**How one decision changed everything—fast**

It’s September 2015. Almost ten years ago.
After a two-hour visit at a local animal rescue, I had a new sidekick.

A scruffy, sweet-faced Bedlington Terrier.
Nine months old. I named him Solomon.

He was the kindest creature I’d ever met.

And I had no idea this one random decision would launch an entirely new chapter of my life.

But first—let’s rewind.

A few months earlier, I’d started working with a career coach.
Trying to figure out what I wanted next.
I didn’t know it then, but I was six months away from a major company layoff.

And my divorce had been finalized earlier in the year.
The adjustment was hard.
The silence was louder.

But credit to Angela, my coach—she cracked something open.
The exercise that did it:
“Describe your life 10 years from now.”

No rules. No limits.
Career, family, relationships, experiences—anything that mattered.

I grabbed a pen and started dreaming.

Near the top:
“I’ll have a dog at my side.”

And two months later?
Boom. Solomon.

From day one, we brought each other joy.
My son adored him too.
And somewhere in that whirlwind of fur and feelings, I had an epiphany:

If one thing on my ten-year vision happened in two months…
What else could happen?

So I went back to the list.
And I started moving.

That one small decision wasn’t small.
It was momentum. It was proof.
It was the spark that got me unstuck then—and still fuels me now.

So I’ll leave you with this:

Do you know what you want?
Good.
Now go get it. Full steam ahead.