As news spreads of the Chilean Miners finally getting out of the ground after almost 2 months cooped up with only their Lord of the Flies sensibilities and no sunlight, I can’t help but wonder what I would do with 2 months of solitude. What would I be able to accomplish with 2 months without a job or mundane everyday tasks like laundry or mowing the lawn?
Let’s jump through a few scenarios where life doesn’t get in the way.
1) given 58 days to my own devices I think I would try to build something. I am sure I would spend several days brainstorming and the end result would be like a tree house or a beer pong table. But with 2 months to perfect the piece, I am confident it would rule…
2) Maybe I would spend my days writing a novel…I have said that before and always stumble out of the starting block…..sigh.
3) 2 months is long enough to drive from Alaska to Argentina…I think (googling pan-american highway…) 14,642 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina 23 days, 22 hours and 43 minutes through 21 armed checkpoints in Colombia alone… So I would have plenty of time!
4) A search for books came up with some interesting titles. All things I can do in 28 days: Lose an Accent, Write my Life Story, Learn to Pray, Read without Glasses, Get a Better Body, and get a complete sex makeover!
5) Turns out I could sell 2 million iPads in 60 days.
6) I could also go door to door and ask people if they want to help me change the name of the street I live on from Country Lane to Hemingway Lane. I am sure the city red tape would take at least 60 days.
I am sure I could think of tons more things, all of which I would rather do than go to work everyday and pay bills and blah blah.
