I decided to watch the documentary about the First Lady, at the suggestion of a friend. Critics called her documentary “a sincerely warm and welcoming sort of movie, like spending time with a friend you didn’t realize you’ve had all along,” and the one to watch “to make you feel like the world will get better and that there’s hope,” and described the First Lady herself as “a force for good.”

If you’re looking to be inspired, join us in watching Michelle Obama’s Becoming. Let’s try to make it the top streamed movie on Netflix this weekend. Quoting my friend:

“Why this weekend?” you ask? It just seems like the right time.

“Stream it on loop,” he suggests.

Update after watching: I should have watched this sooner. Michelle Obama is inspiring, thoughtful, and unafraid, and carries herself with both grace and an obvious weariness. I’m regretting that I didn’t attend her Becoming book tour five years ago. I would have loved to have heard the entirety of her conversations with people like Michelle Norris and Stephen Colbert. I’m also reminded of just how much hope, dignity, and just plain decency the Obamas brought to the White House.