Julie and Julia

I have just finished reading Julie and Julia the book. I tend to enjoy reading books before I see the relevant film as I find many films don’t live up to the essence of their literary counter parts. I suppose it is not so much that these film representations aren’t very good, Harry Potters I love, but it is more they don’t live up to the parallel fantasy world I created when reading them. I mean how can they, the point of a good book is that there is room left for interpretation and imagination so we all have to stretch our creative inner being every now and again. As with advertising messages – what you put out may not be the way another perceives it, and how they perceive it may be something completely different to someone else however if what they take from it is enjoyment, intention (positive of course) and the want to share it then everyone is a winner. You can’t be all things to all men, or so they say.

Anyway I have yet to watch the film, I have heard mixed reviews, not sure why Julia Child even needs to be in it from reading the book, but that is another, big star name, pulling in an audience matter. What I took from this book was the need to have a focus in life. I had been feeling rather unfulfilled before Christmas, and as most of us can probably admit, I was expecting the answer to smack me in the face. Of course it didn’t, you only get out what you put in. All I put in was a lot of money into the till behind the bar and a lot of food it my mouth. What? It was Christmas.

Anyway back to the project/focus. Now I have established what I need it is time to find what project will mean something to me. I want to do volunteer work this year, mainly with kids but all and any kind. I also want to learn Spanish as I picked up a lot the month I was in Mexico and really want to get back to it. I also want to learn guitar as I got one for Christmas. However none of these ‘goals’ in themselves constitute a project, well to me they don’t anyway.

I need to find a way to make these mainstream goals into a project that is really me. Maybe I will try my hand at all of them and see where I fit.

Anyway, this post was more me stamping my purpose onto something other than my brain.

I shall share my progress no doubt.

ELx