Good Will Hunting Ruined Me

I saw Good Will Hunting when I was fairly young and the movie made a huge impression on me. In fact the reason I don’t believe in college and subsequently never went is because of this film. I should say here that I love Good Will Hunting. The part in particular that really stuck with me was the line about you pay x-amount for a degree that would cost you $8.50 in library fees or something like that. I have believed that for as long as I can remember and still do actually. The idea of college isn’t lost on me, I get it and I love to learn. I own a ton of books on subjects that really interest me, like music, writing and technology. However, the only caveat with that whole ideology is that you have to actually read the books to gain the knowledge. Reading is something that I love, I just don’t do it as often as I should.

I didn’t really have any direction when I started writing this, I just wanted to make know that this movie changed or rather ruined me for better or worse. Perhaps my life would be different if I had seen the movie later in life, I’m not sure. All that I know is my life is starting to resemble that of Will Hunting, minus all the genius bits.