When you’re cruising

Oh, hi friends!

There were some hitches on this travel day—before boarding, we were told that our nonstop flight to Las Vegas must be diverted to Cincinnati for extra fuel. Our gate changed. We were delayed on the runway because we were 18th in line to depart. (Takes about two minutes for a plane to take off, did you know that?)

But you know, I’m in the air now—and I’m typing, and we’re moving. The pilot said we’re looking at three hours of turbulence. So. I started to think about all the things I’ve done for three hours.

I’ve seen plays that were three hours long (some twice as long).
A few years ago, when faced with an important deadline, I barely moved from my desk for six hours and wrote most of a Gilmore Girls spec script overnight.
I ran two marathons—those were longer than three hours.
I’ve been on trains for three hours, I’ve danced for three hours—actually, in college, I danced for twenty-four hours for charity, despite having very little coordination.

It’s rare to think about all the things we’ve done. But aren’t they benchmarks for everything we can do? Aren’t they harbingers of whatever moment you find yourself in, right here, right now?

What have you done in the past that made you who you are today? Think about it. Maybe it was a little bump, maybe it was a smooth flight. But you weathered it (hah), it got you here—and maybe that’s where you needed to go.

"Practice intentional dreaming by visualizing and mentally experiencing your success and imagining yourself fully capable of your goal. Do this every night before you go to sleep.”

Inspired by the planning and deliberate action in this story “How to Walk 100,000 Steps in One Day,” written by a guy whose titles include co-founder of MIT Center for Future Storytelling, president of Paramount Pictures, and production chief of Walt Disney Studios. COOL. His long-trek experiment goes deeper than walking, though. His outline of how to construct a big dream for yourself and then go after it will stick with me for a long while.

A year and change after everyone else saw it, I finally just watched RBG on the flight. What a story, what a love story, what a story. This documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg is streaming now on Hulu, if you’re behind as I was! Did you know the Supreme Court Justice works all day, goes home, then often works until four in the morning—and catches up on her sleep on the weekend? *gasp*

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Thanks, as always, for reading.

Love, Kara