re: Up in the Air

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Granted they're trying to highlight the callousness of business... But just this premise, hey get a fresh start, here's our packet. Nobody wanted to watch this movie back then. It was a weird and unwanted Hollywood take on the crisis.

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There were a lot of themes for sure. Him being alone at the end in his greatest moment is what always stuck with me. I travel for a living (nowhere near Clooney’s amount) and I think about how I don’t want to get to an end of a road and be alone. Every time I get diamond or platinum, it’s cool for the perks, but I consider the things I missed. This week I missed my youngest’s first JH basketball game. I don’t have a ton of guilt because I’ve seen 100 of his older brother’s and I’m going to see 100 of his, but it was bittersweet being on a plane and having to get texts from my wife on how it was going.

I enjoyed it at the time but I was young and fresh in my career. Didn’t get laid off laid off but 2008 kicked my arse and set me back from financial viability for another 7 years. I don’t know that it was any indictment on 2008 though since it’s based off a book in 2001.