{"id":56436,"date":"2016-06-20T02:48:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T06:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=56436"},"modified":"2016-07-05T22:11:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T02:11:25","slug":"what-matters-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2016\/06\/20\/what-matters-now\/","title":{"rendered":"What Matters Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right now you’re\u00a0probably asking\u00a0yourself how those geniuses over at Improvised Life keep coming up with great material day after day? We\u2019d like to show you what did NOT make the cut for today (that STILL has meaty grooves)… \"Juneteenth<\/p>\n

“Father\u2019s Day is Juneteenth”. We walked over to Marcus Garvey Park to research Juneteenth<\/a>, which is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. We learned a lot about our nation’s history and were saddened by it, while\u00a0heartened to see the changes that had taken place. We saw some powerful images\u00a0including these tee shirts.<\/p>\n

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Sally Schneider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then we made our fatal mistake. We went to Harlem Shake <\/a>and ate a double cheeseburger, French fries and a salted caramel milkshake. Falling into a sugar trance, we started\u00a0to write about the curiously compelling watch, above, designed to make us ask:<\/p>\n

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Sally Schneider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to its\u00a0website<\/a> copy \u201cIf we live life like it matters, it will.<\/em>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although we love the question \u2014and the watch meant to return your attention to the present \u2014 the\u00a0pretentious language just made us mad. We found our\u00a0sugar-shocked selves improvising a new tagline :<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is\u00a0tomorrow and will never come unless you make enough money to defend against the universe.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Our conclusion: follow the trails, see where they lead, have an opinion, make a joke!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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