Y'know, I find it funny that kids these days don't know what fame is.

To them...

Fame is having a huge follower count on social media.

Or having a ton of watchers of Youtube.

Kids these days legit can't comprehend how anyone can be famous without the internet.

So it shocks them when we tell them about the man who defined fame.

... Michael Jackson.

How famous was he?

The whole world, even us down in Africa knew who he was before the internet was widespread.

Him spending the night at a hotel was enough to attract a stadium sized crowd out his window just to look at him.

Michael Jackson was so famous, he had no idea what a normal life was like.

He couldn't go out without the papparazzi stalking his every move.

Because of this, believe it or not...

Michael had NEVER gone shopping.

Ever.

It was an experience so alien to him...

That one of his friends had to arrange for a department store to be closed for a day just so Michael could go in... and experience what it is like to shop like a normal person.

...and Michael enjoyed every second of it.

Look... to you and I, shopping is something so normal, so mundane that we don't really put much thought into it.

But to Michael?

It was the experience of a lifetime.

Something as simple as walking down the aisle, picking a can of beans and waiting in line was pure joy for him.

And this is because as "normal" as shopping is for us...

It was new to him.

This is a simplel reminder that no matter how "ordinary" or boring something is in your life...

Someone out there will find it interesting.

This is why simple, personal stories from your world are so powerful.

To you, they're normal.

To everyone else...

It's a whole new world.

Keep that in mind next time you think something is too boring to talk about in an email.

Till the next wave of madess...

Vae Victis

Jay