Ignore Your Watch

I love movies. And when I say I love movies, I mean that I watch at least one every day. If I miss a day, I make up for it by watching two the next day. I can rewatch the same one over and over in a row if I like it enough. I love movies. I get a lot out of them.

It's safe to say that I pick up a lot of my favorite quotes from movies. Today's movie was one I had never seen before. I noticed Nicolas Cage was in it (and above would be a picture of me and the wax Nicolas Cage) and I love him as an actor, so I watched him in "Next." I like movies that play with your mind and this one did since he could see the two minutes into the future. There was one quote that he said just a few minutes into the movie that stuck out to me, and then he said it again at the very end. That just means it has double significance.

"Here's the thing about the future. Everytime you look at it, it changes. Because you looked at it. And that changes everything else." - Nicolas Cage, "Next"

When you see the quote in the context of the movie, it makes sense because he can see into the future. But I kept saying it to myself and thought about it in a different way. We all try to make a plan for our lives. Whether that be setting an alarm clock, going to college or knowing exactly how long you should date a guy before getting engaged. It took me until recently to figure out that plans don't work. They don't. What is supposed to happen will.

I had an internship at Walt Disney World after college, but since I've been home from there, I've been applying to jobs. While in college, I had a plan of where I was going to live, where I would work and who my friends would be. But to say that my plans did not work out doesn't make me disappointed. It just sets up new opportunities for me. I never planned to work at Disney, I had planned to move away. But if I didn't go there, I never would have met the best people in the world. I also never would have learned to drive a train or taken a trip to Puerto Rico.

One decision can have such an impact on your future. If you set your alarm clock one minute past when you should, that could make you not find a parking spot at school or make you an hour late for class (I would know!).


Just know that when you are thinking too much into the future, things can pass you by in the present. So as for my job applying, I know it'll work out. It'll work out when it's time to work out. But for now, I will keep taking helpful tips from Nicolas Cage.