1 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:20,319 Speaker 1: Hey, Hurdler's Emily Abadi here bringing you another installment of 2 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: five Minute Friday. I've been getting a lot of really 3 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: great feedback on this segment lately, and that's good as always, 4 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: because for a while there I felt as though I 5 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: wasn't getting much of it and was just kind of 6 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: hoping that this was resonating with you. So, if you 7 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: do like what you listen to on these five minute 8 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: Friday segments, do not hesitate to let me know over 9 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: on social at Hurdle Podcast, at Emily a Body or 10 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: also over email. You can hit me up at Emily 11 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: at hurdle dot us. If you're new to five Minute Friday, 12 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: welcome the gist. Here. I share a little story, I 13 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: offer you a thought prompt, and I give you some 14 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: highlights from my week, some content pics, some things that 15 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: I'm digging to send you off into the weekend. So 16 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: this week I did something kind of it kind of 17 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: felt like a big deal. I threw out my scale. Listen. 18 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: I have been on a tear lately, and not like 19 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: the kind of tear where you're just like drinking yourself 20 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: into oblivion, although like believe me, I've had those moments 21 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: in my life, or like shopping like crazy. Although there 22 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: has been some of that, I have been on this 23 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: tear of decluttering and getting rid of things that just 24 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: don't make me happy. It started with I went to 25 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: visit my best friend in Rhode Island a few weeks back, 26 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: as I mentioned on the show, and her home literally 27 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: belongs inside of Architectural Digest. First of all, her home 28 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: itself is stunning, but the way she has decorated it 29 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: is perfection. Everything is minimalist and it's full of neutrals, 30 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: and everything in the home like has a very specific place. 31 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: It's like she's one of those people that if you say, hey, 32 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: do you have an iPhone charger? The iPhone charger is 33 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: not in a messy box of cords like I used 34 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: to have. It's actually like perfectly rolled up in this 35 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: one drawer off to the side by the right, and 36 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: she only has two. Clearly, you know we differ on that. Anyway, 37 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: I went to visit her, I came home and I 38 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: walked in my apartment and all I wanted to do 39 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: was just get rid of the bulk. And so it started. 40 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: It started with me deciding to get rid of the 41 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 1: IKEA bookshelf turned TV stand that I've had since twenty ten. 42 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: And then it went to me replacing the light above 43 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: my bed, and then it was getting rid of this 44 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: side table which didn't match the rest of my apartment. 45 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: And then it was ordering a new bookshelf, and then 46 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: it was replaced the dining room table that was given 47 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: to me by my old neighbors. Like, there were just 48 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: so many things in my home that felt kind of 49 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: pieced together but not super deliberate, and I wanted to 50 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: get deliberate, you get the idea. I just I needed 51 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: to make some changes. So the first part of the 52 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: purge was getting rid of like the bigger things that 53 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: didn't serve me. But then I started going through all 54 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: of the bins that I have in here, like just 55 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: like my storage solution, and I started finding all of 56 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: these things I haven't touched in years. Everything from a 57 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: Nike fuel band if you remember those Christmas cards from 58 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: my family, an MP three players specifically for swimming that 59 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: they don't make anymore, but was awesome when I used it. 60 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: Let's see here, Kapa Kapa Gama T shirt, like just 61 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: fold it up in a bin for no reason. So many, 62 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: oh god, so many mementos from past relationships, like the 63 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: notes that come when someone sends you flowers, or books 64 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: that were gifted to me, or photos and cards, just 65 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: so many things that felt heavy on me that I 66 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: just didn't need anymore, and so I did all this 67 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: cleaning out. I'm like standing in my living room with 68 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: these two large trash bags, and it felt literally like 69 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: a scene out of a movie. Like I'm standing by 70 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: my front door and I'm like looking back into the 71 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: apartment to see if I left anything that needs to 72 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: come down the four flights of stairs to the garbage 73 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 1: room with me, and I look across the room and 74 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: I see my scale peeking out from under my bed. 75 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 1: And it's so funny because I have had this scale 76 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: since before probably I started my weight loss journey, So 77 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: this means that I've had the scale I'm not even 78 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: getting maybe twelve years, and it is super faded, and 79 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: all of the branding was rubbed off, and it like 80 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: isn't anything special, and I'm not even sure if it's 81 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: entirely accurate anymore. I saw this scale out of corner 82 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: of my eye when I was looking across the apartment, 83 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 1: and I like walked over to it and I picked 84 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: it up and I just kind of felt what it 85 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: felt like to be holding that in my hands, if 86 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: it makes sense, like holding that scale not to say 87 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: that normally holding a scale would bring you any amount 88 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 1: of joy, but holding the scale in that moment, it 89 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: reminded me of so many things that I don't want 90 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: for my life, Like it reminded me of moments of 91 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: self doubt, and like so many times that I felt 92 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,559 Speaker 1: like seeing a certain number was better than a previous number, 93 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: or the days that I would like go running and 94 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 1: come back in and weigh myself after the run to 95 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: see the progress I had made, although like that isn't 96 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: a realistic of any sort of positive progress. I thought 97 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: about the days that I was made to feel lesser 98 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: than because of what that thing said. And I was 99 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 1: just standing there and holding it, and I thought to myself, like, 100 00:05:55,279 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: I am so over that. And so I walked back 101 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: to the front door and I threw it in the 102 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 1: garbage bag, and it felt very empowering. It felt really empowering. 