Are you ready to quit the American dream?
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Are you ready to quit the American dream? Or are you bringing stinking remnants of that dream with you everywhere you go?
I'm seeing a lot of people leave the US to leave the toxic parts of America behind, but accidentally bringing "the dream" with them.
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“The American Dream wasn’t designed to make you happy.... the American Dream was designed to keep your working in a capitalist system” 👏🏽
It is what it is. Thanks for watching.
Its to enslave you and everyone who is working.
And to keep you working and in debt!!!
💯!
I am not an American lmao But this so called American dream is worser then communism.
A man is an OPTION not a DEFINITION!!! We do NOT need a man and children to define US.
Say that!!
@Deonne Blair--thank you for saying!
@@filmfestivalradio1 You're welcome! I heard it on a court show I watched and that phrase has been burned in my brain. I wish more women realized and embraced this!
It's a statement I will keep in mind and share!
Amen sister
Fell down the first two rabbit holes just like you, Shida. Making my moves to quit the teaching rat race. Was telling someone today how I have NO energy from being burnt out and she just refused to hear and so I’m done talking to people who have no interest in really living. I’m ready to live!!!
😄❤️
Yes to moving in silence!
💯💥💫
Teacher as well and it’s draining after 20 years and the lack of genuine support. I’m ready to prepare for my full life!
@@delle3955 💪🏾 Let’s live!
Thanks you for this. I don't think I could have articulated this concept any better. As a Jamaican-American woman. I often take reflective stock of exactly what the hell I'm still doing here. I'm pretty accomplished...Ph.D., home owner (with no mortgage), RE investor, blah blah blah, but I'm friggin stressed. After decades of vacationing in Mexico, my plan was to move when my daughter went to college last year. Best laid plans are to be laughed at. Two years ago my mother was diagnosed with dementia and blindness , so I became her legal guardian and my daughter decided to stay home for college. For the last 2 years I've been fighting depression and anxiety. But, in January I took a trip to Cabo for my 50th birthday and it reinvigorated me to get back to my plan of moving to Mexico; now with my mother in tow (she turned 91 this week). I refuse to continue to live this propaganda of the "American Dream" any more. God willing, I'm half way through my life, and I'm ready to unplug from this American matrix and get back to enjoying and being appreciative of life, nature, that beautiful sunrise and the warmth of a welcoming culture and community. See you soon Mexico!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your story. Would love to hear about your progress in the future with moving. One group of people I don’t see stories about (that I would like to) are those that dream of moving abroad but have a dependent parent in the US. This is very inspiring that you plan on bringing your mom with you.
Unplug from the matrix, sis and enjoy real life. Love and light to you.❤
You have no idea how much I feel you on this. We have been bamboozled. "Damn" to NOW allow yourself to change your trained BELIEFS. I am now approaching 50. We all have different tools in our bags. Those with academic education tools and resources and those that may not have the same level of tools. But we all were attempt to eat the cheese 🧀 off the trap. But its just mental TRAP. WE WILL BREAK FREE. Peace and Blessings Always
jpep3..Your story sounds similar to mines. I too took a trip to Cabo to celebrate my 50th birthday last month and I felt so free! The moment I hit the airport to come back to the US my whole mood changed. Cabo has been on both my husband and my mind since we left. It's most definitely time to get out of here. I don't like this place at all.
@@jadexplores2100 Thank you for your kind words. I'll make sure to keep you updated. I just returned from exploratory trip and whew! Plan now is to rent an Airbnb for 3 weeks to a month to find just the right place. With snowbirds returning home, the rental property market is starting to open up. I don't regret my decision AT ALL!
I've always felt that the American Dream was about how much debt you can get in. Which ultimately chains you to the hamster wheel.
But do YOU hold the key to the lock 🔐 on the chains
Say that!!!!!!
I wouldn't necessarily say debt but possessions, education, etc. (:
AGREED 💯
Exactly!
