I really like TV. I don’t watch much, but when I do, I really like it.

One show I really like in particular is Parks and Recreation.

Aziz Ansari’s character Tom has a hilarious line in a classic episode (paraphrasing):

“I know in 20 years I’ll be on a million-dollar yacht with my gorgeous wife, I just have to stick it out at this dead-end job until then.”

The joke, of course, is that just waiting isn’t going to make Tom rich enough to buy a yacht.

But there’s a layer under the joke that should sting a bit.

Because this joke should make you realize that no one else is going to buy you a yacht. No one else is going to make you rich, or make you fit, or make you whatever you want to be.

Maybe it felt different when you were a kid, but here in the real world, you have to get what you want for yourself.

What have you done TODAY to get the life you want?