1 00:00:00,742 --> 00:00:01,649 ♪ [1940's music] ♪ 2 00:00:01,649 --> 00:00:06,649 [NARRATOR] Let's look in on America's perfect family: the Joneses. 3 00:00:06,649 --> 00:00:09,626 Why, just look at their amazing life! 4 00:00:09,626 --> 00:00:11,806 Safe, secure jobs. 5 00:00:11,806 --> 00:00:14,158 Social respect and admiration. 6 00:00:14,158 --> 00:00:15,564 A growing family. 7 00:00:15,564 --> 00:00:16,853 Home ownership! 8 00:00:16,853 --> 00:00:18,150 New model cars. 9 00:00:18,150 --> 00:00:20,817 And a gourmet kitchen. 10 00:00:20,817 --> 00:00:27,581 Yes, the Joneses are living proof that if we're willing to follow the same trusted path... 11 00:00:27,581 --> 00:00:28,255 [RECORD SCRATCH] 12 00:00:28,255 --> 00:00:31,647 What! How did we ever buy into that...myth? 13 00:00:31,647 --> 00:00:36,870 Since we have been young, we have been indoctrinated to follow a prescribed formula. 14 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:37,805 You have to get a degree. 15 00:00:37,805 --> 00:00:39,022 And get the best job that you can. 16 00:00:39,022 --> 00:00:40,175 The white picket fence... 17 00:00:40,175 --> 00:00:41,701 The big-screen TV... 18 00:00:41,701 --> 00:00:42,612 2.5 kids... 19 00:00:42,612 --> 00:00:45,929 The babe, the boat, the bucks. The job, the six figures. 20 00:00:45,929 --> 00:00:50,283 Work for forty, fifty years...and then retire. 21 00:00:50,283 --> 00:00:53,334 I did all of the things that were expected of me 22 00:00:53,334 --> 00:00:55,857 at the expense of my dreams. 23 00:00:55,857 --> 00:01:00,546 Every Monday I would walk on the beach, and put my iPod in, and... 24 00:01:00,546 --> 00:01:02,682 wonder what was wrong with me. 25 00:01:02,682 --> 00:01:05,909 I was like: I live by the beach. I have a great job, all this money. 26 00:01:05,909 --> 00:01:08,675 I'm so lucky right now. 27 00:01:08,675 --> 00:01:10,764 And yet, I'm freaking miserable. 28 00:01:10,887 --> 00:01:13,032 And I was on the road 3 to 4 days a week. 29 00:01:13,032 --> 00:01:17,281 And I just remember thinking: I did not sign up to be a single parent. 30 00:01:17,358 --> 00:01:20,074 Every single day, I would come home and I would 31 00:01:20,074 --> 00:01:25,321 tell Betsy, I'm like, I cannot do this anymore. I cannot do this. I can't do this anymore. 32 00:01:25,321 --> 00:01:27,295 When you're climbing the ladder and you get to the top 33 00:01:27,295 --> 00:01:30,263 and you realize you have it leaned up against the wrong wall. 34 00:01:30,263 --> 00:01:32,515 I didn't even know what the right wall was. 35 00:01:33,223 --> 00:01:38,465 [CRYING] And I'm 32 and it, it feels like I should have that...figured out. 36 00:01:40,295 --> 00:01:44,177 These people DO live these lives of quiet desperation. They WISH things were different. 37 00:01:44,177 --> 00:01:49,281 They need Life to shake them and say, "Wake the f**k up!" 38 00:01:49,281 --> 00:01:51,258 "This is not the way you've got to live!" 39 00:01:51,258 --> 00:01:52,686 "There's something better out there." 40 00:01:52,686 --> 00:01:57,388 ♪ ♪ 41 00:01:57,388 --> 00:02:01,966 ♪ [5 FILMMAKERS] ♪ 42 00:02:01,966 --> 00:02:06,717 [10,000+MILES] It's only when you start making choices for yourself 43 00:02:06,717 --> 00:02:11,701 [42 days] that you can live your OWN dreams instead of 'The American Dream'. 44 00:02:11,701 --> 00:02:15,235 ♪ [ON A JOURNEY] ♪ 45 00:02:15,235 --> 00:02:16,532 ♪ ♪ 46 00:02:16,532 --> 00:02:17,984 ♪ [TO FIND A NEW PATH] ♪ 47 00:02:17,984 --> 00:02:20,059 [TO FIND A NEW PATH] I'd be happy, 48 00:02:20,059 --> 00:02:21,324 but I would not know 49 00:02:21,324 --> 00:02:23,717 [TO HAPPINESS] what it was going to be like to keep this happening. 50 00:02:23,717 --> 00:02:25,124 ♪ [TO HAPPINESS] ♪ 51 00:02:25,124 --> 00:02:26,209 [CHUCKLES] 52 00:02:26,209 --> 00:02:30,882 ♪ ♪ 53 00:02:30,882 --> 00:02:31,786 ♪ [JULY 2012] ♪ 54 00:02:31,786 --> 00:02:34,092 [JULY 2012] I don't know what's around the corner for me. 55 00:02:34,092 --> 00:02:35,143 ♪ [JULY 2012] ♪ 56 00:02:35,143 --> 00:02:36,886 [JULY 2012] I have never been so fulfilled not knowing. 57 00:02:36,886 --> 00:02:38,886 ♪ ♪