103 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: I walked down the stairs and I threw it away, 104 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: and I came back in and I thought to myself, Yeah, 105 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: that was the right thing. Now I'm not sitting here 106 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 1: nodding my head, thinking I'm not going to get another scale. 107 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: I will very likely, very soon probably get myself another scale, 108 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: but for now, it just felt really good to let 109 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: go of that burden, to let go of something from 110 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 1: my past, to move forward more positively into my future. 111 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: So I prompt for you this week, what is one 112 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: thing you can get rid of today that would make 113 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: you feel instantly lighter again? What is one thing you 114 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: can get rid of today that would make you feel 115 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: instantly lighter Highlights of the week. All of the links 116 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: to this stuff can be found in the show notes. 117 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: First things Up, listen to NPR's Life Kit how to 118 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: Vote by Mail a guide. Life Kit is a really 119 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: awesome podcast. I don't know if any of you listen 120 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: to it, but basically, it's a show from NPR that 121 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: covers everything that you could need to make your life easier, 122 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: like topics from COVID etiquette to how to get your 123 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: cold brew fix now that you're not commuting anymore. Whenever 124 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: I see new episodes pop into my feed, I think 125 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: to myself, like, Wow, that's a really helpful life topic. 126 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: Hence the name Life Kit. Well, they put together this 127 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: really helpful episode explaining exactly how to vote by mail, 128 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: and I think it answers a lot of the questions 129 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: that I had that maybe I wasn't deliberately asking, So 130 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: I believe it will help you as well. Next up 131 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: order for yourself. It's called Long Distance. For many of us, 132 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: running has become even more of an outlet during the pandemic, 133 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: and Long Distance is a math magazine that's put together 134 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: by a good friend of mine, Jason and his friend Dewey, 135 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: and is now available for pre order. This magazine it 136 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: documents global running culture in twenty twenty during the pandemic, 137 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: and features writers and photographers from all around the world. 138 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: This is definitely something that you're going to want to 139 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: have on your coffee table. It again is available for 140 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: pre order, but we'll be shipping in late September early October. 141 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: The initial photos and the teasers that they put out 142 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: on social media about this, this looks dope. Up. Next 143 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: watch Selling Sunset. I know I'm so lame, I'm so predictable. 144 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: You can tell me. I get it. I finally caved 145 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: on this Netflix show. If you ask me, reality really 146 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 1: doesn't get much more like glam or real than this 147 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: and that sounds super silly to say, but the show 148 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: is about a group of real estate agents working for 149 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 1: a company called the Oppenheim Group in LA and they 150 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: just sell some of the most ridiculous houses. So it 151 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: gives me my HGTV fix, and it also gives me 152 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: my lame reality television fix, and that's why I think 153 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: this is a don't miss. They launch season three recently. 154 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: I'm still in season one, but I hear it only 155 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: gets better. So there's that last, but not least, I 156 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: want to talk up again Thrive Market. They're a new 157 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: hurdle sponsor, which is why I love to give them 158 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: a little bit of extra airtime. I talked about them 159 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: on Wednesday's episode. If you don't know about Thrive Market, basically, 160 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: they are an online marketplace that has a membership program 161 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: similar to like cost Go and where you get grocery 162 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: items for twenty five to fifty percent off the value 163 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 1: you might see inside your local grocery store. And they've 164 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: got all of the brands that I want to buy 165 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: but always hesitate because it is so expensive. When I 166 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: go to my local grocery store, it's stuff like Sun 167 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: Warrior Noon or gain Right Rice, Missus Myers. I swear 168 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 1: this so that I usually buy at my grocery store 169 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: for ten dollars is less than three dollars on the 170 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: Thrive Market website, and if you click over to the 171 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: show notes and sign up for a membership, you'll get 172 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: a free gift that's up to twenty two dollars. It's really, 173 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: in my eyes, a no brainer, especially if you live 174 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: in a major city. And that's it for this week. 175 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: I'm really, really really really can't even say really enough 176 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 1: amped for this coming Tuesday Night's hurdle session handling hurdle moments. 177 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: There are a few spots left. The hurdle session is 178 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:39,199 Speaker 1: limited to only twenty live participants, so if you want in, 179 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: we're going to be talking about how to show up 180 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: to life's toughest hurdle moments with a positive attitude and 181 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 1: emerge on the other side of challenge a more optimistic 182 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: and better human. You know me, You know I'm all 183 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: about putting in the work, and that is exactly what 184 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: Tuesday Night is about. So if you have any more 185 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: questions about what that might look like, I feel free 186 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: to reach out to me in the DMS or over email. 187 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: I am more than happy to chat, and I'm excited 188 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:08,839 Speaker 1: to say that we are now at over eight hundred 189 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: and thirty ratings and reviews in the iTunes store. We 190 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: have twelve days left of August. It's a lofty goal. 191 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: I'm aiming for that one thousand. So if you are 192 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: listening at this very moment, head on into the iTunes store, 193 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 1: do me a solid rate and review the show, and 194 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: that's it. Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.