Episode 36: Life Moves Pretty Fast: On Perspective & Advice from Ferris Bueller

Need some life coaching? Best place to start? Classic 1980s John Hughes films…

What does a day off with Ferris Bueller have to do with how we see our own lives?

Quite a lot, actually. In this episode of Life on the B Side, I explore the power of perspective — from standing high above Newcastle at Grey’s Monument, to gazing at dots in an art gallery, to watching Ferris and his friends seize the day in Chicago.

We might not have realised how much advice Mr Hughes packed into his films when we were young, but rewatching them now is having a profound effect on me so I thought I’d share it with you.

P.S. You’re not dying, you just can’t think of anything good to do…