{"id":220,"date":"2010-02-27T16:42:20","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T22:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/?p=220"},"modified":"2010-05-12T15:08:30","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T21:08:30","slug":"vqc-46-julie-julia-two-stories-about-living-your-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/?p=220","title":{"rendered":"VQC #46: Julie & Julia: Two Stories About Living Your Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Julie and Julia (2009)<\/p><\/div>\n

I went to see the movie Julie & Julia<\/strong> <\/a>on Saturday night.\u00a0 It was delightful and fun (always love watching Meryl Streep) but what I was really struck by was that it was a story about two women discovering and living their Visions.\u00a0 Yes I do tend to see Visions everywhere I look (no pun intended) but this movie really was about living your Visions!<\/p>\n

The movie tells of two women in different times living somewhat parallel lives, one being inspired by the other.\u00a0\u00a0Two women, both of whom do not know what they want to do with their lives; they are somewhat lost and unfulfilled.\u00a0 Almost by chance they stumble on doing something that is really their true passion.\u00a0 Neither pursuit lends itself easily to making money and might even seem crazy to others.\u00a0 Both go through struggles, frustrations and setbacks, and both end up being\u00a0very successful in their respective fields in the end.\u00a0 The other parallel is that they both had very loving and supportive husbands.<\/p>\n

For Julia Child<\/strong> <\/a>her story begins when she is living in France with her diplomat husband and she is looking for \u201csomething to do\u201d.\u00a0 She does not have children, and seems that she can not, and is not content to just fill her time lunching, shopping etc.\u00a0 She tries her hand and several hobbies until one night at dinner she and her husband are discussing what she can do next.\u00a0 Her husband (played wonderfully by Stanley Tucci) asks \u201cWhat is it you really<\/strong> like to do?\u201d (This question, by the way, is one you should ask yourself if you are searching for your Purpose or Vision.) With a laugh Julia responds\u2026\u201dEat!\u201d We, the audience,\u00a0laugh at the seeming absurdity and irony in her answer.\u00a0 How can eating be your Vision? Well Julia is passionate about food so she follows this passion and gets involved with food, enrolling in cooking classes at the famed Cordon Bleu<\/strong> <\/a>cooking academy.\u00a0 The rest, as they say, is history, but the reality in the movie, as in life is that there were many struggles, ups and downs and \u201cfailures\u201d before her first book was published and she had her own TV shows.<\/p>\n

For Julie Powell<\/strong> <\/a>her story begins a bit differently.\u00a0 She already knew what her passion was; writing, but she was not living this.\u00a0 Instead, sidetracked after finishing Amherst with a double major in theater and creative writing,\u00a0she was trapped in a job she hated and feeling \u201clost.\u201d She was looking for something to save her from the abyss into which she\u00a0had fallen\u00a0and decided to learn to cook using Julia Child\u2019s \u201cMastering the Art of French Cooking<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d Having learned of a friend\u2019s recent success from writing a blog, she also decided to chronicle her cooking adventures in a blog, thus engaging in two of her passions;\u00a0writing and cooking.\u00a0 She created a <\/strong>BHAG<\/strong><\/a> (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) (Jim Collins<\/strong><\/a>, 2001)\u00a0Her BHAG; to execute 524 recipes in 365 days and blog about\u00a0it. \u00a0She too went through many struggles, disappointments, and several meltdowns before achieving her goal.<\/p>\n

So what can we take from this movie?<\/strong>\u00a0 Both women\u00a0were searching for a Vision. Both of them had passions and\u00a0followed their instincts, by simply\u00a0doing what\u00a0they were drawn to. Both had BHAGs; 524 recipes, learning to cook, and publishing a book. Both went through many setbacks. Both had supportive partners.\u00a0 Neither one gave up.<\/p>\n

The results? Success;<\/strong>For Julia Child-several books,\u00a0TV shows,\u00a0awards,\u00a0a feeling of fulfillment and creations that\u00a0changed an entire culture and brought joy to several generations.\u00a0 For Julie Powell-a successful blog then book now movie, rediscovering and living her true passion, finding herself and\u00a0a the making of a movie that can inspire others to discover and live their Visions.<\/p>\n

If you are living or attempting to live your Vision and have not already seen this movie I highly recommend it. Go see it then do me a favor\u2026drop me a line and tell me what you think.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

(first posted 8.17.09)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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