Eat rich food, drink a lot of booze, and sleep very little.
Face it you are going to die one day, so why not enjoy yourself. Be a passionate lover. Create great culinary creations with lots of butter and cream. Overdose on tequila without lime of course. Take a trip with your last thousand dollars worth of credit on your VISA card. What is life anyway besides a bunch of stories that you want to share with others?
Think about the last time you were really in a conversation where you listened to the other person speaking. You know what I mean. In your head you were developing all kinds of clever answers to ideas or issues being presented by the person in front of you. The problem is that if you are scripting clever responses before your colleague has concluded his sentence. How on earth can you have a response?
To have great stories in the future you have to be involved today. You can’t be preparing speeches to unknown topics. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN. And more importantly than listening, make your friends listen to themselves by taking their hand and making them experience what they are talking about, literally.
If you have a vegan friend preaching to you about animal abuse in slaughter houses. Both of you take a trip to the nearest one and experience it for yourselves. Believe me, even as a carnivore, which is what I am, it is a grisly sight. If a family member preaches a political stance about a candidate. Both of you take a road-trip and interview the candidate. Do your research and come to your own conclusions. If a brand you wear, for example NIKE, is exploiting third-world countries. And of course most of us don’t have the funds to take a trip to China or wherever, simply stop buying their products and share it with your friends. Show them the receipt of a product you bought because it respects human rights and nature. Yes, there are brands that do respect both.
OK, let’s get back to drinking, eating and fornicating. What I’m saying is get involved in your life enjoy your meal, but know where it comes from. Get drunk once in a while, but remember that overindulgence will destroy your liver and give you heart desease. Sleep less, work harder, play harder because this might be your last day on earth. Live your life by taking chances. Your stories will be entertaining for all to enjoy.
If you are living by other peoples words and experiences, I truly feel sorry for you. Go out there and create some havoc. Get published, get drunk, get arrested, but come back with a worthy story that represents a rich life. And finally, don’t preach what others have told you. Create your own history.
Jaime is a filmmaker and explorer of life.
