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Speaker 1: What's going on everyone?

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Speaker 2: Emily Abadi here, you're listening to five Minute Friday from Hurdle.

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Speaker 2: This week, I had a project that I was working

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Speaker 2: on that was the monster.

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Speaker 1: Let me break down what the monster is.

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Speaker 2: It is the thing that, for no single individual, particular

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Speaker 2: reason at all, oftentimes we arbitrarily make something the thing

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Speaker 2: that we want nothing to do with examples of things

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Speaker 2: that can become the monster, perhaps you need to clean

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Speaker 2: out your bedroom closet, or you have a proposal that

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Speaker 2: you are diligently working on for your job. Or perhaps

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Speaker 2: you have an email that's been lingering in your inbox

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Speaker 2: for three months and you know you want to respond.

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Speaker 1: To it, but you just haven't made the time.

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Speaker 2: These are all things that you may unintentionally or intentionally

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Speaker 2: make the monster. And what we realize is oftentimes the

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Speaker 2: thing that we do not want to do lingers over

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Speaker 2: us and really gets in the way of so many

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Speaker 2: other things, especially your vibe and your energy. So I

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Speaker 2: had a project this week that I made the monster.

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Speaker 2: And whereas I know the opportunity that comes with tackling

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Speaker 2: the monster head on and getting it out of your face,

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Speaker 2: I procrastinated and waited and waited until I wasn't capable

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Speaker 2: of waiting anymore, until a deadline was up on me.

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Speaker 2: I am on the other side of the monster. I

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Speaker 2: have successfully made it, and I'm here to tell you

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Speaker 2: that it feels better once you just handle it the monster.

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Speaker 2: For me, I made it that way because I knew

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Speaker 2: that it was going to make me confront things that

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Speaker 2: I was scared to see. And I don't mean to

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Speaker 2: be necessarily vague with this. I just don't think the

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Speaker 2: details specifically are really relevant to the point I want

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Speaker 2: to make. The monster, although scary, brought me clarity, and

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Speaker 2: clarity is something you will never be worse for having.

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Speaker 1: Let me provide you with an example.

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Speaker 2: I my last relationship was a long time ago, and

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Speaker 2: when I went through that breakup, I was devastated, but

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Speaker 2: knowing what was going on, having clarity enabled me to

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Speaker 2: eventu move forward and I got to make the decision

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Speaker 2: of what I wanted to do next. Yes, there were

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Speaker 2: all of these feelings and some sadness and a whole

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Speaker 2: lot of what the hell is going on in my

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Speaker 2: life questions, but I had clarity on the situation.

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Speaker 1: I knew what I needed to know.

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Speaker 2: Think of this in relation to going after a job

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Speaker 2: that you're really excited about, maybe your four interviews in

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Speaker 2: on a lengthy application process and you finally find out

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Speaker 2: that they're going with another candidate. Yes, it's sad, Yes,

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Speaker 2: I'm sure it's a bummer. But with that clarity, now

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Speaker 2: you can move on. With that clarity, I'd argue, there's

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Speaker 2: a weight lifted off your shoulders. Clarity is always a

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Speaker 2: good thing, even though getting it may be difficult. And

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Speaker 2: that is a theme that I'm really doating with right now.

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Speaker 2: That is a sentiment that I am bringing with me

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Speaker 2: into the weekend. My question for you this week my

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Speaker 2: listener prompt what is one thing that you got clarity

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Speaker 2: on lately and what's your next step? What is one

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Speaker 2: thing that you got clarity on lately and what is

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Speaker 2: your next step?

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Speaker 1: And now a listener question. Hi Emily, my name is Mindy.

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Speaker 2: I'm so stoked to hear that you will be at

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Speaker 2: the every Woman's Marathon in Savannah. I will be there

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Speaker 2: as well. My question for you is what's your post

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Speaker 2: race routine. I've mixed it up in the past where

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Speaker 2: I might eye up a massage table if it's available,

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Speaker 2: thinking why not, or maybe head for the food or

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Speaker 2: recap the race and chat with my family and friends.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much, Mindy, I am so stoked to be

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Speaker 2: at every Woman's Marathon, and actually in a couple weeks

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Speaker 2: I have a special episode coming up whether you may

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Speaker 2: be doing that race or have something else on the

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Speaker 2: horizon in answering all the questions that you need to

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Speaker 2: know before you toe the starting line.

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Speaker 1: But I digress.

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Speaker 2: My post race routine is exactly what you said at

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Speaker 2: the end there.

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Speaker 1: It's heading to.

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Speaker 2: Grab food with family with friends, usually a burger and

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Speaker 2: a beer and some French fries and really just decompressing

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Speaker 2: in that way. I love a massage table, but for me,

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Speaker 2: same day massage can be a little tricky. I would

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Speaker 2: much rather opt for a compression boot situation and then

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Speaker 2: I schedule a massage about five days later, maybe four

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Speaker 2: days later, depending on how my body is feeling. That way,

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Speaker 2: I can really enjoy it a bit more than I

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Speaker 2: might be able to with those immediate post race legs.

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Speaker 2: Of course, you know your body, you have a feeling

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Speaker 2: for what might feel right. But I believe that after

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Speaker 2: an effort like that, regardless of your time or what happened,

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Speaker 2: it is something to celebrate your effort is something to celebrate,

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Speaker 2: so relish in that. Make sure you're following along with

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Speaker 2: Hurdle both on Instagram and over on TikTok. We're getting

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Speaker 2: active over there. I want you to be in the mix,

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Speaker 2: so at Hurdle podcast and I'm over at Emily a

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Speaker 2: Body of course. To have your listener question answered on

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Speaker 2: an upcoming episode, make sure to send an email over

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Speaker 2: to hello at Hurdle dot us and title that subject

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Speaker 2: line listener question another Hurdle Conquered.

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Speaker 1: Catch you guys next time