My wife and I went to the movie last night and saw Anywhere, Everywhere, All at Once, and it absolutely lived up to the Oscar hype! Where, the critically acclaimed movies tend to suck. And while the acting was "fine" in terms of what it was, I don't think any of it was worthy of three best actor categories, let alone "Best Picture, Best Director, Editing and Best Original Screenplay.
Editing Maybe.
But, best original screenplay??
It was like ChatGPT wrote it on the prompt of
"Make a two-hour Rick and Morty Episode, but much crappier."
Now, it really wasn't "that bad" (my wife hated it with a passion), but it felt more like a less clever, less funny, and far too long Rick and Morty episode, that was trying far too hard for laughs and falling flat - and the complexity of Inception, without the ability to make it coherent.
Am I being too harsh?
It is okay. No one cares what I think about movies anyway. I likely have very bad taste.
We went out to celebrate my birthday from the other week, as we had a babysitter for the evening and a chance for the classic "Dinner and a Movie", eating at a place that we have been to once before. It was decent food, but a little weird when we were "shown" to our table, as the waiter didn't show, just pointed to the table and said "over there". I know, it doesn't sound like a big deal and wasn't a "night ruiner" for us, but it stood out as strange, considering the place itself was relatively nice.
We don't get out that much, but what we have noticed that when we do, the level of service has changed a lot from where it used to be, which I put down to changes in the labor markets, as well as the culture of people who are in these positions. The young don't seem to care about the job they are getting paid to do, and at some point, I think this habit will come back to haunt them in later life.
Our habits directly impact on our results and when we don't have a good work ethic, no matter what job we do, we aren't going to do it well. Some people think that having an "interim" job means they don't have to do it well, but it is generally in these early positions that we build the habits for the jobs we actually care about having. Many people I have known have ended up not getting the jobs they want, because they haven't built the type of skills necessary to open up those kinds of opportunities - like commitment and consistency.
Perhaps it is these kinds of people who like the movies like Anywhere, Everywhere, All at once, where there is a multiverse of possibilities and versions of themselves. Somewhere, their life doesn't suck. So, they can fantasize about a version of themselves saving existence, if only in their head. Do it enough, and they might even start believing that it is possible, if only they had been given the opportunity for a different life - if only they weren't victims of this reality.
But, Multiverse or not, as far as we are concerned at this time, we only have the reality we experience, so comparing it to that of others or fantasizing about better versions of ourselves, doesn't get us anywhere. When it comes to self improvement, no one can do the work for us and no one is more invested in our outcome, than us. We have the most skin in the game for our own experience and no matter what someone wants for us, it is ultimately up to our actions - no one can lift the weights for us to improve our strength, stretch to make us more flexible, or eat better for us. No one can give us their skills.
We can learn from others.
But of course, learning from others is more than just obtaining the knowledge of what to do, we still need to be the ones who apply it to our actions and build them into our routines. If we have a sense of where we want to be in life at some point down the track, it is up to us to investigate what is required to get there, take steps and seek out the support we might need to assist us, to help us accomplish our goals. There might be a version of us in the multiverse that already has done it, but how helpful is that to our own experience?
I wonder though, in a type of simulation theory, where there is a multiverse of every conceivable version of us, would knowing that mean that we would be more capable to do what it takes? After all, if one version of us was able, don't all versions of us have "what it takes" inside to do similar?
Perhaps, perhaps not. Most likely, it will just be another nail in the coffin, as we compare ourselves to someone else, and then make up excuses as to why we can't do it, even if the evidence suggests otherwise, as another version had done what we couldn't. Even with proof to the contrary, we would find a way to make victims of ourselves.
Critically acclaimed.
We have the "critical" down pat.
Taraz
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