Gearing up your Monday

Oh, hi friends!

I kept debating about what to say this morning.

But I'm feeling super optimistic, and I realized all I really wanted to express was…

I’ve got this.

And you’ve got this.

So let’s go get this.

Sound good?

But seriously, does anyone know how to play dominoes?

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Referencing Steve Jobs’s famous line that you can connect the dots only looking backward, Mr. Urban urged anyone frozen by indecision to simply pick a “good next dot,” saying, “It doesn’t have to be perfect — it’s just a dot along the way.”

This excellent Smarter Living piece by Susan Shain (who I got to know through Brass Ring!) is all about how to be less indecisive — and it spoke to me in the biggest way.

If you’re often faced with this or that and choose…nothing?!?!…then it’s a must read. Here’s to picking “next dots,” no matter what they are!

Playing catch-up on summer movies: I saw the film Booksmart on Sunday and it’s an absolute delight. Brilliantly directed by Olivia Wilde, it’s about two high school girls who want to have a little fun before high school graduation. But it’s also so much more! Haven’t laughed this much at a film in a long while. Here’s the trailer (language warning — put on your headphones).

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Thanks, as always, for reading.

Love, Kara