Dear reader, for your viewing pleasure, I bring you a documentary about crushing failure and independent success. Don’t waste time reading what I have to say. This documentary is 35 minutes long, but trust me, it’s well worth it.
Here’s a little description courtesy of Lemonademovie.com (a review post to follow later this week):
What do people who were once paid to be creative for a living do when they’re laid off? They get creative with their own lives. Lemonade is an inspirational film about 16 advertising professionals who lost their jobs and found their calling, encouraging people to listen to that little voice inside their head that asks, “What if?”
All resources for Lemonade were donated. From cameras to lights to flights, this is a project by and for those who have been affected by unemployment.
A special thanks to Hulu.com for the distribution and everyone who had a part in making this touching film. Enjoy.
EDIT: So apparently, this video can only be viewed if you reside in the US. I’ll make it up to you guys (if you live overseas, you’ll want to check out my next post). I have an idea…
Check it out (click here if you can’t see it on the blog):
Although this video is pretty bare in terms of actual information, it signifies three things:
I kept my word
I’m pretty sure that a good number of you were skeptical and assumed that the video post was an empty promise, right? I know, at least for most people, that recording video is kind of scary. There are a lot of factors that you may not be too sure about before making a video (attractiveness, flow of ideas, personality, setting/background). Now, as you can probably tell from my first video,
- I don’t care too much about my physical attractiveness – I didn’t put makeup on
- I was in my dorm room recording this
-I pretty much improvised the whole mini-speech (though it did take me more than one take to get right – there’s a lot of background noise in a dorm)
So for those of you who are too scared to make video… do it! All it takes is a video camera, sunlight, and somewhat of a planned speech. My video isn’t perfect, but the point is that I tried, and that’s all that matters to me.
I’m serious about owning my life
The logo change and the video were just the first steps. More drastic changes are in the making. A new website is in development that will soon provide the funds to allow me to go overseas. I also specified in the video that I plan to make a travel vlog. This isn’t a joke, people. This is real.
Make plans to take action.
I can break out of my comfort zone
As you can tell by the pathetically low tone of my voice, I wasn’t 100% comfortable making this video. Heck, I’m not even 100% comfortable referring to it. But the fact remains that I didn’t have to be 100% comfortable to make it. Conditions don’t have to be perfect in order for you to act. Taking action is always the best thing. Don’t think about the right time, because the right time is NOW. If I can do it, so can you.
Like I said, this is just the beginning of things to come. And I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: the road less traveled won’t be easy. It never is. But I believe that if I just keep trying, something good has to come of it. Whenever that time comes, I don’t know.
However, when that time does come, you’ll be the first to know. Until then, my friends…
“Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Dear reader, for your viewing pleasure, I bring you a documentary about crushing failure and independent success. Don’t waste time reading what I have to say. This documentary is 35 minutes long, but trust me, it’s well worth it.
photo credit: rochelle, et. al.