I regret finding out too late that there's no such thing as the "American Dream". It's most definitely a nightmare - an endless hamster wheel of playing catch up and keeping up. The last time I felt genuine peace, calm, and joy was when we were in Mexico foe almost a month visiting the husband's family. I can't wait to make it permanent.
Never too late sis!
*It’s called the American Dream-because you have to be asleep to believe it.* and you can say that about the whole world, our world has owners, they own you and me and everything else, every 146 countries are in their pockets, they control it all, and It’s never going to get any better, don’t look for it. Be happy with what you’ve got.
Because the owners, don’t want that. I’m talking about the real owners now, the BIG owners! The Wealthy… the REAL owners! The big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions.
Forget the politicians. They are irrelevant. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice! You have OWNERS! They OWN YOU. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought-and paid for-the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.
They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying, lobbying, to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else, but I’ll tell you what they don’t want: --- They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That’s against their interests. That’s right. They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table and think about how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 70 fucking years ago. They don’t want that!
You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shitty jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it, and now they’re coming for your Social Security money. They want your retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends ---- How many Billions dollars signed by Trump himself just to throw on other 3rd world countries to spread the demoncracy??? ANd their own people in America sleeping under the tents on the streets because they have no available jobs for them, hard times, new world order, tyrant *goddamnsonsofbITCHes*
Thank you for the shoutout! Nothing like a good ole CZcams rabbit hole to inspire a rant lol. Great points in this video btw, I'm subscribed and ready to see more!
Yep, childfree all day with no interest in changing it. I love my freedom. People, especially women, need to stop trying to live the life others think you should have and live the life you want.
I did the American dream thing, husband, kids, house, cars..etc. Now that I am closer to retirement, I am free in my mind and financially. I am happily divorced....and the wrong mate is a disaster and walking away is the best decision I ever made. I have the travel bug, and I've managed to live and travel to places mostly in the US that I wanted to live in and travel. The key is freedom in your mind and in your wallet. Thank God, I am healthy and while I am still in America, I stepped out of the rat race. It's called no TV, I enjoy reading and doing what I want. Some folks laugh at me and say I am in a bubble. Well it's my happy bubble, and I am not influenced to buy..buy..buy and get more, more, more...I am shocked at how much money the folks around me waste on buying stuff...I have never fit into the America, and now I am finally free to be me...look out world here I come...oh and I went to Exodus summit...a lot of like minded sistas..loved it
Yes to the bubble life! I’m in mine too!!
Lol you’re the one who escaped the bubble
I love Tim's videos!! I left my job over 3.5 years ago and have zero desire to return to the So called "American dream" no thank you!! i have a new dream, called not working for anyone else ever again and relocated to Colombia!
Congratulations!
How were you able to do that? Did you have to save up a lot of money? Did you marry? Or were you able to do it single
@@TreeofLife_111 yes i was single.. i worked and saved.. and volunteered all over the wold before staying in one country
@@SaraBurdick so it can be done!!! I’m currently working on becoming a nurse so I can finally afford my passions and not have to rely on another man. Thank you for responding! I’m very encouraged
@@TreeofLife_111 it can 100% be done:)
I always thought I was lazy until i found your channel and others like it. As a daughter or Mexican immigrants. We come here to work and bust our butts yet my culture is also very much into making memories and enjoying life. The clash of my cultures. I quickly realized I’m just not into the American dream, I don’t want to just go to work and come home and spend all my money on a house , sounds so boring. I’d go back home to mexico and would just be happy in my zone. It felt like I was in a way disrespecting my parents and all the hard work they did to get to this country to work hard for us the kids. Now I see that being born here I have a chance to work SMARTER not harder. I can set up my investment portfolio, I can buy investment properties and dont ever have to live in them or be attached to them. I can also work online from home and not break my back like my parents think they have to do. Thank to you and other. I’m setting us up to win and not have to work until we die.
