Based on two miraculous true stories about two women who had much more in common than just passion for cooking, the movie was a great representation of how no matter what you go through life, you should go after what truly makes you happy, even though if you might come across more than just one failure on the road. Like Julia Child herself said: "Find something you're passionate about and keep it tremendously interested in." What better advice can a person give? Coming from a person who has (sort of) already found her "thing", I can say that the key to success is keep doing the thing you are doing. I've got another great quote in store, this time from infamous Winston Churchill: "Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It's the courage to continue that counts." What great words, wouldn't you agree? Now, this whole movie was, clearly, about persuading yourself into doing the impossible, setting yourself a challenge. It's important that when it comes to the thing you love doing you keep setting yourself new goals, new ambitions. Only that way you can grow bigger, stronger and better.
Julie Powell was very much aware of her special thing. Besides being a completely random and ordinary working married woman in her early thirties, she kept her passion within her. Cooking and writing. And she wasn't embarrassed of it. What she was embarrassed of, was how she could never finish anything she ever set her mind to. She was very much aware of that, too, thanks to her constantly supporting mother. But still, she craved challenge. She was not into just sitting by herself and her husband and pretend to live normal life. She wanted more from it. So she decided to write a blog. And why the heck not? It was the biggest hit back then. So she went for it. But not so easily. She had a plan. And a very interesting one, I'll give her that!
She was about to do 524 recipes (which were from Child's first cook book, which Julie was a great fan of) in 356 day in one tiny apartment kitchen. That is quite a big challenge she set for herself, right? Minding the fact that she was still a full-time employee at Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's call center which was not a piece of cake. I was really curious how she was going to carry the whole thing out.
Of course, like on every journey, there were doubts and times when Julie simply wanted to give up. Sometimes she thought that no one even reads her blog, then other times she thought she could never even do it. I learned a lot from her personal experience and I think anyone could.
While the story neatly switched now from Julie then to Julia, things weren't that much different with good old Julia, except even after when she was married, she still couldn't find that one thing that both made her happy and at which she was sufficiently good enough to make a living out of it. It was hard for a woman to compete with man those days, but that was no obstacle for strong Julia. As we all are, she was once lost, too, when in search for the thing. She just couldn't figure it out, but then her husband Paul enlightened her and she threw herself into cooking. She knew this was it. I love it how in the movie they showed what Paul wrote in his letters about Julia. How he admired her, her work and her passion. It's a true miracle to have found such supporting and loving husband like this.
Soon, Julia finished her cooking school and met two ladies with whom she wrote her first cook book. But it wasn't that simple, far from that. Since Paul was employed in government and was some sort of diplomat, they moved every few years, which was very difficult for Julia's cook book progress. But knowing good old Julia, that never stopped her. Of course, they encountered a few difficulties and problems with her husband now and then, but who doesn't, right?
All along, Julie faithfully and loyally followed Julia's orders and instructions to make this the best year of her life. Like Julia, Julie also came across a few troubles. It was even harder for her, because she had to keep that balance between her job and her passion, which was very hard. Like she said herself, she was putting in danger her own and her husband's along with their cat's well-being, but keeping the passion and making your goals come true requires some sacrifices. Putting their marriage at risk was sure a pretty big sacrifice, but they loved each other too much to leave this whole thing fall apart. That's what true love is. If I quote Augustus Waters from John Green's most famous book, The Fault In Our Stars: "You keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway." And they both did. They both also knew they wouldn't let this whole year of pure torment and fighting go to waste.
Soon Julie regained her trust in herself again, and voila! She made it! She became famous. There were articles about here in the papers and all the book managers, agents, publishers, interviewers saw it and they took a chance. Suddenly they got like 65 messages left on their phone. When I saw that pure joy on Julie's face, tears of happiness, pride of how far she made it and that all that hard work payed off pretty good, I knew it's worth it. Whatever it is that makes you happy, you should do it. No matter the cost. Because if you are 100% sure that this thing makes you happy and that you love doing it, your hard work will pay off. That you will be successful at it.
I love it how in they movie they matched the times when Julie felt like giving up and also at the same time when Julia felt like she hit rock bottom. They showed that the path to success can be sometimes hard and difficult, but that it is all worth it in the end. That all the pain and suffering that you might be feeling right now is just the test of how loyal you are to your own goal. If you are really into this.
And when you suddenly realize what your thing is, you are willing to do anything. Like Julie decided to cook all the recipes from Julia's cook book and that Julia suddenly decided to learn how to cook with the best chefs in France itself and later that she will write a cook book. Those are both enormous steps they both took, but you know why they took it? I bet you know the answer yourself. Because they knew this was it and because they had the right support by their sides. That's all you need to make dreams come true.
What I learned from this movie? That no matter how difficult your life might be or how ordinary and pathetic you might seem to yourself there's always A) that hidden talent inside you that you just need to awaken and B) someone who has faith in you, who believes in you and who loves you with all their heart and will do anything for you. Someone who admires all of you, just the way you are. You can count yourself lucky for finding that or if you haven't yet, do not despair! The right one will come. I believe in that. In soul mates, that is. Somehow, I believe there can be a person in each individual's life that can change them into a whole lot better person. Or maybe they just like them by their side. We all have different definitions of love, but I know one thing for sure: someone who is always there for you, someone who encourages you to do better and who has faith in you is a true keeper. Hold onto that. Because you won't be able to find another person like that.
