Still, honoring Hunter’s words meant taking a uniquely exacting approach to the script, alongside longtime DP Matthew Libatique. The camera had to be in just the right place at just the right time. The actors needed space to try different things, to “explore all the possible emotions they could,” as Aronofsky describes the approach. “He sees everything, everything,” Fraser says of his director. “He told me that, were he not a director, he would’ve been a baseball umpire.” Veľryba, čo chcela viac je milý, nenáročný a predsa poučný príbeh, ktorý tých najmenších nenásilnou formou učí rozpoznať, čo je v živote skutočne dôležité a čo si lesk privlastňuje len tak, naoko. The whale who wanted more” is a story about Humphrey, a whale, and his quest. Humphrey keeps collecting material possessions in the hope of feeling whole and happy (did someone say “hedonic treadmill”?*). As you can guess, just like in real life, it doesn’t work. Instead, he keeps collecting more and more possessions without becoming any happier.

Ideally, I don’t want the book to be too short, I want my kids to be able to focus on a book for at least a couple of minutes**. I also like that it’s not just Humphrey the whale who learned a lesson, but also all the other creatures on the reef. No dobre, neboli to len horúčavy, veľkú rolu zohrala aj prílišná zvedavosť, ktorú na scestné chodníčky zlanárili dychberúce ilustrácie usmievajúce sa zo stránok knihy, no slovo dalo slovo a ani som nevedela ako, už som v rukách obracala nádhernú detskú jednohubku Veľryba, čo chcela viac.My whole goal in this FI journey that I’m on is to free my time to focus on feeling fulfilment and spending time with family. Fulfilment

The illustrations are beautiful too. The book is very colourful and my kids love it. Reading “The whale who wanted more” to my son My Favourite part There’s a brilliant post by “Wait but why” titled “The tail end”. It’s one of my all-time favourite texts. It shows that by the time your kids turn 18, you’ve already spent the vast majority of the time you’ll ever spend with them (the same holds for you and your parents, of course). It really highlighted the importance of spending time with your kids. As you may know, I feel fulfilment when I help people (usually by teaching, my version of Humphrey’s singing). I enjoy teaching and I love the interaction with the students. That’s why I plan to keep teaching after I reach FI (or maybe make it part of my retirement plan).Viac, viac... Nuž, kto by nechcel - veľryby či ľudia, zrejme každý z nás chce čas od času od života čosi viac, čosi lepšie či väčšie, otázne však je, čo pre nás to tajomné "viac" vlastne znamená. Viac hmotných statkov, materiálneho bohatstva a nepodstatných zbytočností? Či naopak viac lásky a porozumenia? Vábivo pôsobiace mušle všakovakých tvarov, trblietavé cetky a kde-tu zatúlaný poklad námorníkov či petrofarebné koraly. Emil to chce všetko a ešte viac. Hrabe, zhromažduje a kopí, zbierka vzácností sa mu pomaly ale isto rozrastá, no jemu to akosi stále nestačí, skutočné šťastie ho miľovými krokmi obchádza. Po čom teda vlastne tak veľmi baží? There are quite a few, I’ll share the two that resonated with me the most, as someone pursuing FI (Financial Independence):