Leap Into Life
Today, I conquered the daunting task of writing my voicemail greeting. You know, that thing that says "Hi, you've reached_____. Please leave your name and number and I'll get back to you as soon as possible." And I know, it could've been that simple, but I felt like making it more, well, me.
Your voicemail tells the caller who you are. It's what decides whether it's a wrong number or someone who actually knows you. Because of this, I wanted to do something cool with mine. I wanted to give it a little pizazz! And trust me, I definitely accomplished it. My voicemail greeting now is: "Hi, you've reached _____________. If I'm not trekking through Tartarus or saving the world on a flying ship, please leave your name and number and I'll iris message you as soon as possible." You probably don't get it (fangirl jokes), but rest assured: if you're looking for some pizazz on your message, I have more options!
And if those don't seem to fit your personality (which is pretty likely), try writing your own! Simply pick a unique aspect of your personality (i.e. quotes or obsessing over books) and play on that. Can you work in something the caller will "get out" of the message? If so, that makes it totally more awesome. So yeah, there is major importance in a voicemail greeting. It's like a ten second introduction to yourself and who you (that is if you DON'T choose the boring greeting). What's your voicemail greeting? P.S. As always, please subscribe or follow me on Twitter or Pinterest (buttons at top of page)!
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Movies are always coming and going, so I decided to launch myself into the ever growing movie industry and review some movies for you. Today's movie review is of Project Almanac- that sci-fi time travel movie that I can't believe is still in theaters.
Stars: 2 Have you ever seen a movie where the more you think about it, the more you find wrong with it? Well, that's basically Project Almanac. Project Almanac is painfully written, awkwardly paced, and filled with jolty camera movements. The movie follows five teens- with stereotypical characterizations that barely skim the surface- as they try to build and use a time machine. The first half of the movie is filled with budding friendships (and romance) and fun adventures in time travel: winning the lottery, retaking tests, etc. Unfortunately, things do not go as planned when the protagonist- I don't even remember his name- betrays his team for selfish reasons and causes confusing time ripples. The rest of the movie is spent trying to solve this problem but is mostly more shaky cameras capturing footage that isn't even compelling or exciting, much less making any sense at all. Once the protagonist solves the problem- kind of- he learns that time travel is bad and can cause some major problems, yet he walks into the attic, discovers a random camera, and goes up to the girl he time travelled with before and says "I think we're about to make history." The movie is built on a faulty base of time travel with no world rules, meager character development, and an idea, that even if executed well, would've had problems. So yeah, don't get me started on everything they did wrong. Just take my review into consideration before deciding to watch Project Almanac. |