Tomorrow at 8:40pm Ill be on a plane halfway across the world on my own with a backpack and a camera for a month. I woke up at 5am reflecting about my life and what brought me to this point…. Ill have to say it came from making a list. About a year ago I was going through a really hard time emotionally and in seeking to heal myself I came across some self-help advice from a guy named Mark Manson to take 20 minutes, a piece of paper, a pencil, and make a list of the things you want to do before you die. no matter how small or how large. just write them down. Then take another 20 and write about how your life is in 5 yrs. and now in 1. I did this and then put it away. when i picked it up to read what i wrote im pretty amazed that ive started to knock them off my list as done. not because ive been working hard trying to achieve finishing the list. to be honest i havent even really thought about the list since I wrote it. Its as though things just started working out because I declared them on paper. I got a new job and learned how to bartend with a boss that I love that couldnt have been more perfectly timed, I booked two plays and got my ass in the NY Times twice and then 3 films in the span of 5 months all through referral. I started meeting the right people. people who Im glad to say will be in my life forever onward as dear friends. Im now going on a journey to the Himalayas by myself which has turned from just a wild trip into a humanitarian mission to feed the needy on Thanksgiving/ filmed documentary. when i come back ill be moving into an apartment in an area that Ive wanted to live all my life with two roommates that couldnt fit me more perfectly…. Life is crazy. and I have to admit that it all started after I sat down and made that list…. did it heal me? No, not that I know of. but it certainly altered my place. and I guess in life thats all you can do when moving from phase to phase. Life is full of disappointments most of which are out of your control and unrecoverable. And even when youre at the lowest of the low youre only there for the amount of time you and your body and your mind decide. SO!…. I urge you, to please have a seat. grab a non-erasable pen. a few pages of something to write on. and give yourself 20 minutes to make a list of all the things youve ever wanted to do before you die. no matter how small or how large or how crazy or how simple. Do this my friends, in whatever place of life you are at. Do it. and mean it.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:30:54 +0000
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