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PICK-ME-UP: LOVE IS A THRILL
Hello! Greetings from Manhattan. 6-years ago, I went on my 15th first date of the MONTH. I was ready to give up on dating all together but decided to say yes to ONE more date.
It was a chilly March afternoon so I sat inside this tiny coffee shop waiting for the guy to arrive. When the door swung open, Adam walked in with his Disney-like smile and hand-talking energy.
I was enthralled by it all.
On Saturday, we celebrated the 6th anniversary of that first date, AND the first anniversary of our marriage, at that tiny little coffee shop.
Love isn't easy and neither is marriage. Read on to hear the details
In this issue: A 6-part love story that you might have never read before, my obsession with online courses, and what I just bought off Amazon.
Why you’re getting this: I'm Jen Glantz and this is my Monday Pick-Me-Up newsletter. I've been sending it for over 8-years, every single Monday morning, to thousands of awesome humans, just like you. Thank you for letting this email live in in your inbox. It makes my heart explode with joy.
The Pick-Me-Up: A 6-Part Love Story
PART 1 OF 6
One month before my FIRST DATE with Adam, a psychic looked me in the eyes, grabbed my hand, and said:
YOU WILL NEVER FIND LOVE.
"Like ever?" I replied, pulling my fingers away from hers.
"Ever." She said with ease, as if she was telling me the news about a canceled sitcom and NOT MY LOVE LIFE. “You’re just too…complicated.”
For a little while, I believed her.
Because when we let people tell us what to think about our own lives, we let them write our story.
But she didn't know me, she didn't know the footnotes that swarmed the pages of my plot so far, and perhaps she didn't know that I am the kind of person -
- who lives life with this fierce stamina to prove people wrong.
The opposite of not finding love is looking for it obsessively. So that's what I did.
I went on 14 first dates in one month. Some days, I went on 4 dates a DAY.
I didn’t meet anyone I ever wanted to see again.
So I picked up a glass and said: “Cheers, psychic! YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT ME.”
Right before I hit the "erase my profile forever'' button on the dating app, I saw a message from a guy asking me to meet him for coffee.
"What's one more date? One more chance to prove this psychic wrong."
So I went to the coffee shop and waited for the date to walk in.
And when the door opened, Adam walked in.
What if she’s wrong about me?
What if I am complicated but what if love isn’t?
Last week, I sat in front of a tarot card reader who didn't know a thing about my love life.
She pulled a card that had a guy on it that looked like Adam. She paused and looked me in the eyes.
"Oh,” she said. “Oh, wow.”
I rolled my eyes. She better not tell me I’LL NEVER FIND LOVE because this time - I want a refund.
"Love," she said, "Is a powerful force in your life and there's someone you love who has helped you get through so much, who has changed how you view the world, who…. I don't know…..
I exhaled.
“Adds to your adventure.”
AND I knew exactly what she meant.
PART 2,3,4,5, AND A SURPRISE IN PART 6…CAN BE READ RIGHT HERE!
PS. Want more stories like this? THIS is for you.
All my love,
Jen Glantz
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Random Links
Playing this mix on repeat this morning for the ultimate pick-me-up.
Also, have this podcast for you TODAY with a special guest.
Random, Random:
Picked From the Library: Adulting
Why I'm obsessed with starting online courses
Wrote this article for CNBC about my obsession with online courses and why they are powerful for people.
Being a Mom and a Tech Entrepreneur
An amazing podcast about my friend Molly's incredible journey as a mom and a tech entrepreneur. Seriously her story will blow your mind!
I'm doing this thing to bring a SPARK back into my life and that thing is doing (1) challenge a day. I pick something that scares me a little bit and I…do it. I did a TikTok live last week, emailed a pitch for a new podcast to random producers, and pitched the media a few story ideas.
If I asked you to challenge yourself today - what would you do?
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Mini Pick-Me-Up: FRIENDSHIP
How so many of the people I adore in my life are people I met as a result of sending an email, responding to a tweet, answering a DM on Instagram, saying yes to being a guest on their podcast.
It always starts with a hello but so many friendships find ways of tangling knots in your life, the good kind of knots, the kind that hold onto you tightly when you’re secretly spiraling or make you feel safe when you’re in a moment of brief and unexpected chaos.
Either way, friendship is a story and I love telling people how I met some of the awesome people I call friends.
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The End
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Have a great week.
Jen Glantz
p.s. Here's the About Me on my website if you forgot who I am or where we met.
-Jen Glantz
Author, Serial Entrepreneur, Podcast Host, Pizza lover, & Goofy's best friend.
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