Something Good to Do

Downtown part of main street, Logan UT.

Welcome to my new blog and space for personal writing! When thinking about what to call this, I decided to dig in my phone’s saved notes for inspiration.

I usually prefer writing things down in my journal—half the fun of saving my weird ideas is feeling the physical ink glide onto the page. But sometimes, an idea strikes and there’s no pen in sight. So, I often jot things down on my phone. The modern-day napkin notepad?

I was looking through old shopping lists and work reminders, when I stumbled upon something that’s been saved in my phone’s reminders app since… I think since I got my first smartphone in high school. It’s a line from the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

“You’re not dying, you just can’t think of anything good to do.”

Early on in the film, the protagonist Ferris says this line to his best friend, Cameron, to convince him to get out of bed and give him a ride. Cameron is a seventeen-year-old kid who’s worried that—once he graduates high school—there’s nothing left to look forward to.

The movie explores themes of existential dread and teenage angst via over-the-top scenes paired with borderline ridiculous music choices. A classic John Hughes film, and still one of my favorites.

When I was seventeen, I related to Cameron’s worry. I reluctantly admitted I was much more like him than the confident Ferris. At the time, I believed I was making decisions that would determine everything about the rest of my life. And I worried that I would choose wrong.

Now that I’m almost thirty, I realize how silly it was to feel that way. Life is all about change and experiencing new things—small or great. Even when you think you’re stuck, there’s always something to work toward and look forward to. Something good to do.

So here it is! Something Good to Do: a personal blog where I can save entries about all the latest things I’ve been doing or working on. New adventures, hobbies, goals, and more.

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned!