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Posted on February 1st, 2010 in Banter by Gregor.
Ala Carte: Philosophy
Mark,
I was watching “Long Way Down” the other day. Don’t know if you’ve seen it, but it was the follow-up to “Long Way Round”, where Ewen McGregor travels on his motorcycle with his best buddy from John O’ Groats, Scotland, down to South Africa. They obviously have tons of money, obtained sponsorship, etc., and I was completely jealous of them.
However, there was a point on the first DVD (still waiting for the 2nd and 3rd DVD’s from Netflix) that was the real killer for me. While riding through the Sudan, they happened upon two sets of people. Now, while you think that it’s just Ewan and his buddy, they have a support team (and camera team) of something like 6 other people.
So, in the middle of some god forsaken road in the Sudan, they come up on this guy on a bicycle. His bike was pretty much loaded, and he also had a trailer he towed behind his bike. The guy said he left England 13 years ago and was cycling around the world. My jaw dropped. Then, they came upon another couple, who were on motorcycles, also just riding. It reminded me of Forest Gump, where he just starts running, and never stops.
My point? Hmmm…what the hell is my point? Anywho, these other riders didn’t have any of the logistical support and were truly on their own. It was inspiring to think that people could do that. That they could give up everything, to do something they had a passion for doing. In 2004, while I was in India, I was thinking that I could cash out my 401K and live very well in India. Would I have the balls to ever do it? Probably not.
I was very fortunate, in that the 2 times I have been laid off, I had the twins to look after. So, it still felt like I had a “job”. It’s a time that we’ll never get back, so, in the voice of Tim Gunn, “Designers, use your time wisely” and “Make it work.”
Find your passion. Find your voice. Take the opportunity to Live. When the time is right, the job will find you. It’s not that you are not worthy of a job…it’s that right now, no job is worthy of you.
Daren