1 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, Emily and body here. You are listening to 2 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: five Minute Friday from Hurdle. What is going on? I 3 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: had a really nice week. I was able to get 4 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 1: together with a group of girlfriends. I'm about to start 5 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: a string of work travel and so it is a 6 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: priority for me, knowing that I'm going to be giving 7 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: in the next few weeks, to figure out how I 8 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: can fill my cup up as much as possible. 9 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 2: And so I had a. 10 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: Group of girlfriends over earlier this week, and the only 11 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: rule before you came over was show up with your 12 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: favorite bottle of one and your favorite creator Joe's item. 13 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 2: And then I. 14 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: Booked a last minute weekend trip to go see one 15 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: of my dearest friends and her kids. Her daughter is 16 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: going to be turning one soon and I'm pretty positive 17 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: I'm going to be traveling when that happens, so I 18 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: knew that I wanted to make some time to get 19 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 1: up and see her and fill my cup before things 20 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: get really crazy. I've got La on deck, I've got 21 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: Paris on deck. I've got Boston on deck. I'm really 22 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: really looking forward to all of this, but they are 23 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: all work trips and they all require me to be 24 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:43,559 Speaker 1: out of my regular routine in giving mode, on top 25 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: of my game, while still getting everything done that would 26 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: normally have to get done if I was home here 27 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: in Brooklyn, which means a little bit extra stress, But 28 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: as Glennon says, I can do hard things right. I 29 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: had a moment earlier today which is really what I 30 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: want to talk about for five minute Friday today. So 31 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: earlier today, a friend of mine is teaching a course 32 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,959 Speaker 1: at lam College. It is a school in the heart 33 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: of New York City in Midtown, and it's essentially dedicated 34 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: exclusively to the business of fashion and lifestyle, but she 35 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: teaches a media class there and so she asked me 36 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: to come in and speak to her students about the 37 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: business of podcasting. And the last question she asked me 38 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: was the last question I asked often on the podcast, 39 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: and she said, what advice would you have shared with 40 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: yourself during the hurdle moment of you starting the show 41 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: being in a big period of life transition, knowing what 42 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: you know now, And that advice, as I said, is 43 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: truly you don't have to have it all figured out. 44 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 2: I'll be the first to tell you. 45 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: As a woman in my mid thirties living on her own, 46 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: unsure what's gonna happen with buying property or having kids, untethered, 47 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: et cetera. There are many people that make me feel 48 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: like I am doing something wrong with the life that 49 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: I have come into thus far, and man, that is just. 50 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: So not it. 51 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 1: Don't let anyone should you into the life that they 52 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: see for you. What is important is that you are 53 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: going after the things that make you feel some kind 54 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: of way, that excite you, that make you feel ignited 55 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: by your purpose and your passions, and that is entirely 56 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: what life is about. 57 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 2: Right, So gosh, I. 58 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: Remember being in my early twenties and feeling as though, 59 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: you know, you get to college and they make you 60 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: choose a major, and you're supposed to know exactly what 61 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: you want to do for the rest of your life. 62 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna call bs right, because there is so 63 00:03:55,400 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 1: much that happens, so much transformative stuff. 64 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: Especially in your twenties. 65 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, you are not the same person at 66 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: twenty two that you are at thirty four than you 67 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: are at forty four, and so on and so forth. 68 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: So embrace each stage of life for what it has 69 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 1: to offer you, and know that every single minute, whether 70 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: it feels good or not that it is all happening 71 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 1: for you. 72 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 2: Some days it's easier to believe that than others. 73 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: Right, it's easier to say to yourself, oh man, I 74 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: feel so confident in the decision that I just made. 75 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: There are going to be more times than not that 76 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: that is not the sentiment, And that's okay. I'm going 77 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: to give you a little spoiler here. Even the people 78 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: that you see on the socials that seem like they've 79 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: got it all together, I promise you no shade, but 80 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,359 Speaker 1: they don't. Everyone is still just trying to do the 81 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,359 Speaker 1: best they can with what they have. They're still trying 82 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: to figure it out. And so don't succumb to that pressure. 83 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: Do you do the best you can in this moment 84 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: right now and move forward with grace and the best 85 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: of your ability with a positive attitude. My prompt for 86 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: you this week, what do you want? What do you want? 87 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: It doesn't need to be like what do you want 88 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: over the next twenty years? What do you want right now? 89 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: And what is within your power to go after it? 90 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: You know, I know a few of those students are 91 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: listening to this, So thanks so much for giving me 92 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: your time today. You know the drill because I know 93 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: you've been listening for a second. Now let's get to 94 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:39,239 Speaker 1: a listener question. 95 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 3: Hi, Emily, this is Casey in Chicago. I'm running the 96 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 3: LA Marathon with Team Hurdle, and my question for you 97 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 3: is what are your favorite ways to celebrate your accomplishments, 98 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 3: your wins, both big and small? 99 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: Casey, I am so excited to see you and all 100 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,840 Speaker 1: of the Hurdlers that are going to be running LA 101 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: Marathon next weekend, not this weekend, next weekend on the 102 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 1: nineteenth in Los Angeles. I would say my favorite way 103 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: to celebrate my big and small wins, I love celebrating 104 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: with my people, so going out with them a few beers. 105 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 2: If it's a marathon, you know there's a burger on deck. 106 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: But most of all, I will say that regardless of 107 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: how I celebrate, I make sure that I take the 108 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: time to commemorate the accomplishment itself. 109 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 2: Right. 110 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: It is so easy to get caught up in going 111 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: after your goals, getting one thing, checking it off the 112 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: to do list, off the bucket list, and then asking yourself, Okay, 113 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: what's next. So, whether it's a marathon or literally making 114 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: time to walk around the block during your work day, 115 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: big or small, do yourself a favor and just take 116 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: the time to recognize how awesome it is, how awesome 117 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: you are. Now, on a separate note, as much as 118 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: I like to go out with friends, usually when I 119 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 1: check something big off of my little bucket list of sorts, 120 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 1: something that I'm really celebrating, I make sure to take 121 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: myself out for a little solo date. 122 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 2: I love a solo date. I love to journal about 123 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 2: my feelings. 124 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: I literally just walked in from taking myself out to 125 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: dinner tonight. I got on Valentine's Day, sat down and 126 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: took myself out and wrote eight pages in my journal 127 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: about like where I was at, and there was just 128 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: nothing more enjoyable for me than taking time for me, 129 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: because that's self care for me. That's the ultimate way 130 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: to celebrate my wins. 131 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 2: That's it for now. 132 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: Make sure you're following along with Hurdle over on Socialists 133 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: at Hurdle Podcast. I am over at Emily a Body 134 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.