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【1】
How much does your life weigh?Imaging for a second that you're carring a backpack.I want u to feel that the straps on your shoulders.Feel'em? Now I want you to pack itwith all the stuff that uhave in your life.Start with the little things, the things onshelvesandindrawers,theknick-knacks,thecollectibles.Feeltheweightsasthatadds up. Then u start adding larger stuff, cloths, table-top appliances, lamps,
linens,yourTV.Thebackpackshouldbegettingprettyheavynow.Andugobigger.Yourcouc h, your bed,your kitchen table. Stuff it all in there. Your car, get it in
there.Yourhome ,whether it is a studioapartment, or a two-bedroomhouse, I want u tostaff it all into thatbackpack. Now try to walk. It's kindofhard, isn't it? This iswhat we do to ourselves on a daily basis. We weigh ourselves down until we can't evenmove. And make no mistake, moving is living. Now I'm gonna set that backpack on fire,what do u want to take out of it? photos? Photos are for people who can't rember.Drink some ginkgo and let the photos burn. In fact, let everything burnand imaginewaking up tomorrow with nothing, it's kind of exhilarating, isn't it?
【2】
--Natalie, what is it u think we do here?
--Wepreparethenewly-unemployedfortheemotionalandphysicalhurdlesofjobhunting, while minimising legal bloeback.
--That's what we're selling. It's not what we're doing.
--OK. What we r doing?
--We r here to make limbo tolerable, to ferry wounded souls across the river of dreaduntil the point where hope is dimly visible.And then stop the boat, shove'em in thewater and make'em swim.
【3】
--How much did they first pay u to give up on your dreams?
--27 grand a year.
【4】
--It's not like that. The miles are the goal.
--That's it? U r saving just to save?
--Just say I have a number in mind and I haven't hit it yet.
--That's a little abstract. What's the target?
--It's 10 million miles.
......
--And they put your name on a side of plane.
--Man get suchhard-ons fromputting their name on stuff. You guys don't grow up.It's like you need to pee on everything.
--Oh, now who is stereotyping?
--Fear of mortality. It's like, yeah, you're gonna die one day.
【5】
【6】
--Never?
--No.
--Ever?
--No.
--You never want to get married?
--Nope.
--Never want kids?
--Not a chance.
--Ever?
--Never. Is that so bizarre?
--Yes.Yes,it is.
--I just don't see the value in it. Right,sell it to me.
--What?
--Sell me marriage.
--OK. How about love? Stability,just somebody you can count on...
--OK, how many stable marriage do u know?
--Somebody to talk to, someone to spend your life with.
--I'm surrounded by people to talk to. I doubt that's gonna change.
--How about just not dying alone?
--Starting when I was 12, we moved each of my grandparents into a nursing facility.Myparents went the same way.Make no mistake, we all die alone. Now, those cultmembers in San Diego, with the kool-aid and the sneakers...they didn't die alone. I'mjust saying there are options.
【7】
--I don't hate people. I'm not exactly a hermit.
--U just don't want to be tied down with the whole responsibility thing.
--Idon'tknowwhatoriginallysparkedthebackpack.Probablyneedtobealone.