“The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it."-George Carlin
What is maddening for me is that I moved abroad at 23 to japan and then lived in l.a. doing music and an easy job. However I then messed it all up and went to law school, got in debt and have been crawling out ever since. Now im 39 and im like man...can I ever escape again
I’m a 56 year old single Black female physician. I never got around to getting married and having children and I don’t regret it. There are so many positive aspects to being single. I’m not against relationships but I’ve had so many bad ones in the past that I’m content being alone.
I'm 27 and my feelings are the same. Society severely underestimates the "cat lady" lifestyle. Ain't nothing sound like a better time to me than living on my own, drama free, debt free, caring for some fur babies, traveling, and living my best life full of independence and freedom. When you love yourself you're never lonely.
I’m 44 single no kids never married and I’m slowly arrived at being ok without children. It’s been a slow death to a dream..hoping I’ll gain full peace soon!
@@danicoleb5394 whenever a toxic dude tells women to enjoy their cats and wine I think don’t threaten us with a good time
Me too Sis.
Ditto!!
I quit the rat race 13 years ago and moved to Mexico. Cheap living, no job, no worries. I love it here.
I wanna do the same but need good internet for work
You genius ❤
You. Betta. Preach. I had the wrong man and it derailed me for a long season of my life. But I’m grateful I have been able to bounce back!
Great! 🙌
Two more things; 1. I’m hanging on to my house even when I emigrate because 1. I’m retiring early early and retirement 💰 will be pennies. If I keep my house, it could be worth several more 💰💰💰 in a few years and that’ll be my “retirement money”. It’s only decision that’s stressing me out.
2. I AM searching for property where I’m going but not to “build wealth” per se I’m an introvert and homebody, and just like owning where I live. ❤️
Anyone owning rental property while abroad should ensure they are getting good solid property management that's really in their corner for maintenance. For example toilets, some will charge for a brand new toilet installation when it only required a pull chain and many will do this to pad the bill and raise their profits but not the property owner's.
@@marcushennings9513 Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it.
What I'd say to your #2 is simply to be mindful of where you're going, if that's the case. There are many "cheaper" countries that will not allow foreigners to own real estate or businesses. Obviously, there are so many places where that won't be any issue but just make sure you do your homework on whichever country you're traveling to.
American Exhaustion
omg soooooo true, the "dream" is just a nightmare! work more, make more, live in "the right" neighborhood etc. Im wrestling with all of this at the moment, ughhhhh!
Just here to say that green looks so beautiful on your skin. 🌻
I cringe when I have to do a yearly self appraisal on my job I’m done in two more years. Leave me alone!!! 🤬
Working in America contributes to a self-devaluation of your existence at the expense of making others wealthy. Ones life, which is precious, should be predicated on self worth. Reflect upon all the not so hidden gifts and perfections that make you who you are. Most if not all Employers are tyrants. They don't care one iota about you, that is a reality a lot of us fail to want to comprehend. Chart your own path. Be strategic with your time and use employment as a stepping stone and not as your finality etched in stone.
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Love this! I'm so tired of corporate America, and I say this as I'm studying for a certification to get me to six figures. 😏 I'm giving myself 5 years, and I'm leaving. I wanted to get married once upon a time, but I've never wanted children, so marriage didn't happen. All I can say is peace over everything has been my mantra and has served me well.
I'm moving to Mexico in 2023. No more chasing things that are causing more debts. I see you as a trail blaze & I love you and your spirit for it.
Thanks Anthony. Congrats on chasing your dreams! 💛
@@Roshida I've always wanted a partner who thought out of the box. America is alie I saw as a teen. You give and get very little or nothing in return. Being black I even fear the police I see on TV.
💯! All the best for you!
I have lived the American dream and am on the backside of it. I retire early in two years and I am exhausted from America especially American racism.
