Life in a Day

I just watched this amazing documentary on Netflix called Life in a Day. It documents the lives of a bunch of people all over the world and what they did on the day of April 24, 2010. I was about to stop it at the beginning because it didn't really draw me in but I'm glad I watched the whole thing through. It was so good! It was just really neat peeking into the lives of complete strangers and hearing what they love the most and what they fear the most. It's so individualistic but universal at the same time. It reveals how different all our lives truly are but how a lot of times we share the same fears and the same anguishes. While some get to drive a Lamborghini, others don't have enough food for the day. Even with this disparity that exists in our world what I am certain of, in my own experience especially, is that money does not bring people happiness. Does it help? Heck yes. I was talking to a dear friend about it this week. We agreed that happiness is internal, meaning that even if you have the crappiest job or even a pretty "crappy" life, you can still be happy. For example, there was a man and he lived in Dubai he said "I am a gardener and I am happy." He had to move to a different country to be able to work and send his children money but he was HAPPY! It was really touching.

 At the end of the documentary, a lady is recording herself at the end of her day. She mentions how she had to work that day (a Saturday) and how nothing special or out of the ordinary had happened but somehow she still felt like something special had happened. I think this is because she had come to the realization that we need to make the most out of each day. Even if nothing special happens and even if each day seems like a repetition of the previous day, it is important to find a meaning to all the things we do and a good way of doing this is by reflecting on our day as much as possible. Which is why passion is such an important thing. I've seen first-hand people who have normal jobs, who do mediocre things maybe, but they do it with a smile. There's nothing that inspires me the most. A smile can mean a million things. And passion can be expressed in many ways. I want to do what I love and love what I do in my life. Live every day like it's your first and your last! Life can be so amazing if we make it so. I highly recommend this documentary!!!

Every day is a new beginning :)

Monday..expect the unexpected.

My Monday was phenomenal yesterday. And I don't just go around throwing that word all the time. it started like any normal day--test for theories of persuasion, fixed my car, class...yada yada. But it ended great! It was a really fun night that I shall not forget =) In other news, I'm almost done with finals! Just finished Italian test and the last one is my French final this Thursday. Should be ok! What will I do with myself after school?!?! AHHH we'll just wait & see :)

View of Hollywood! Neat eh?

Stressing!

Things to do this week:

-presentation for wahoo's, invisible children presentation for comm class, film presentation for french class
-paper on film for french
-Italian test
-FINALS!!!!

UGH I'm gonna need lots of coffee!

In other news I dreamt last night! It was a bit weird...I dreamt that my friend had extra tickets for a sporting event, very expensive tickets and she invited me so I went but I saw people there that I didn't really want to see. And I was going up a lot of stairs...And the second part to my dream was way cool. I dreamt that I was driving this fancy sports car at night, really late at night. I was driving on a very loopy highway in the middle of the forest. It was damp, it might have been raining, and the moonlight was reflected on the road and trees and rocks. It was really beautiful. And there was a cop  behind me, I think he was trying to pull me over...I can't remember the rest. I liked it! I can't wait 'till this semester is over! I changed my major to communications studies (IT'S PERFECT!) and I can't wait 'till I start my classes for it. Should be a stressful but good week :)

Have I mentioned how much I love coffee? It's getting me through college! :D