Everything Everywhere All At Once

Laundry and taxes, but make them make your heart burst open.

I probably come across as an optimist. Someone who believes in purpose, in the deep interconnectedness of everything and finds ways to play with those connections.

At least I hope I do, because I think that would be an accurate impression.

But it wasn’t always like that for me.

In my late teens and early 20s I used to be bothered by the idea that nothing really mattered. It was this whole Ecclesiastes-like journey of wondering why we spend so much energy to get paid, buy food, and pay rent just so we could do it again the next day. Seemed like an endless cycle to me.

Sometimes ‘what is the meaning of life?’ can feel like a cliched question but for those who’ve grappled with it, you know it’s a real thing.

But I think those who’ve confronted it fairly, who’ve wrestled with the question to find purpose know, the view on the other side is something else.

This is one of the reasons I am obsessed with Everything Everywhere All at Once right now. That and all the parts that feel like parenthood in a nutshell, the honoring of kindness as a necessary strategic strength, and the Asian immigrant story that reminds us of how we all contain multitudes.