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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.74,0:00:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ [1940's music] ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.65,0:00:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[NARRATOR] Let's look in on America's perfect family - the Joneses.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.65,0:00:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why, just look at their amazing life!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.63,0:00:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Safe, secure jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.81,0:00:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Social respect and admiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.16,0:00:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A growing family.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.56,0:00:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Home ownership!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.85,0:00:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New model cars.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.15,0:00:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a gourmet kitchen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.82,0:00:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, the Joneses are living proof that if we're willing to follow the same trusted path...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.58,0:00:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[RECORD SCRATCH]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.26,0:00:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What! How did we ever buy into that myth?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.65,0:00:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since we have been young, we have been indoctrinated to follow a prescribed formula.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.87,0:00:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to get a degree...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.80,0:00:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...and get the best job that you can.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.02,0:00:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...the white picket fence...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.18,0:00:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...the big-screen TV...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.70,0:00:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...2.5 kids...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.61,0:00:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...the babe, the boat, the bucks. The job, the six figures.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.93,0:00:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Work for forty, fifty years...and then retire.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.28,0:00:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did all of the things that were expected of me...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.33,0:00:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...at the expense of my dreams.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.86,0:01:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every Monday I would walk on the beach, and put my iPod in, and wonder what was wrong with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.41,0:01:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like: I live by the beach. I have a great job, all this money. I'm so lucky right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.59,0:01:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, I'm freaking miserable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.80,0:01:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was on the road 3 to 4 days a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.11,0:01:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just remember thinking: I did not sign up to be a single parent.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.33,0:01:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every single day, I would come home and I would
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.07,0:01:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell Betsy, I'm like, I cannot do this anymore. I cannot do this. I can't do this anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.32,0:01:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're climbing the ladder and you get to the top
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.30,0:01:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you realize you have it leaned up against the wrong wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.26,0:01:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't even know what the right wall was.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.22,0:01:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm 32 and it, it feels like I should have that...figured out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.30,0:01:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people DO live these lives of quiet desperation. They WISH things were different.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.18,0:01:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need Life to shake them and say,\N"Wake the F[bleep] up!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.28,0:01:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is not the way you've got to live!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.26,0:01:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There's something better out there."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.69,0:01:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.39,0:02:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ [5 FILMMAKERS] ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.98,0:02:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ [10,000+MILES] ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.64,0:02:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's only when you start making choices for yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.72,0:02:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can live your OWN dreams\Ninstead of the American dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.70,0:02:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd be happy, but I would not know what it would be like to keep this happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.38,0:02:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.46,0:02:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what's around the corner for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.44,0:02:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what's around the corner for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.66,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have never been so fulfilled not knowing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