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Don't Do It, Rob; It's no midlife crisis. I just want to take a break and see the world.(Cover story)
Byline: Rob Long
I was having lunch with an agent friend, and I had just finished telling him about my plan for a two-year sabbatical from Los Angeles, and from the entertainment business in general.
"Ohhhhhh ... kay," he said slowly. "So you're going through a midlife-crisis kind of thing." "I am not," I said.
"Rob, you're talking about moving to Mumbai. That's pretty much the definition of a midlife crisis."
Typically for an agent, he missed the big picture. My plan--which I'm calling a "sabbatical" or "midlife review"--is to take a two-year break from writing, producing and pitching in Hollywood, and spend some time finding out what other people do in farther-flung parts of the globe. I mean, everybody's always talking about the "global marketplace," but nobody ever does anything about it. I'm going to go see for myself.
My idea is to pick five cities--right now it's Buenos Aires, Shanghai, Mumbai, Istanbul and Rome--and plop myself down for a while and get to know the place. Rent an apartment. Nose around. Eat locally. Use each city as a hub for jaunts along the spokes. Instead of the usual two-week race to see the sights, eat the food and buy the trinkets, this is ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Don't Do It, Rob; It's no midlife crisis. I just want to take a break...