The choices we make define who we become. Extremely depressed today, brought on when I rumbled through my tax return papers and it dawned on me how much I sacrificed when I gave a lucrative career as an Investment Banker at Macquarie Bank for Storytelling. 2006 Income $145 098. Tax: $21 033 I would be on an income of $500K plus bonuses and shares had I stayed on at Macquarie Bank, still have a wife, still have my kids with me all the time, have no diabetes, live in a mansion. Now as a Bohemian, I am starving for my passion. Did I make the right choice? Have I messed up my life? The thoughts we think when we are negative. Only solution is to be positive: I better finish writing the comedy caper feature film screenplay that I pitched to a standing ovation to the audience and studio execs on May 27th 1998 at Metro Screen. Secure a Greenlight in 2015 and shoot in 2016. Taking tomorrow off to be as depressed as I can, get it out of my system, back on track on Tuesday. Insha Allah. My three year objective is to earn 10% of the Gross Box Office for writing, directing and co producing the comedy caper. My goal is to create the first billion dollar (USA) grossing (theatrical release) comedy feature film. CROCODILE DUNDEE would have earned $740 million in todays terms (inflation adjusted). Then create a scholarship and charity organisation for children with disabilities, named after my late brother DAWIE, to divert 10% of all my income to. The charity will be Sadaqah Jareya (charity for the deceased) and be formed as a AWQAF (self sustainable charity) from the intellectual property box office royalties. Insha Allah. In the meantime, just remind myself: On no soul doth Allah give a burden greater than it can bear- Surah al Baqara verse 286, The Quran. RIDWAN HASSIM CREATING MAGIC.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 08:40:45 +0000
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