Julie Powell and Julia Child both made it right to the top. Even though life seemed like a drag at times, they both had great support to keep them going when they lost faith in their abilities and dreams. That movie inspired me big time to keep doing what I love to do. Whatever that might be. Every person deserves the right to do what they love and make credit for it. Life's too damn short to do things for/instead/because of others. Your life's about you and you alone. There's no one who can dictate you or order you what to do. The quote "A man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains." is the opening line of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract and says everything that needs to be said about life. Sad, but true. But those were different times. Now you can make it all happen, no matter what. Julie wasn't filthy rich either but she remained faithful and true to her original passion. Anything can be done with a little bit of hope and help from your friends. Anything is achievable.
Julie Powell was very much aware of her special thing. Besides being a completely random and ordinary working married woman in her early thirties, she kept her passion within her. Cooking and writing. And she wasn't embarrassed of it. What she was embarrassed of, was how she could never finish anything she ever set her mind to. She was very much aware of that, too, thanks to her constantly supporting mother. But still, she craved challenge. She was not into just sitting by herself and her husband and pretend to live normal life. She wanted more from it. So she decided to write a blog. And why the heck not? It was the biggest hit back then. So she went for it. But not so easily. She had a plan. And a very interesting one, I'll give her that!
She was about to do 524 recipes (which were from Child's first cook book, which Julie was a great fan of) in 356 day in one tiny apartment kitchen. That is quite a big challenge she set for herself, right? Minding the fact that she was still a full-time employee at Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's call center which was not a piece of cake. I was really curious how she was going to carry the whole thing out.
Of course, like on every journey, there were doubts and times when Julie simply wanted to give up. Sometimes she thought that no one even reads her blog, then other times she thought she could never even do it. I learned a lot from her personal experience and I think anyone could.
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Soon, Julia finished her cooking school and met two ladies with whom she wrote her first cook book. But it wasn't that simple, far from that. Since Paul was employed in government and was some sort of diplomat, they moved every few years, which was very difficult for Julia's cook book progress. But knowing good old Julia, that never stopped her. Of course, they encountered a few difficulties and problems with her husband now and then, but who doesn't, right?
All along, Julie faithfully and loyally followed Julia's orders and instructions to make this the best year of her life. Like Julia, Julie also came across a few troubles. It was even harder for her, because she had to keep that balance between her job and her passion, which was very hard. Like she said herself, she was putting in danger her own and her husband's along with their cat's well-being, but keeping the passion and making your goals come true requires some sacrifices. Putting their marriage at risk was sure a pretty big sacrifice, but they loved each other too much to leave this whole thing fall apart. That's what true love is. If I quote Augustus Waters from John Green's most famous book, The Fault In Our Stars: "You keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway." And they both did. They both also knew they wouldn't let this whole year of pure torment and fighting go to waste.
Soon Julie regained her trust in herself again, and voila! She made it! She became famous. There were articles about here in the papers and all the book managers, agents, publishers, interviewers saw it and they took a chance. Suddenly they got like 65 messages left on their phone. When I saw that pure joy on Julie's face, tears of happiness, pride of how far she made it and that all that hard work payed off pretty good, I knew it's worth it. Whatever it is that makes you happy, you should do it. No matter the cost. Because if you are 100% sure that this thing makes you happy and that you love doing it, your hard work will pay off. That you will be successful at it.
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And when you suddenly realize what your thing is, you are willing to do anything. Like Julie decided to cook all the recipes from Julia's cook book and that Julia suddenly decided to learn how to cook with the best chefs in France itself and later that she will write a cook book. Those are both enormous steps they both took, but you know why they took it? I bet you know the answer yourself. Because they knew this was it and because they had the right support by their sides. That's all you need to make dreams come true.
What I learned from this movie? That no matter how difficult your life might be or how ordinary and pathetic you might seem to yourself there's always A) that hidden talent inside you that you just need to awaken and B) someone who has faith in you, who believes in you and who loves you with all their heart and will do anything for you. Someone who admires all of you, just the way you are. You can count yourself lucky for finding that or if you haven't yet, do not despair! The right one will come. I believe in that. In soul mates, that is. Somehow, I believe there can be a person in each individual's life that can change them into a whole lot better person. Or maybe they just like them by their side. We all have different definitions of love, but I know one thing for sure: someone who is always there for you, someone who encourages you to do better and who has faith in you is a true keeper. Hold onto that. Because you won't be able to find another person like that.
Julie Powell and Julia Child both made it right to the top. Even though life seemed like a drag at times, they both had great support to keep them going when they lost faith in their abilities and dreams. That movie inspired me big time to keep doing what I love to do. Whatever that might be. Every person deserves the right to do what they love and make credit for it. Life's too damn short to do things for/instead/because of others. Your life's about you and you alone. There's no one who can dictate you or order you what to do. The quote "A man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains." is the opening line of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract and says everything that needs to be said about life. Sad, but true. But those were different times. Now you can make it all happen, no matter what. Julie wasn't filthy rich either but she remained faithful and true to her original passion. Anything can be done with a little bit of hope and help from your friends. Anything is achievable.
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