Click and Priority Inbox

What an odd coincidence, last week I finally watched the movie "Click" (2006) with Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale and Christopher Walken ...  An amazing movie, of course with some hilarious (gross) jokes (Thanks to Mr Sandler) but the topic being quite heavy ... setting Life's priorities correctly... it was quite good to have an easy laugh here and there.

Is there anyone on his death bed, that would say "I wish I had spent more time at work" ? I mean ... really ?!

At first in this movie, I thought the main subject was to build a collection of Adam Sandler's gag with the "universal remote", and making some cool effects, fast forwarding in your life, having commentary, changing the volume, jumping chapters ... etc ...

But when Christopher Walken explains that skipping chapter has consequences and that we're on autopilot during that time, it rings a bell - it's actually true, to feel that we skipped some days, week, months maybe and then realize ... wow! what happened which day are we ?! is it already September ?!

And then this trick with the "universal remote" which acts according to your past actions and preferences, well spotted too - same thing, we live according to our habits, the habits we built when we were younger, the habits we inherited from our parents or relatives, great metaphors.

We should be more aware of our habits, they could be really mischievous.

And then I stumbled upon this Gmail new feature to setup a "priority inbox" ... according to our preferences, and then I thought ... that next giant "universal remote" could be Google someday?!

Gmail - Priority Inbox

Thougths

Outside the weather is getting gloomier and gloomier and my memories goes back to these early morning, waking up tired, having breakfast, jumping in the shower, taking the bus, walking a bit in the cold, and finally arriving at work and starting to warm up ... doing a job I hate.

This is the normal life, this is what I've known for 15 years, and ... always felt there was something wrong with it. Basically most of us are living a lie, pretending that having a crappy job is normal, because everyone has to work and everyone is miserable.

The truth is ... taking a few steps back and asking ourselves the right questions is harder, way harder and therefor we prefer the norm.

What do I really want to do in life ?
What makes me happy ?

And then I thought blogging is the way, and then you might be wondering "Why blogging is so vital when unemployed ?" - because it helps staying focused, it helps keeping the mind edgy.

The other good thing is it allows to receive feedback, because honestly being unemployed it's so easy to become isolated ... it's also a way to express the feelings and an opportunity to raise our voices, an opportunity to show courage and stands for what we believe in.

That post  Are You a Courageous Blogger?,  inspired me these few lines ...