Tracy Kornet's Blog

Why Everyone Should Write "Because everyone is full of ideas they're not aware of. Gut feelings. Intuition. "Writing crystallizes ideas in a way thinking on its own will never accomplish." Thank you, Morgan Housel @2017, for inspiring my first blog post in 7 months! I won't lie. It's been a stressful, emotional, hard-to-divulge-the-truth time period. I haven't had the heart or patience or confidence to put it all down in print. These last 7 months encompassed two college graduations (happy, fun, expensive)...a super quick trip to Barcelona and Italy (deliriously reinvigorating, can cry just thinking about it)...the NBA Draft (oh my gosh...can I just tell you...that was the most stressful, emotionally heavy event of my life...which, thank the dear Lord, ended wonderfully. Thank you, Jesus!); moving --twice; and helping my daughter navigate her future (still a work in progress but why I believe was put on this earth!). The bad n...

I am living in a one-bedroom apartment. Thought I wouldn't bury the lead. Many people think I'm nuts. More wonder if I've become a gambling addict.  Over Christmas break people pitied me. I saw it in their eyes. Oh, you poor dear.  Oh my. What happened to Tracy and her family?  I could never live like that.   Turns out, this was one of the best Christmases my family has ever spent together. All of us under one roof. I felt like  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory  with two or three kids in our sole, king-sized bed. If you follow this blog, you know I've been writing about Big Dreams and waking up with enthusiasm every morning. I want to share a crazy step I took toward mine a few months ago. My next-door neighbor and former colleague at Channel 4 sold her house for a decent profit. She highly encouraged me to sell mine, too.  As I considered the idea, I thought of our best family friends in Arizona.  They're a tad bit older wi...

The news broke yesterday as I was a third of the way through her new book, Settle for More . Megyn Kelly was leaving a rumored $20 million dollar offer at Fox and moving to NBC to host a daytime and Sunday night news show. At the same time, after posting here  about a new pursuit of one's Big Dreams , I have continued to receive messages and private emails from women saying yes to my proposed experiment--to take one step every day to help them move toward their Big Dream. Coincidence? I think not. While reading Kelly's book on the treadmill (yay, small step!), I was struck by something the wife and mother of three wrote in her journal during her crazily successful years as a big-time lawyer. I am more exciting than this! I am more interesting than this! I am more interested than this! I need more out of life! Kelly goes on to write how she had become mesmerized by midnight reruns of Oprah, who spoke about how we are all one decision away from changing our lives. K...

Her dad brought these UCLA trading cards back from a trip to California. Something about seeing the stack on the kitchen counter sparked a strange, familiar feeling inside. And this time, it wasn't just motherly love or mountainous pride in my little girl, Nicole. I'll call it the LaLa Land effect: that exciting, feel-it-in-the-pit-of-your-stomach, something-big-is-happening-here kind of moment when you start to believe that maybe you're actually going places. I saw the movie LaLa Land over the weekend. While I wasn't overly in love with the Emma Stone/Ryan Gossling flick, it did something to my subconsciousness. The pseudo-musical stimulated some vivid, colorful dreams later that night, following a living room sing-along with my talented BFF and her daughters who saw it too (which I couldn't help but stream on Facebook live unbeknownst to them). If you're not familiar with the premise, LaLa Land gets you thinking about the Big Dream...

"Mother, this is absolutely incredible. I am floored." That was Nicole's text message last Sunday, sent during first official photo shoot as a UCLA Bruin. This relatively recent, annual tradition with the women's basketball team is rumored to cost tens of thousands of dollars. More importantly, it is intended to set the tone for a season of excellence. Her brother calls these pictures "over the top." Her dad is not a fan of the long hair and makeup. I will always prefer her hair in a ponytail, so I can appreciate her cheekbones. Yet I must share a key story behind the scenes of this photo shoot. Location: Quizote Studios in West Hollywood The girls are getting the full hair and makeup treatment, emerging one by one for their individual pictures. It's Nicole's turn to put on "her blues." She sees this jersey for the first time. Nicole emerges from the green room into the open studio, where production assistants, ba...

If you want a quick pick-me-up, buy a nun her morning Starbucks. I went skipping through the Nashville airport, after the sweet sister behind me blessed me for it Friday morning. It was 5:45am. My daughter had just boarded a plane back to LAX. My husband was heading to Louisville to coach his high school girls in a weekend basketball tournament. Coach Kornet with his Harpeth Hall Varsity Girls I was heading to NYC for a last-minute, musical fix with some girlfriends. Bucket List Billy Joel, Madison Square Garden It was probably midway through May sweeps last month when I realized I had to escape the heaviness of the news breaking all around us. Just for a weekend or two. Something to put some positive balance back in my life. I tell you what, speaking such dark details, out loud, for hours and hours on end, used to go in one ear and out the other. But the terror attacks, drug-related crimes, and acts of hate and abuse are really starting to get to me. ...

I've become quite adept at identifying "good tv dresses." Which means I have about 50 sheath dresses in loud, solid colors. But I have long struggled to try different dress styles or piece together separates. I am often at a loss choosing the right necklace and earrings. I consult my husband almost every day before leaving the house and ask "gold or silver? Long or short? Does this actually work together?" For the last 18 months I have relished the help of the uber-talented Danielle at Dillard's at Green Hills. The store sponsors my wardrobe, which means every day I get to wear something shiny and new on Channel 4 News at 4, 5, 6 and 10. This is a gift beyond measure. Danielle is the one who suggested last Friday to wear a long, gold necklace with this new, blue layered Tahari dress . This dress is an example of something I wouldn't have chosen on my own. It's layered and a clingy material.  I thought silver jewelry was an automatic w...