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Getting the Most Out of the Mundane
Learning to appreciate the stuff you’d rather skip
“What if You Had a Universal Remote… That Controlled Your Universe?”
The premise of Adam Sandler’s film, Click, is simple: the protagonist is granted a remote control that allows him to change the speed of his life (e.g., he can fast forward, slow motion, even rewind, etc.). Here’s the trailer for it:
Spoiler alert: the protagonist fast forwards through the painful bits of life — eventually skipping decades in seconds — and realizes he missed out on most of the meaningful moments of his life. He learns his lesson and regrets it. He is granted an opportunity to go back to where he’d originally started in time, to live life again, without the remote. I watched it way over a decade after it came out, and though the details are foggy, the premise and fable resonated with me deeply.
SKIPPING THROUGH LIFE
As it turns out, Click was on to something. It was extremely profitable, earning over $240 million at the box office on a…
