Hey, Amy here.

I finally watched the movie I've been wanting to watch for a while, Nyad.

It's based on a true story, which is my favorite kind of movie... and one of the reasons I've been wanting to watch it, and it also stars one of my favorite actresses on the planet, Jodi Foster. 

 

And it also mostly takes place in the ocean, which is my other type of favorite movie... as you know, I love the ocean.

 

It's a true story about a marathon swimmer, a woman, Diana Nyad, who had attempted to swim across the ocean from Cuba to Florida when she was 28 and failed... and now she's 61 and decides she wants to try again.

 

It was so inspiring to me.

 

And it had me right from the beginning because she finds a Mary Oliver poem in the beginning which is what inspired her. 

 

Mary Oliver is my favorite poet, and her poem The Journey is what inspired me to take the leap and sell everything I own and go to New Zealand for 6 months backpacking by myself years ago.

 

So right from the beginning of the movie, I was hooked.

 

It was a different poem that inspired her, another favorite of mine called The Summer Day where it says,
 

"Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" 

 

So that night, I decided I was going to pursue a dream of mine. 

It's something personal so I'm not sharing it with anyone until it happens... because as far as I know it hasn't been done before and I don't want anyone telling me it can't be done or it won't happen. :) 

 

I shared it with one person a while ago...and he said, "that would be cool" but I don't think he took me seriously.

 

So I decided I don't want to share it yet... in it's totality. And it's not anything anyone would ever be able to figure out... it's just something that's personal to me.

 

It's not about money, it's not about competing with or beating anyone at anything, it's just something that's mine, and it's personal. And not been done before to the best of my knowledge.

 

I've been putting my team together for different things I will need help with.

I still have a big part of my purpose when it comes to the work that I do in the world and some of the other areas of my life that are about service and making a difference and that's never going to change... but I haven't really focused on anything really big that's just for me in a really long time.

 

And when I think about what I want to do with my one wild and precious life I know there's more I want to do. And I want to prove to myself that I can. Even at this age. So here I go.
 

I hosted the Grow Rich mastermind this morning and I shared more on this topic.

I shared a bit about my 'dark night of the soul' as well, which has inspired my taking on of this feat.

There were so many powerful shares on the call as well from some amazing people during the mastermind portion of the call. 

 

And I also really recommend watching that movie. It's Jodi Foster and Annette Bening so you seriously can't go wrong. And it's family friendly... if you have kids, they might like it as well. 

It's a true story, so if you are needing some inspiration in your life, it might really help. It's on Netflix. 
 

And, if you do, be sure and let me know how you like it.