My kid is almost grown and I will have a decent pension. I just want to wander the world (to be honest by myself) for a few years.
sista, I'm giving you a standing ovation right now! straight to it! thanks for always being so straight forward, because others have always been trying to "put this gently", which usually does nothing but make us second guess ourselves and our decisions..BRAVO!
Sometimes buying property abroad is for the Golden Visa (e.g. Spain, Portugal).
Agreed. But sometimes it’s not!
I’m crying I watched all 3 of their videos ! Now I’m watching yours lol this is a very interesting topic.. I’m a immigrant from the Caribbean and back home the American dream is the ultimate dream but they don’t know the real struggle! The American dream is a propaganda..
Facts.
The gameplan is to
-Come to the U.S.
-Make that $$$.
-Send it all back to your homeland.
-Get Out!
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Good chat Shida. This topic resonated with me and I felt a shift in my decision making these last two years. I have recognized the “American brain washing dream” that society puts on us even though I have lived in this brainwash fog myself for years. Nice things are nice, but why more and then upgrade to more; ugh. I no longer want to trade my health and mental health to impress my friends and neighbors. I am out of the race in two years and it’s all I think about; I am now excited about the future and can’t wait to see all the diversity that awaits. I grew up poor, but I created enough to stop and enjoy the rest. I am grateful for my work, but I’m ready for something entirely different. Thank you for your thoughts on the subject.
Just watched the CNBC video... Outstanding! I think it's so cool that you get to speak on your journey and what true freedom looks like. I enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching and joining us over here! 💛
That word about being with the wrong man is truth. And you can be with a GOOD man yet the WRONG man cause he killed your dreams. Many women are happily married yet forever resentful. Randall and Beth from This Is Us is a prime example. Randall was a good man but killed his Beth's dreams for a long time. Some times I wonder if marriage is worth that risk?
I’m 40, no kid’s no wife, plan on staying that way all my life.
With the quality of women out here today, i cant say i blame you. No offense to the content creator. Me personally, i wanna have at least 1 kid before i turn 40 but i see where ur coming from.
I’m honored!!!!!!!!!! You and Stephanie are the reason I’m going on a gap year in June. Thank you for showing black women a new life that we never knew existed 💙
I love watching your journey! Keep walking towards your dreams. 💛
Upward mobility and financial freedom is the American Dream!🇺🇸😎
HELL YES OVER IT !!!
Trying to get off the wheel with a partner that doesn’t see the vision can also be so hard.
I'm over here CRACKING up at you and these face expressions its the sad truth.. The belief systems are so crazy! BUT are so real.
I have just gotten back from the Africa and actually feel like I am in the Twilight Zone. What I have realized 😳 its really about honoring thy self. You made some really great choices in the beginning 👏 of your life and investments. That may have giving you a really good foundation to move with and then say to yourself shit I can stay. Most did not. They want out of the illusion. But don't realize they have options 🤔.
Peace and Blessings Always
100%
Preeeeach!!! Single and no kids here and I want to get off this hamster wheel!!
Shout out to ma boy Tim! I have been a loooooong time subscriber, he has excellent content for anyone who is tired of the mainstream BS!
Love your hair!
Why is it that single women are smarter? They just know better. Good for them, I'm learning to break away from that traditional mentality that if you don't have a spouse or family that you can't be happy or are not good enough. I wish I knew better before I got tied up with someone. Lol.
Ooh Roshida you touched on some points that's gonna trigger some people 😅 but you definitely brought up some thought provoking questions for many of us to reflect on. Very necessary to think about our motives. Great video! Btw I love Timothy Ward. He speaks my language of unconventional living.
American dream does not exist anymore.
You look great. You're glowing 😊!!!
I’ve been ready
We all were sold the same thing. You gotta have a house, car, etc. by a certain age or ur looked at as a failure. Truth be told, those things can be taken away from you at any given time. That home that many folks think they "own" can be taken away if they're behind on their mortgage. I had a car last year & it got taken away from me all in 1 traffic stop so in actuality, we really dont own anything.
