1 00:00:00,742 --> 00:00:01,242 ♪ [1940's music] ♪ 2 00:00:01,242 --> 00:00:04,304 [NARRATOR] Let's look in on America's perfect family: the Joneses. 3 00:00:04,304 --> 00:00:07,405 Why, just look at their amazing life! 4 00:00:07,405 --> 00:00:10,088 Safe, secure jobs. 5 00:00:10,088 --> 00:00:12,205 Social respect and admiration. 6 00:00:13,128 --> 00:00:14,368 A growing family. 7 00:00:14,368 --> 00:00:15,964 Home ownership! 8 00:00:15,964 --> 00:00:16,988 New model cars. 9 00:00:16,988 --> 00:00:18,202 And a gourmet kitchen. 10 00:00:18,202 --> 00:00:21,249 Yes, the Joneses are living proof that if we're willing to follow the same trusted path... 11 00:00:21,249 --> 00:00:27,805 [RECORD SCRATCH] 12 00:00:27,805 --> 00:00:29,000 What! How did we ever buy into that...myth? 13 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,307 Since we have been young, we have been indoctrinated to follow a prescribed formula. 14 00:00:32,307 --> 00:00:37,238 You have to get a degree. 15 00:00:37,238 --> 00:00:38,583 And get the best job that you can. 16 00:00:38,583 --> 00:00:39,819 The white picket fence... 17 00:00:39,819 --> 00:00:40,907 The big-screen TV... 18 00:00:40,907 --> 00:00:42,105 2.5 kids... 19 00:00:42,105 --> 00:00:43,254 The babe, the boat, the bucks. The job, the six figures. 20 00:00:43,254 --> 00:00:47,540 Work for forty, fifty years...and then retire. 21 00:00:47,540 --> 00:00:51,119 I did all of the things that were expected of me 22 00:00:51,119 --> 00:00:54,917 at the expense of my dreams. 23 00:00:54,917 --> 00:00:57,054 Every Monday I would walk on the beach, and put my iPod in, and... 24 00:00:57,054 --> 00:01:01,686 wonder what was wrong with me. 25 00:01:01,686 --> 00:01:03,785 I was like: I live by the beach. I have a great job, all this money. 26 00:01:03,785 --> 00:01:06,570 I'm so lucky right now. 27 00:01:06,570 --> 00:01:09,804 And yet, I'm freaking miserable. 28 00:01:09,804 --> 00:01:12,234 And I was on the road 3 to 4 days a week. 29 00:01:12,234 --> 00:01:13,919 And I just remember thinking: I did not sign up to be a single parent. 30 00:01:13,919 --> 00:01:17,936 Every single day, I would come home and I would 31 00:01:17,936 --> 00:01:21,485 tell Betsy, I'm like, I cannot do this anymore. I cannot do this. I can't do this anymore. 32 00:01:21,485 --> 00:01:27,295 When you're climbing the ladder and you get to the top 33 00:01:27,295 --> 00:01:27,890 and you realize you have it leaned up against the wrong wall. 34 00:01:27,890 --> 00:01:30,080 I didn't even know what the right wall was. 35 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,683 [CRYING] And I'm 32 and it, it feels like I should have that...figured out. 36 00:01:33,683 --> 00:01:36,368 These people DO live these lives of quiet desperation. They WISH things were different. 37 00:01:36,368 --> 00:01:44,820 They need Life to shake them and say, "Wake the f**k up!" 38 00:01:44,820 --> 00:01:49,087 "This is not the way you've got to live!" 39 00:01:49,087 --> 00:01:51,491 "There's something better out there." 40 00:01:51,491 --> 00:01:52,922 ♪ ♪ 41 00:01:52,922 --> 00:01:55,189 ♪ [5 FILMMAKERS] ♪ 42 00:01:55,189 --> 00:02:02,784 [10,000+MILES] It's only when you start making choices for yourself 43 00:02:02,784 --> 00:02:11,701 [42 days] that you can live your OWN dreams instead of 'The American Dream'. 44 00:02:11,701 --> 00:02:15,235 ♪ [ON A JOURNEY] ♪ 45 00:02:15,235 --> 00:02:16,532 ♪ ♪ 46 00:02:16,532 --> 00:02:17,984 ♪ [TO FIND A NEW PATH] ♪ 47 00:02:17,984 --> 00:02:20,059 [TO FIND A NEW PATH] I'd be happy, 48 00:02:20,059 --> 00:02:21,324 but I would not know 49 00:02:21,324 --> 00:02:23,717 [TO HAPPINESS] what it was going to be like to keep this happening. 50 00:02:23,717 --> 00:02:25,124 ♪ [TO HAPPINESS] ♪ 51 00:02:25,124 --> 00:02:26,209 [CHUCKLES] 52 00:02:26,209 --> 00:02:30,882 ♪ ♪ 53 00:02:30,882 --> 00:02:31,786 ♪ [JULY 2012] ♪ 54 00:02:31,786 --> 00:02:34,092 [JULY 2012] I don't know what's around the corner for me. 55 00:02:34,092 --> 00:02:35,143 ♪ [JULY 2012] ♪ 56 00:02:35,143 --> 00:02:36,886 [JULY 2012] I have never been so fulfilled not knowing. 57 00:02:36,886 --> 00:02:38,886 ♪ ♪ 58 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 let's look in on America's perfect family, the Johnses. I just look at their amazing lifves - safe, secured jobs, social respect and .... - a growing family. ... new model cars and a good maid kitchen. yes, the germans are living proof that if we are willing to follow the same trusted path. 59 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 what? how did we ever buy into that myth. 60 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 since we have been young, we have been indoctrinated to follow a prescribed formula. 61 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 have a good degree 62 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and get the best job that you can 63 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a big screen TV 64 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 2.5 kids 65 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 work for forty, fifty years and then retire