Manchester by the sea Movie Review

The movie really hit me after watching it last night.  The quote I see sometimes on social media is “you can’t tell from the outside what people are suffering inside”.  This was the main point I got from this movie and the pain people carry around with them.  As the character Lee said, “I can’t break it” – it is not as easy to say snap out of a bad mood when you have serious weights in your life you carry.

Your life can be looked at as a existing between 2 goal posts ~ one being the  worst pain you have ever felt in your life and the other being the most happiness.  Some peoples goal posts are very narrow with a low standard deviation of a bell curve and some with high ones.  In this movie they tell a story of someone who has lived though things no one should have to do.  It really made me think deeper about what people’s tolerance to suffering.  Also it was a movie to reflect on how people’s own selfishness gets in the way to see other’s humans pain.

Also the filming style was really low key and added to the feeling of flowing in sorrow with the main character Lee.  I recommend seeing it because it is something to reflect on your own life.

 

5 Million step goal for 2016 in record books

Last new years eve i put a list together that included a serious step goal for the upcoming year.  I was looking at a real stretch goal that would keep me active the entire year.  The best thing about a step goal when you have a fitbit, is the way you can monitor the number every day/hour/minute.

Review of steps over the years:  2013 (started August 1st,) 2,272,141 (pro-rated to 5,453,138), 2014 – 4,565,228,  2015 – 4,333,751, and 2016 – 5,000,000!

It was a serious goal – I needed an average of 13,700 steps a day to reach.  But with a serious amount of “sticking to it” dedication I reached it.