Glenn McGaha Miller




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Glenn McGaha Miller's Life List

  1. 1. be less judgemental
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    628 people
  2. 2. see the northern lights
    18,963 people
  3. 3. live outside the united states
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    195 people
  4. 4. be more confident
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  5. 5. learn to speak italian
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  6. 6. Stress less
    1,064 people
  7. 7. Get organized
    6,494 people
  8. 8. To live instead of exist
    11,670 people
  9. 9. learn piano
    1,340 people
  10. 10. Make a movie
    3,119 people
  11. 11. learn xml
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  12. 12. eat organic food
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  13. 13. watch more independent films
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  14. 14. buy an acoustic bass
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  15. 15. work for a cause I believe in
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  16. 16. get a motorcycle
    384 people
  17. 17. start using the library
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  18. 18. implement GTD
    442 people
  19. 19. Save money
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  20. 20. make a difference in the world
    970 people
  21. 21. Keep my room clean
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  22. 22. live in NYC
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    756 people
  23. 23. write a screenplay
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    2,313 people
  24. 24. become a film director
    165 people
  25. 25. Visit Scotland
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    720 people
  26. 26. travel the world
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    20,749 people
  27. 27. stop procrastinating
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  28. 28. think positively
    250 people
  29. 29. Write a book and get it published
    482 people
  30. 30. live more simply
    142 people
  31. 31. live in the moment
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    2,083 people
  32. 32. live in new york
    1,160 people
  33. 33. publish a book
    2,521 people
  34. 34. stop living from paycheck to paycheck
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    111 people
  35. 35. become a better guitar player
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    77 people
  36. 36. become self-disciplined
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    23 people
  37. 37. Waste less time
    528 people
  38. 38. Read more
    8,783 people
  39. 39. make relationships last
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    2 people
Recent entries
reorganize my room
OK, so I didn't REALLY do it...

Actually, it was my kids idea to do it for me as a Father’s Day present and I LOVE it. I’ve even done a decent job maintaining it for the most part.



find a job
Taxi Driver

Been driving taxi for around six months now and I absolutely love it! My all time favorite job and one I look forward to going to most nights… Did I say nights? Yes! I drive twelve hour shifts from late afternoons into the wee hours of the morning. First time I’ve been a consistent night person. While I can’t say it will ever be my natural choice, I’m enjoying it and the people I meet through it as well. By the way, money driving taxi isn’t great but its not horrid either. I’d think you’d want to consider doing it from the experience standpoint rather than the financial one. Speaking of finances, I’m a lease driver meaning I pay to “lease” the cab from my company on a nightly basis, pay for my gas, and get to keep what I make beyond that. So, its more entreprenuerial than a typical job which suits me just fine. In general I’d say cabbies are an independent lot from what I’ve experienced thus far.



write a screenplay
Write a Play or a Screenplay?

I just struggled whether to maintain as on of my goals writing a screenplay because I consider the theatrical play a “purer” artform. But I wonder if that immediately puts me in conflict with another of my stated goals which is to be less judgemental.

I guess beyond that the thing is that it seems a play is more likely to retain the influence of the writer whereas a screenplay is more at the hands of the director or in big budget instances, the producer, budget, editing, etc. Plays have some of those functions and roles as well of course but it seems to me that I’ve heard expressed in theatrical circles more of a desire to remain true to an author’s original work. In film it seems more of a rarity.

Anyway, I think the point for me whether play or screenplay is to actually get something written. Its the accomplishment of the task that should be key for me but often I fall victim to the expectations of outcome rather than that creative process itself.




 

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