Get busy living. Or get busy finding a better metric.
So go ahead. Pick your moment. Just remember: Andy Dufresne didn’t crawl through a river of shit and come out clean on the other side so you could stay comfortable on your couch. The Shawshank Redemption Index
Why the roof? Because hope, for the truly trapped, is not escape. It is a five-minute break from thirst. The Shawshank Redemption Index, then, is a mirror. If you watch the film at twenty, you see a thriller about a clever banker. At thirty, a tragedy about a wrongful conviction. At forty, a love story between two men who saved each other’s lives without ever touching. Get busy living
But at fifty? You realize the film has only one real character: . And the Index is simply asking: What are you doing with yours? Pick your moment