In his talk from theXOXO Festivalin September , Hank Green blend in on a wildly entertaining and serious-minded rant that can be boiled down to : " [ bleep ] your dreams . " Now , that might sound soul - crushing in print , but in the context of his lecture , it was ( and remains ) exhilarating . Hank ’s point is that many of us structure our lives around the dreams of our former selves — our 8 - yr - old selves , or our college selves , or our parent - pleasing selves , or whatever . And the scarey trueness is that our former selves do n’t exist any longer , so seek to please them is a tomfool ’s errand .
There are a few matter you should experience about this talk . I was in the interview , so I can order you some stuff that may not be obvious from the video . The main matter is that it was almost unbearably spicy in the room ( which is why Hank is drenched in sweat at the end ) , it was at least 90 degrees , probably hotter . The other odd thing is that there was a clock on the stage , rather than a countdown timer , and at various times , that caused unwilled comedy for Hank . in conclusion , this was a way full of people who , for the most part , make clobber — writers , programmers , film producer , musicians , artist , you name it — and Hank droppeda draw of f - bombstalking to his compeer ( in other words , this was not a talk for kids ! ) . So if you ’re overnice about speech , you might want to avoid this one .
Here ’s a sample distribution quote that get to scrape the Earth’s surface of what Hank was get at . For the rest , I urge you to take 20 second out of your luncheon break and watch over the whole affair . Then , if you ’re so disposed , think about whether this line of mentation applies to your aliveness , your life history , and what you ’re up to right now at your desk . Sample quotation mark :
Hank also appears on my unretentive photo essay , The Hugs of XOXO . There are also more excellent talks like this on theXOXO Festival YouTube canal .
