Good morning from New York City. I have a lot on my mind this morning. All good stuff, but there’s something that happened over the last few days. I’ve kind of been going in circles and a cloud is lifted, and I made an important connection this morning that I thought I’d share with you.

I’ve been having a difficult time making a tough decision. Or better said, I was letting this indecision fester and it’s been a drag on my energy. Yesterday I finally made the call. It was about attending a wedding in Italy. This is the son of my dearest friends. I’ve known the children since they were toddlers, and not going to the wedding is absolutely heartbreaking to me.

I’ve been aware of my physical limitations of recent. I’ve been grounded in New York because of my broken wrist and subsequent surgery I had. So I’ve been having this debate in my head. It’s like when you stay home too much and you’re not moving around as much as you’re accustomed to, you can lose your confidence or your motivation or your interest. I’m one of those people, you know, I travel quite regularly. If not to Europe, I visit friends or travel to see my family. So I’ve been going back and forth trying to convince myself to just do it. Buy that ticket. You’re going to get excited about it. But there’s been this nagging undertow in my thoughts, and it didn’t feel good.

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