"OHHH We're Halfway There, WHOAAAAAAAA"

Here we are in July, halfway through the year. I always felt like THIS is the time to go make those New Year’s Resolutions, because who really wants to make them in January? We just came off a holiday season filled with snacks and spending money, I bet everyone’s January resolutions are like mine “get into great shape, save more money”, I think the year needs to breath a bit, then make our resolutions…

A bunch of interesting conversations happening lately, a lot of good folks want to try some brand new things, not new things like “maybe I’ll try Diet Coke and REALLY give it a chance this time” I mean people are looking to change their games, start a new career, start a new thing, try some new things. It’s been wonderful, I’ve been lucky enough to be in these conversations. The common factor seems to be “well isn’t it too late?” It’s not too late for anything at all. I am, right this very second, watching footage on my other monitor of a film I’m directing right now, about a young man, who, one day, gave up his cushy corporate job, and followed his dream. It’s called “Just Bennie” and so far, the footage I’m watching is beautiful, it’s inspiring, and really, it’s never too late. I know a kind man, after losing his wife, retired from his job, and started a rock and roll band. The late great James Gandolfini didn’t become the iconic TONY SOPRANO until he was almost 40. Sting didn’t form The Police til he was almost 30. Dan Hedaya, who was “Nick Tortelli” on Cheers and “Cher’s Dad” in Clueless (as well as one of my favorites “A Life Less Ordinary” he played “the man upstairs”), didn’t get started until he was around 40, he had a career as a school teacher. Baseball pitcher Jamie Moyer didn’t win a World Series until he was 48 years old! I say, go for it, it’s never too late for anything, I’m no different, last weekend I was “THISCLOSE” to buying these drums.

I don’t know how to drum, I do know how to make a racket though. Get out there, have some fun, try some new things, make your own racket and tell your stories, people will want to hear them, they’ll be inspired by them. I wish you all so much great luck with it all.