Working on several projects, without saying what the projects are, is getting hard. It's much harder than I thought. The reason that I think it's harder is because I have nothing really to compare it to. The last "Secret" Project I didn't wasn't really a secret. It was something I didn't advertise the I was doing, and because I was actively doing it, people found it. I required me to physically be going somewhere.
While, I feel like I am mostly alone in doing something like this, I know that I have God to help me. One of these projects is very much His doing.
However, I will say that the movie that I watched this month has a very similar feeling about what I have felt like this month so far.
The Life of Pi
Pi is a young man from India who is about to go on an adventure that is hared to believe. He was born into a loving family that supported him and his always advancing beliefs. He gets news one day that, due to the going unrest that is happening around them, they are leaving India go to go America. They pack up all of the zoo animals that have, and load them onto a Japanese boat.
Not fitting in with the people around them, Pi finds his comfort being with the animals below deck. While he wishes that he could stay there, he has to go sleep with his family in his room. That night a massive storm haunts the boat in the middle of the ocean. Pi goes out to see the storm firsthand, and find the boat is starting to sink. Everyone is trying to get to the lifeboat, but his family is already stuck under the water in the bows of the ship. The crew tries to get Pi to get on the boat, but he is fighting them off because he wants someone to come and help him rescue his family. A good portion of the animals have escaped, and were causing problem for the rest of the humans, that were alive, to get on board.
Due to the insanity of the animals and the boat slipping away too fast from the ship, the only being to make it out alive are: Pi, a zebra, an orangutang, a hyena, and one Bengal Tiger.
The hyena quickly takes out the orangutang and the zebra, and when he is about to take down Pi, the Tiger, whose name is Richard Parker, takes the life of the Hyena.
Now you might be thinking, this must be a short movie because he tiger must kill Pi? Nope. Pi will be the next year or so of his life helping the tiger, and himself, survive what the sea brings them. He makes a raft for himself to be apart from the tiger, he starts to hunt the fish for the tiger to keep it from dying, and he tries to train the tiger. Although, the last bit does not work out too well for him.
One of the things the Pi does that is remarkable is he starts to make a schedule for himself. He does everything he can to take care of them both, but to also to keep his mind entertained so he has something to do to keep him active and going.
It is all of this that makes him successful. Pi, and the tiger, one day make it to land and are saved. However, Richard Parker goes into the nearby forest never to be seen again.
I now understand what I have been missing. The movie has got to be one of the most beautiful movies that I have ever seen in my life. I don't even know how they were able to make the sky, the sea, the storm, the stars, and the endless amounts of water look as beautiful as a dream. It really makes me wonder if the the sky could ever look that beautiful in real life.
None of that would be nearly as impressive if the one lone actor of the whole movie was not good. Suraj Sharma delivers one of the best performances I have ever seen. Granted, he is not the only actor but he rally is the only one for most of the movie since almost the whole thing is him being lost at sea with a tiger. To act against no one for the amount of time has got to be hard.
Really, watching the move does tell you a lot about motivation. At any point, Pi could have just given up. He could have said that there is was no way out, no one was looking for him, and that he could just sink to the bottom of the ocean and be with the rest of his family. To spend nearly a year at sea surviving with a tiger, you have to keep motivated. He would literally die if he did not stay motivated. Like I also mentioned, he started make plans and having somewhat of a routine. In reality, a routine is really a lot of mini deadlines to meet.
I have always had a deadline of a year for all of the projects that I have done. Usually I break everything up into a month, so there are several deadlines in a year to make sure I get everything I want done done.
So, I made a deadline for a project and I completed it. Since I have never done anything like this before, I didn't think that having a deadline was going to be as helpful as it was. I know that if I give myself one then it might help me to get my butt in gear when I am falling behind. I am not saying that I a going to have a crazy deadline, but if I am not keeping up with stuff then it really might be helpful and not hurtful.
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