being somewhere I didn’t want to be for 40 hours a week didn’t sit well with me after some time. Working multiple jobs didn’t either. Barely sleeping in between shifts was certainly not it. I didn’t care how others glorified doing so for a bonus check and bonus money in their accounts. I knew this couldn’t be the way.

I was ready to be paid to do the things I loved to do without grinding myself into the mud, treating my real desires like side hustles. If anything, working these jobs should be the side hustles. I was soon introduced to the idea of being paid to exist via social media.

YouTube is filled with videos giving you tips on being paid to exist. Yet, they’re still telling you to grind to build a business and hustle day and night to post, create, and sell.

While I understand the need to take action for your physical goals and that the things above set one up for passive income so one can obtain more autonomy and time freedom, existing doesn’t require exertion or too much thinking and analyzing to attract the money to you. Pushing in this way would still be working, not existing.

Existing is BEING. If that means genuinely getting up each day working on your business, great. But if it’s forced and doesn’t flow, it’s not existing. You’re still grinding to get paid.

Below is an example of a time I got paid to exist:

One day, I went to grab lunch, pretty much a ritual for me. After I paid for and obtained my food, I parked in the restaurant’s parking lot and prepared to eat. A woman walked up to my driver’s window kindly requesting a ride, since her other ride fell through. She didn’t live far away, and I figured it was an opportunity to do a good deed for the day. She offered to pay me to take her home. Something I wasn’t even going to request or require.

There are many ways that you can get paid for just being who you are. However, this requires authenticity and knowing who you truly are. To be meaning BEING YOU, not someone else or something society wants you to be. Go where you want to go. Do what you want to do. Be who YOU want to be. Guarantee, the money and opportunities will find you.

I was paid to exist, doing what I would have normally done on a regular day, not forcing myself to execute. This is getting paid to exist.

Yes, this requires a heightened level of belief. Many think it’s too fantastical and mystic, and that one must bust their behind for money. The idea of being paid and “just exist” may sound too much like a Disney movie to most.  

Elevate your thinking and knowing what’s possible—everything.