Based on the frequency with which the question is asked, what one does appears to be a decidedly important fact about a person. More perplexing to me, however, are the neatly crafted replies so readily offered in the face of such a query. As for myself, the truest and most concise response I may ever be able to muster is: One hundred thousand things.
I write, I make films, I climb mountains, I dream, I read books, I make art, I dance, I gather food scraps and leaves, I run, I garden, I cook, I listen to crickets, I swim in oceans, I walk through deserts and I question everything.
A tree spends a lifetime being a tree and I intend to fill mine being me.