You also forgot about the horror of eminent domain....
Excellent video as always. I'm also thinking of leaving my job . I'm 50 and I think I have enough save but, because my pension will be double in five years everyone is pushing me to stay. I'm not happy.
Work all the options in that 5 years. What is required from you to gain that double amount. These are some questions to ask your self. What is actually that amount? What are your expenses that are necessary. Personal time ,vacation time, Part time work. Basically be creative in the navigating this system. But honor thy self
Peace and Blessings Always
Just my five cents. I am also over 50. Life is finite and how many years have we left. We don't know. Even more important how healthy and mobile are we in these left years. I happily retired early. Yes, I was able to. It always depends I know. Wish you all the best.
@@CZcamsFabLifeOfJan1 I’m with you. I really don’t feel like it’s worth it to leave before 55, but just turned 50. So gonna work hard at hanging in there if I can cause then I will definitely not have to work again. So let’s make it happen sistah!
Wow! This video is right on time! It's so hard to get out of the American Dream mindset, but I find it's even harder to get other people to fully understand those who desire to do so. I think that lack of support through encouragement really holds many people back. I've learned, bad or good, "When we buy the opinions of others, we buy their lifestyle." I'm so glad I'm able to grow my courage from your journey and your videos. Thank you Shida!
I was literally watching the video by Timothy Ward before this one 😂 I guess we are all going down the rabbit hole.
I agree I’m at the point in my career that I have achieved everything I wanted to achieve in my career and I’m not motivated to do more. At this point I’m focused on building what I need to have to stop working in the next 5 years.
SAME i thought i would jump back on the wheel, and no way in hell am i getting back on that wheel.
Rock that hair Ms Shida 👍
For me, i was working all day and still broke. Paying for nothing.
We have slipped down the same rabbit 🐇 hole 🙂🥰. Love your take.🙏🏾💯
I love your natural hair! So pretty girl!
I love your delivery and tone in your videos.
Me too. Love her vibe
Thank you for putting me in check😭😂😭
Love 💘 this message! I'm not a hamster 😤. I'm so over it! Checked out
Crazy, I just watched the first 2 videos this week. And I watched you on "Making It". I'm so over the American Dream. I've felt like this for the past 5yrs or so. It's getting bad at this point.
Thank you for digging deeper! Love your thoughtful videos. We are so programmed that we don’t even think about what we really want
This is pretty much something everyone should hear in my opinion
Ive been over the American dream since I started
New subscriber here with you Shida....jumped off of Stephanie's channel (bing marathon) 😀 Thank you so much for your guidance and wisdom. I've declared that by the end of 2022, I'm retiring (at age 56 yrs young), from Academia and moving somewhere out of the U.S. (TBD) and start my Holistic Health practice journey. My newest dream is to share the YT screen with an interview with you and Stephanie on my journey as an Expat....living my best life! Blessings...🙌💞🙏
Thank you for this video.... So many light bulbs popped on...
Thank you for not asking for likes and subs!!! The only thing about this is, we need money and a place to live. I can’t figure out what a good alternative to this is. You did a nice job by the way, enjoyed your presentation.
Thanks for watching! And it's hard to find an alternative within the system.
We do need health insurance though. And it’s a huge factor that keeps many many Americans running on that hamster wheel considering the cost of health insurance here and how much it is tied to and typically offset by employers. (And it’s also the reason why I am totally open to leaving the US.)
I love your hair!
Love! It's the unapologetic for me! Let's continue to normalize living the best life for us..singe, married.. whatever we choose
Great work, love you Shida!!!
Greetings from Germany 🌻👋
The video from The Upgrade hit me so hard!!!! I have not related to a video so hard in such a long time. It was so good!!!
I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH for being so brave, bold, and HELPful!!!!
