1 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody. Emilyavadi here you are listening to another installment 2 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: of Five Minutes Friday. I'm so happy to be here 3 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: with you. I am sitting in my Los Angeles hotel room, 4 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: and I've been thinking a lot about light and dark, 5 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: rain versus sun. You know, when I got to Los Angeles, 6 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 1: the weather here was arguably worse than the weather when 7 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: I left New York City. Downpour, like absolute downpour, And 8 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: unlike New York, Los Angeles doesn't have the infrastructure to 9 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: navigate all different sorts of weather, so the streets were soaked. 10 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: I was soaked. It was a whole thing. But looking 11 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: on my window now and looking at the sun, I'm 12 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: reminded of the quote that's in this week's installment of 13 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: The Weekly Hurdle. If you don't yet subscribed, the link 14 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 1: to do so is in the show notes. But the 15 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: quote is without rain, there would be no rainbows. It 16 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: brings me to a conversation I had with Menos Dias 17 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: yesterday over lunch. She's the co founder of Open. He's 18 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: been on the show a couple of times before. It 19 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: was so great to sit down with him in person, 20 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: and we were talking about the bright stuff and how 21 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: it's so easy to share the good moments with everyone, 22 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: but it's those dark times, that tough stuff, the hurdles 23 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: that we go through, that's the stuff that really shapes us. 24 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: That's the stuff that makes us appreciate the sunshine, appreciate 25 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: the good And so my reflection this week, when just 26 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: yesterday I was complaining about the gloomy weather, is that 27 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: we have such an opportunity to learn in those yucky moments. 28 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: And if we can reframe, do the best that we 29 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: can anyway, to look for the positives in the negatives, 30 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: to recognize that you can be happy while navigating hard stuff. 31 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: There can be joy even during bad times, even during 32 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 1: rough times, then that keeps you grounded and also really 33 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: helps you appreciate the good stuff. My question for you 34 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: this week, how are the hurdles in your life right 35 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: now helping to shape your current perspective? How are the 36 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: hurdles in your life right now helping to shape your 37 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: current perspective? And now a listener question. 38 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: Hi, Emily's Katie listening to Hurdle as I start my 39 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 2: spring cleaning and noticing all my old notebooks and running journals, 40 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 2: and I'm just wondering if they are trash or treasure. 41 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: Do you often look back on the journaling that you've done, 42 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: or do you journal in order to help yourself move forward? Thanks? 43 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: Oh, this is a good one. So I do have 44 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: like a shelf in my office that I stash all 45 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: of my journals, my old journals. Anyway, I keep my 46 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: current journal next to my bed, and I would say 47 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 1: that I keep them and I reflect on them because 48 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: I like to know where I've been. You know, I 49 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: struggle a lot with the frustration over not having a 50 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: really good memory of a lot of things. And a 51 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: big reason why I got into journaling was that I 52 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: wanted the opportunity to think back and remember where I've been, 53 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: where my mindset was, the things that I was doing. 54 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: And so while I won't necessarily like dwell in the past, 55 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: I'm not reading through these journals, you know, once a month, 56 00:03:58,080 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: I do like the opportunity to look at them. I 57 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: think in five, ten, fifteen years, I'm going to be 58 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: grateful that these moments, these times, these thoughts, these memories, 59 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: this is part of my life is written down on paper. 60 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: And who knows, maybe there are a few book ideas 61 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: in there too. Oh man, what a week good luck, 62 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: best wishes, excitement moment for all of the hurdlers that 63 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: are running the La Marathon this weekend. With Team Hurdle, 64 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,559 Speaker 1: I'm so amped to cheer you on. Please follow along 65 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: with us over on Instagram if you don't yet, it's 66 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: at Hurdle Podcast. I myself am over at Emily a body, 67 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 1: another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.