,,This past week has been filled with lots of writing and rewriting as my writing partner and I get ready for a pitch meeting early next week.
Last night, I was watching one of the classics, Night of the Living Dead.
I forgot how damn good this movie is, also given the fact that it was made nearly 40 years ago!
I love movies that stand the test of time (my favorite being The Wizard of Oz).
Then, I realized George Romero passed away a few weeks ago. It was like a punch in the gut.
Another one of Romero’s films I enjoyed was The Crazies.
Romero was 77 when he passed away.
If you’re in your 20s or maybe even in your 30s..77 feels very far away.
It’s not.
If you’re in your 40’s or 50’s or beyond…you already understand how fast the years keep on moving.
Clint Eastwood is up there as well at the tenure age of 87. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly came out 50 years ago this December!
And, while it’s not a happy thought, we will all die one day.
Death became very real for me at a young age. Too young.
I was 8 years old and my next door neighbor died in a car accident. He just got his drivers license and was 16 years old.
That was 20 years ago and still gives me the chills thinking about it. I remember our entire neighborhood block was in shock and mourning for weeks after.
I was just a little kid and death was a hard concept for me to grasp at the time.
I’ve never publicly shared this before, and I’m not sure why I’m sharing it.
It’s not to be sad, depressing or all gloom and doom.
Maybe it’s to remind you (and me) that we’re not guaranteed tomorrow, and we need to live to our max potential each day.
I think that’s why I’m always creating and maybe moving a little faster than I should.
Urgency is a must, and if you just sit back waiting for your film to be made, then you’re doing it all wrong.
If you don’t have urgency, you keep postponing your deadlines
And weeks go by and you haven’t written any new material or you haven’t filmed anything fresh.
If you don’t have a sense of urgency, you never actually finish anything.
And if you don’t finish anything…your career stalls. You can’t make an impact. And you may end up with a life full of regrets.
Let’s not let that happen to you.
We are gearing up to the last quarter of 2017. You’ll let the world know how awesome you are. And you’ll live with a sense of urgency.
The clock is ticking…
Just like Vince Vaughn said in Swingers – “You’re so money, and you don’t even know it”
– Shant
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I can not add anything to this letter.
Everything is so alive.
I just wrote a little story about what happened to me today, posted here on the site and opened the mail-and found this letter.
I am very much according to everything……I am agree.I thinking about it too.
After 50, when you already know a lot and get it, you hurry to do and work more.
You’re hurrying to catch it, realizing that there may not be this tomorrow.
I agree that the coolest thing is create not in your 30 or 23,a much later.
There is such an expression,, The oak gives acorns only after 50 ,,
I agree that the coolest thing is create not in your 30 or 23,a much later.
There is such an expression,, The oak gives acorns only after 50 ,,
Because we are in a hurry to create