👋 MAYbe next time?
It's Monday. I'm here for you.
Greetings from Brooklyn. It’s me, Jen Glantz.
I get all jumpy when I’m vibing with someone and we’re talking about doing something fun like going on a walking tour of old-school mafia spots on the Lower East Side or walking from the very top of Manhattan all the way downtown and then, right in the middle of us choking on our laughter, they suddenly say:
This sounds so fun. Maybe next year?
Not in my world, honey. There’s no maybe next year because maybe next year usually means… never.
Whenever Adam says: When I retire, I want to…
I shoot him these laser-beam eyes that very clearly say: RUN. When you retire? Adam, that’s in like…IDK? Yeaaaaars.
I collect horror stories about people who spent decades saying things like: One day we’ll take that biking trip across Europe. When we retire, we’ll finally go on that cruise around the world. And then they retire and…Well. The universe had other plans, if you know what I mean.
I can be lazy sometimes. I can absolutely get in my own way when it comes to sitting down and doing what I need to do. But one thing about me is that when it comes to adventure, I will never say: How about tomorrow?
I will find the 24/7 psychic. I will book the trip that I’ll spend the next six months stressing about.
I’m impulsive and strange. But I am not waiting around to live my freaking life.
So hello, June. Our family weekend calendar is already so packed that when people ask to make plans, we’re saying horrifying things like: How’s mid-September?
I’m making a June bucket list so that I can have goooals and things to look forward to and not have the first real month of summer pass without having a good time.
Sharing a template you can use here.
May’s newsletter theme was all about being interesting. Do we like themes? Should I do more? Here’s what I wrote just for you in May:
The stuff you waste time on is making you boring so here’s how to make little tiny changes to feel interesting again.
This is what happens when you ask three people in your life to tell you what they think makes you interesting.
The exact script to use to sound interesting AND to remind yourself that you are soooo freaking fun.
Ps. Know somebody who would loooove this place? Send them this link and tell them that Monday’s (and life!!!!) don’t have to suck.
On to the goooood stuff!
ChatGPT workouts.
I’m trying to do it all and the only way to do that is to fit in workouts whenever I have 20-minutes. I did it at 9:54pm the other night and outside the building where I dropped Gemma off for her gymnastics class (when you’re in a time crunch, you don’t have time to care if people are watching you do skating lunges on a NYC sidewalk).
Here’s the workout plan I followed last week.
I just finished this book and…
Thought Escape! was a fun beach read. It’s especially for someone who is reality TV obsessed (niche: Survivor). The author worked as a reality producer and interviewed hundreds of people who worked on shows to write this thriller of a fiction book. All my 2026 reads are here.
Is this the catchiest song ever?
I swear last night I woke up at 2:37am to pee and on the way to the toilet I was humming this song. It’s sooo catchy. The lyrics hit and I pretend I’m a 20-something girlie with a crush again.
Summer shoes that go with everyyyything :)
Jellies are everywhere. They are the shoe of the summer and as a Brooklyn girlie, I’m walking everywhere so I need everything that covers my feet to be comfy and well-made. I can walk miles in these and I put these on for nights out and somehow survive climbing subway stairs in them.
I can’t stop thinking about this:
“Married less to the man than to the woman silvering with the mirror... I am my own bride, lifting the veil to see my face. Darling, I say, I have waited for you all my life.” — Maggie Smith
I found this in my notes app :)
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Love the June Bucket List!
We effing LOVE a theme! 💯