What's it like being outside the box? by Samantha

What's it like being outside the box? by Samantha - October 2018 Scholarship Essay

To realize what being outside of the box is like, first you must realize what the box. Well obviously the box is a closed cube that seemingly has no exit. Wait a second, that's not the box we are talking about. We mean the seemingly one way to think, to do something, or how to live that is made to seem right to most people. Okay, so we now have the right box, but how do you get out of the box?
Most dont want to leave their boxes but that is what seems safe and the correct way to live. I however like to live dangerously and pick to have my box there as a guide. So what is it like living outside the box? It's wonderful because now I can pick to something a different way but still do it a right way. So say there is a dilemma that says that the goal is to put the ball in the basket without touching it with your hands. The box will say to use the net laid next to the basket. Thinking outside of the box all I would have to do is kick the ball up using my soccer skills and into the basket. That is however the intended way to solve the dilemma but being able to step outside I am able to see a different solution that in turn could be simpler than the intended solving method.
So the question is what does living or thinking outside the box mean to me? It means to be able to see a different perspective, solve problems in a different method, and be able to notice things outside of a one-way view. Living outside the box is what has created scientists, psychologists, actors, athletes, the most memorable of our history. Examples are Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, Bill Gates, or any one that has at this time become an memorable household name. These people helped change the way we think and in their times they did things that was unthinkable to anyone else which meant they all had to step outside of the boxes that their societies made for them.
Living outside of the box may be scary but it has helped change the world and will continue to in the future. So people need to start stepping out of their boxes and led the next generation by thinking differently than the rest have before us. Thinking outside of the box means to be able to change and discover to become someone better.