When I grow up I want to be Misha Collins.
But I don't understand how people have the energy to live life like that.
Okay, ignoring the fact that he plays Castiel in SPN, and you know, FOUNDED RANDOM ACTS IN HIS SPARE TIME AND DOES ALL FREAKING FUNDRAISING FOR IT AND SHIT LIKE THAT
http://www.therandomact.org/ Here is copy - and - paste of his life facts from Super Wiki
- Worked as a carpenter to put himself through college.
- Went to University of Chicago and studied Social Theory.
- Once worked as a White House intern.
- Once worked at National Public Radio in the U.S.
- Is a published poet. Two of his poems; "Baby Pants" and "Old Bones", can be found in the 2008 edition of the Columbia Poetry Review #21.
- Spent time at a monastery in Nepal. Still practices Buddhist meditation and goes on a 10 day retreat once a year.
- Started his own software company.
- Built his own home, and almost all the furniture in it, save for a couple chairs on the deck.
AND THEN GOT CAST AS CASTIEL AND FOUNDED AN INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT BUILDS SCHOOLS IN HAITI AND STUFF. WHAT? WHAAAAT? HE IS ONLY 39 WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?
What I don't understand, though, is how people get the physical and mental *energy* to live their lives that way. It's Sunday morning. I'm pretty much still in bed cos I'm tired from finishing up my doctoral thesis and I feel like that's an accomplishment. Do you think Misha ever stays in bed on Sundays? Probably not. He probably has to get up to train for the next marathon he does for Random Acts or write a new poem or something.
When I was a little kid I wanted to be extraordinary. But tbh I don't think I want to be *that* extraordinary. I mean, I also like sleeping. Anyway, I suppose I find Misha inspiring because sometimes I feel cynical. like him, I'm not a Christian, I don't believe I'm getting any reward or punishment for how I live my life now. Sometimes people piss me off. And I think fuck it, people suck, I'm going to ignore everyone and go to bed, people will never change, there's no point in trying to help anything, nothing makes a difference. And that's cowardice. Cynicism, I suppose, is a kind of cowardice, because if people suck so much you have no responsibility to anyone else and there's no point in doing anything. So I think I should try to eradicate that from myself.