I wish I were confident to wear my hair like that.
interesting. I felt the American Dream the most as an Air Force brat....from birth until 22. I lived in Germany twice and loved european travel. My mom is Jamaican and my dad is Cape Verdean. Fast forward to George Floyd. Now its America the nightmare. I've detached. My kids are grown and my goal is to relocate abroad and use the US for investments only. I've been semi retired for 8 years and will continue to work in my own businesses until death. I like "my work" in "my businesses" with people that I like, etc. No corporate. As less stress as possible. I married the same man twice and divorced him twice. I like being on my own. I love my family. My ex and I get along wonderfully. I will never marry again. This American Experiment is exactly what it is....an experiment. My life and my family's future is to important to be left to a dream I didn't create nor a constitution which does not include my skin color. I'm done!
Becomes one BIG NIGHTMARE!!!
Thank you thank you thank you this is one of the most realistic giving up the American dream video that I have seen. Thank you, I'm seeing that some people simply don't want to do anything and exist and money come and that's not reality anywhere on Earth.
My version of giving up the dream has been going to part-time and cooking almost every meal at home and doing take out twice a month instead of 5 and 6 times a month, severely limiting my Amazon purchases, finding free events in the city instead of paying for events.
I find part-time to be tolerable and even the worst job is tolerable if it's only part-time. Lol
OR do what many others are doing. Replace your full-time job with 2-3 side-hustle streams of income AFTER you become debt-free. Then you can eat out the same way you doing now 😉
You and Stephanie Perry are preaching this week! I love it!
Thanks for watching 💛
My American dream is to know.....where you got this sweater???? It's lovely.
Young Lady, you smacked me right into reality with this one!!! It's like you were looking into ME! You freed my mind today...now my butt can follow. Didn't realize I was doing exactly what you were saying. Bringing the hamster wheel with me!! Wow. Thank you.
I’m looking to make my big move to Chapala Mexico next year. I only thought of buying for the security. I’ve read stories of folks getting kicked out once they fixed things up. Scary…. But I am rethinking that now. Prices have really jumped in the last year and are way inflated. Renting is a way better option now, plus would make things simpler for my estate if something happened to me, I would guess. Still need to research how that works. ( I have two doggies and want to live in a house.) If you could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. 😁. Thank you for this video!! 😘
Tim is a great resource! I never had a career anyway, haha!
I love your hair and that green color looks fabulous on you sista!! Great points you brought up. An American mindset is quite complex.
I’m so glad I found you and your channel. I saw that video and almost broke my neck nodding in agreement 🤣 You like myself and others let YOUR dream become the vision. I love it. I’m right there with you!!!
You said it so well and so truthfully...thank you
I literally watched those 3 videos in that sequence last week!
Great group of ladies! Loved the willingness to share.❤
Great chat! Appreciate your candor and perspective sis! Peace and one love ❤️
PREACH!!!! Get outta my head, lol
Appreciated your thoughts and perspective!
#oldlife #livecarefree #explorer the dream is a mass delusion and once you wake up you don't want the delusional life anymore.
The stuff about picking the right person...solid gold!
You are so brilliant!
"The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can’t are both right."
I love all three of the channel's mentioned❤
Facts.....so true Shida.
I just enjoy you’re conversations so much!! Keep doin’ it sis!
Wow. Just wow. Thank you, I’m crying this spoke to me so hard. Thank you. I think I’m finally ready to take that step.
Powerful presentation. Thanks
The American Dream is exactly that... A Dream 😊
Girl, you preached some truth up in here!!!! I am your newest subscriber!!!! Come through!!!
Thanks for subscribing! 💛
Wow well done! Love love love this video! Xoxo! ❤️ Blessings.
I appreciate this video so much. I am 32 , career woman, married and honestly the career I worked so hard for does not bring me happiness and while I am tired of the rat race I realize I have not left the American dream behind but instead want to move because I feel it will be easier to obtain somewhere else. We are landlords and plan to put more money into real estate and long & short term leases. This has led me to reflect deeply. Thank you