White Castle within a block from my new apartment. Trouble!

In India there are a lot of monkeys. When the locals want to catch one, they anchor a bottle to the ground. The neck of the bottle is just large enough for a monkey’s hand to fit through. Then, they put a small banana in the bottle, sit back and wait.

Before long a monkey comes by, sees the banana, reaches his hand into the bottle, and grabs it. But then, the monkey discovers that he can’t get his hand out of the bottle while holding onto the banana. There is loud chattering and squealing as the person who set the trap walks up to the monkey and places a burlap sack over him. In the darkness the monkey releases the banana and is captured.

The monkey could, of course, let go of the banana and run before getting caught. Some do. But most of the monkeys hang on to the banana until the sack goes over their head. Why? Because the banana has value to the monkey and the monkey is unwilling to let go of that value. So unwilling that he gives up his life for it.

We do the same thing with our Houses, Cars, iPhones. Let go of the Banana and be Free. 

Sometimes you got to go a few days without it to be reminded how amazing it is. 

I am going to buy land and build one next summer. 

Its been a rough year but as of tomorrow I will be a fulltime freelancer and will be moving to Indianapolis, IN at the end of May. I am going to be living in an Art Coop downtown Indy and am seriously excited as hell for this summer. 

Some years are diamonds, some years are coal. Goodbye Lost Year.