1 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: What's up? 2 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 2: What's happening? Emily Abadi? Here you are listening to five 3 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 2: minute Friday on Hurdle. I am so excited because if 4 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: you're listening to this in real time, I am very 5 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 2: likely either on the beach near a beach. I'm off 6 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 2: to Miami this weekend and oh my gosh, I just 7 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 2: want to be warm. 8 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: The cold is kicking in. 9 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 2: I've run outside three days this week and I am frigid. 10 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 2: I decided to book this trip to take some time 11 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 2: for myself at the end of a long year, and 12 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 2: I try to set a side time twice a year 13 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 2: to do what I call up personal inventory summit. And 14 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 2: I'm going to tell you what that is. So I 15 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: typically do one in June around my birthday, and then 16 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 2: one at the end of the year. And although I 17 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 2: journal every day, and I've been journaling with many of 18 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 2: you as a part of this month long challenge in 19 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 2: the Daily Hurdle channel over on Instagram, so come join us, 20 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:24,119 Speaker 2: but I digress. I journal daily, but this specific exercise 21 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 2: that I do is much more of a holistic audit 22 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 2: of what's going on in my life. I take stock 23 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: of myself, my strengths, my shortcomings, my goals and my 24 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 2: values and candidly my failures too. And so for this audit, 25 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 2: I've mapped it out into three distinct focus areas. I 26 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: look at relationships, health, and work. Again, I look at relationships, health, 27 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 2: and work. And so when I'm writing on each of 28 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 2: these areas, I ask myself the following four questions. 29 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: Firstly, what's going well? What's not going well? 30 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 2: What am I most proud of myself for accomplishing in 31 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: this area? How much time am I dedicating to this 32 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 2: area of my life every week? And on a scale 33 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 2: of one to ten, how satisfied am I in this 34 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 2: part of my life? The fact is, and the reason 35 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 2: that I do this is because we only get one home, 36 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 2: this body. What I'm dealing with in my head like, 37 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 2: this is my home, and so I know that how 38 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 2: you feel about yourself when you're by yourself is everything. 39 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 2: And it's not always easy to confront the stuff that's 40 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 2: pretty and raw. But the older that I get, the 41 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 2: more I realize that self awareness is truly my greatest tool. 42 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 2: So this little audit helps me dive head first into 43 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 2: what's really going on. I am ready to dive headfirst 44 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,399 Speaker 2: into what's really going on. And I find that by 45 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 2: setting aside this specific time to get really honest with myself, 46 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: I'm more open to getting really honest with myself. I've 47 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 2: said this before and I'll say it again. You don't 48 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 2: get to get things unless you're willing to put them 49 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 2: out into the universe. And so in order for me 50 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 2: to get some of the things that I am after 51 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty six and beyond, I need to confront 52 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 2: what already is and then step forward and into my 53 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 2: purpose on what it is that I'm excited about. 54 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: And so that's the stick with the self audit. I'm 55 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: going to be doing mind this weekend. 56 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: If it sounds like something that you are interested in, 57 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 2: I would love to hear about your process. If you 58 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 2: feel like this exercise is helpful, feel free to tag 59 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 2: me over on social It's over at Hurdle Podcast and 60 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 2: I'm over at Emily a Body. My thought prompt for 61 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 2: you this week is what's going well and what's not 62 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 2: going well? And again I am identifying these in three areas, relationships, health, 63 00:03:55,560 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 2: and work. Maybe to start you begin by just picking one. 64 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 2: So again, what's going well and what's not going well? 65 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 2: And now a listener question, Hey, Emily, my name is Tara. 66 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 2: With the holidays and a busy work season approaching, I 67 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 2: feel like my self care is the first thing to 68 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 2: go out the window. 69 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: Amen, you always seem to move with so much intention. 70 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 2: How do you protect your non negotiables like your morning 71 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 2: routine or your sleep when the rest of the world 72 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 2: is asking for one hundred and ten percent of your time? 73 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: Wow, this is a good one, Okay. 74 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 2: I definitely will be the first to admit that I 75 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 2: do flex a bit on my regular routines during the 76 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 2: holiday season because there's so much opportunity to do things 77 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:44,799 Speaker 2: that also align with my values aka spending time with friends, 78 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 2: quality time, getting together with my family. I really care 79 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 2: deeply about those things, and I know that there are 80 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 2: certain aspects of my day to day that, within the 81 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 2: realm of whatever is possible, I do like to stick. 82 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: So I'll give you a really good example. 83 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 2: I went out to dinner with a good friend last 84 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 2: night and then met another friend a little later than 85 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 2: I normally would have, at like eight thirty. 86 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: I'm laughing. 87 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 2: Some of you were like, Emily, eight thirty is not late, 88 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 2: but for me, it is late. And so I met 89 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 2: this person at eight thirty and probably didn't get home 90 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 2: until closer to maybe ten thirty or eleven, woke up 91 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 2: a bit later than I normally would today, and then 92 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 2: accommodated my schedule for that ahead of time. So I 93 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 2: already anticipated I wasn't getting up at six thirty this 94 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 2: morning to do the strength run combo that I wanted 95 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:41,119 Speaker 2: to do, and so I had the ability to block 96 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 2: my calendar to do that a little bit later than normal. 97 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 2: Is that something that I have the bandwidth to do 98 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 2: all the time, of course not. But I thought ahead 99 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 2: and planned ahead so that I could make all of 100 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 2: these things that I care about work for me now. 101 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,679 Speaker 2: I actually think, as I mentioned earlier, that journaling Challenge 102 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 2: were doing over on Instagram and the Daily Hurdle channel. 103 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: If you aren't doing it with. 104 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 2: Us just yet, if you literally go over to at 105 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 2: Hurdle podcast on ig you'll see the channel at the 106 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 2: top of the profile. I think that that has been 107 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 2: so helpful for me to come back to myself when 108 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 2: otherwise I can be super sporadic and running around, and 109 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 2: even on the mornings where I have somewhere to go 110 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 2: or something to do, I'm like, it's just a few minutes. 111 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 1: It's just a few minutes, and that foundation. 112 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 2: That makes such a major difference, to have that time 113 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 2: with yourself, to give yourself the gift of presence so 114 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 2: that you can then show up and be a better 115 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 2: version of yourself for yes, you and also the people 116 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 2: that you love and care about around you. The last 117 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 2: thing I'll say on this is do the best you 118 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 2: can to have some grace the holidays. They only happen 119 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 2: once a year at least these ones, right, and so 120 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 2: you need to roll with the punches a little bit. 121 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 2: Enjoy it because you deserve it. It is such a special 122 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 2: time and often a time that involves things that we 123 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 2: don't get to do all that often. Maybe your best 124 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 2: case scenario is knowing that come December twenty seventh, you 125 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 2: have the bandwidth to get into some routines that fell 126 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 2: by the wayside a little bit in the weeks prior. 127 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 2: And like I said, sometimes the best routines are the 128 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 2: ones that you can commit small chunks of time too. 129 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,559 Speaker 2: It could be different than your normal, but it doesn't 130 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 2: mean that it's not beneficial. Do the best you can 131 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 2: with what you have, have fun and of course happy holidays. 132 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 2: Make sure you're following along over on social it's at 133 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 2: Hurdle Podcast. I'm over at Emily Avadi another hurdle conquered. 134 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: Catch you guys next time.