You have a backpack. Now imagine that you need to stuff all your belongings into the backpack. Your career, family, hobbies, mortgages, photos of the 
past, cars, apartment, two-storey linked house etc. Now you have all stuffed in. And image you are starting to carry the backpack. Strapping in onto your shoulder. Feel the weight and the burden?
Ryan's philosophy of life is being free of any attachments. He works as a corporate downsizer (you get pay by firing people on behalf of their bosses who are too coward to do so) and therefore, have to travel extensively throughout the year. In the end, he manages to earn 10 millions miles mark. But soon he realizes life with relationship is worthwhile. He has to start afresh after being let down in a relationship.
Even though technology has enable to us to convey the message via internet or sms, it is still better to do it face-to-face. Nowadays, you can dump your girlfriend or even quit your job by just an sms. This is the other side of the message. Emotional management is better off with face-to-face.
Quote from the director: "In one sense, it’s a movie about a man who fires people for a living. In another sense, it’s a movie about a man who collects air miles excessively. In another sense, it’s about a man who meets a woman who’s so similar to him that even though they both believe in the idea of living solo, they begin to fall in love."
past, cars, apartment, two-storey linked house etc. Now you have all stuffed in. And image you are starting to carry the backpack. Strapping in onto your shoulder. Feel the weight and the burden? Ryan's philosophy of life is being free of any attachments. He works as a corporate downsizer (you get pay by firing people on behalf of their bosses who are too coward to do so) and therefore, have to travel extensively throughout the year. In the end, he manages to earn 10 millions miles mark. But soon he realizes life with relationship is worthwhile. He has to start afresh after being let down in a relationship.
Even though technology has enable to us to convey the message via internet or sms, it is still better to do it face-to-face. Nowadays, you can dump your girlfriend or even quit your job by just an sms. This is the other side of the message. Emotional management is better off with face-to-face.
Quote from the director: "In one sense, it’s a movie about a man who fires people for a living. In another sense, it’s a movie about a man who collects air miles excessively. In another sense, it’s about a man who meets a woman who’s so similar to him that even though they both believe in the idea of living solo, they begin to fall in love."
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