risk makes time sticky

I'd have to say 2009 was the best year of my life. Up until this year, the last few years flew by for me. Not that they were bad years, they were just safe years. I found comfort in routine. But this comfort, for me, made my memories blur and blend. It made my time fly and I needed a way to slow that down.

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Heading into the end of '08, I realized why my time was flying. Or more accurately, I smelled why. Being honest with myself... I was gaining some shitberg tendencies. I put less at stake when I chased goals and sadly found myself talking more than walking. I looked at people who were coasting and paced myself closer to them when I should've paced myself up to the people who are hungry. This needed to change before I punched myself in the face. So the beginning of '09 was marked by a simple promise I made to myself, "Shut the fuck up and do more."

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So here are some highlights from my '09 Did List:

• I bought a house with m'lady. (A big deal for me.)
• I proposed. She accepted.
• We renovated our home.
• Scott and I shopped our first feature length screenplay.
• Pitched the Dolphins!
• Directed Drew Brees.
• Introduced parents to future in-laws. 
• Went to Africa.
• Ran with the bulls in Pamplona.
• Wandered the streets of Paris.
• Took a train to Amsterdam and biked to Van Gogh.
• Left a job and people I (more than) worked with for the last 9 years.
• Took a new job with big challenges and extroardinary opportunities.
• Submitted a big baby to SXSW.
• Playing daily Russian Roulette with a space heater.

I took more risks this year than I have in awhile and guess what? I'm still here. Sure, not everything turned out golden. But nothing horrible happened either. In fact, quite the opposite. I have memories from '09 I'll never forget, because they'll never blend. These moments will be as clear to me a decade from now as they are today. This year made me realize we don't ever need a flying DeLorean to get back to faded memories. Not as long as we shut the fuck up and make time stick.

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