1 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, Emily Abadi here you are listening to five 2 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: minute Friday from Hurdle. 3 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 2: I'm feeling really excited right now. 4 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: I'm feeling really excited right now because this morning I 5 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: woke up in Brooklyn and I rode a city bike 6 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: over to McCarran Park, which is a park in Williamsburg, 7 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: and I did a mile time trial. And I did 8 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: this time trial because I wanted to get a baseline 9 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: of what my mile time is right now where I 10 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: am in this phase to design a training plan around 11 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: for a ten k that I'm running in June. It's 12 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: the mini ten k that New York Roadrunners puts on. 13 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: And I ran the mile and it felt hard, but 14 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: it felt good and I did it in six fifty two, 15 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: and I felt so stoked and excited about that. And 16 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: I was doing my little cool down after the mile 17 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: that I ran, and I had this moment of great 18 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: appreciation because I realized that for the first time in 19 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: a long time, I'm like nobs. I was so proud 20 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: of Emily as I am in this moment, and I 21 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: wasn't comparing that six fifty two to the Emily of 22 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: the olden days, like my mile personal best time is 23 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: I think. I think it's five point fifty six, it's 24 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: sub six, and that is something that I did in 25 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. It's almost it's three and a half years 26 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: later now and my mile is nowhere near that time. 27 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 2: And I am not phased. 28 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: I'm not phased at all, because how can I expect 29 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: myself to do something right now that I haven't been 30 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: preparing for. It's not like you wake up one day 31 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: and you have your dream job right. 32 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 2: You work toward this point. 33 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 1: You work toward a point where you achieve a certain 34 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: amount of status and have a certain amount of accolades 35 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: and a crew a certain amount accomplishments to get to 36 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: that pivotal moment. And the same goes for running. I 37 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: have had moments within running where I have been faster, 38 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: and other moments that I've felt really accomplished, like today 39 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: that really actually didn't have anything to do with speed. 40 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: Today was about a feeling. And so I maybe I'm rambling, 41 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: but I think that so often. You know, I'm telling myself, 42 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: don't compare yourself, don't compare yourself, don't compare myself. 43 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 2: And I didn't and I'm not and I'm. 44 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: Still so stoked that I showed up and I did 45 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: this hard thing, and now I can meet myself with 46 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: where I'm at and figure out what works right for 47 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: Emily as I am in this phase of my journey. 48 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 2: And it feels really nice. And so I'm. 49 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: Sharing this story with you today because it happens a lot, right, 50 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: It happens a lot that we compare ourselves to past 51 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: versions of ourselves. But how cool is it right now 52 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: that I have my past self as an inspiration. 53 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,119 Speaker 2: Really, I'm looking to my past. 54 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: Accomplishments as motivation to work hard, to pick up the 55 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: pace to try something that I haven't done in a 56 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: long time, and meeting myself with grace and having compassion 57 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: for where I'm at right now, and that it's not 58 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: something that happens overnight, getting to this place of compassion, 59 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: and I'm so proud. I'm so so proud that this 60 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: is where I'm living in this moment. Why do we 61 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: rid ourselves of the joy of our accomplishments just because 62 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: they've different now than they once did. There's so much 63 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: more out there, right, There's so much to be happy about. 64 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: And instead of robbing yourself of joy and putting extra 65 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: unnecessary hurdles within your journey. I encourage you too to embrace. 66 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: What is my listener prompt for you this week? What 67 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: is one thing you're looking forward to over the next 68 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 1: three months? What's one thing you're looking forward to over 69 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 1: the next three months? I mentioned I have a ten K, 70 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: so I'm curious and also answer this on social tag 71 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: me I want to talk now a listener question. 72 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 3: Hi Emily, my name is Megan, and my question for 73 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 3: you is what is your best advice for a recent 74 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 3: college graduate who's still trying to find their place in 75 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 3: the real world. 76 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 2: You have so much runway ahead of you. 77 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: I think that when I graduated college, I was so 78 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: concerned about feeling as though I needed to have it 79 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: all figured out. And it's kind of crazy in retrospect 80 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: that at eighteen you go into this institute of higher education, 81 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: higher learning, and they want you to choose a major 82 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: and choose your path. Like at eighteen, I had an 83 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 1: inkling of what I wanted to do. But it is 84 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: so understandable if you are unsure, because there's so much 85 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: learning that happens between eighteen and twenty two during college 86 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: and then beyond that. I learn every single day and 87 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: I'm in my mid thirties and I plan on continuing 88 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: that act of learning for the rest of my days, 89 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: and so right now I would tell you, a don't 90 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: put so much pressure on yourself to have it all 91 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 1: figured out. 92 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 2: You will not, and that's okay. 93 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: And be talk to as many individuals as you can 94 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,799 Speaker 1: to keep learning, whether or not they are in your field. 95 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: When I left Self Magazine, after the magazine folded and 96 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: I was freelance writing, I made a point of talking 97 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: to as many people as I could in a myriad 98 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: of different industries just to learn more about what it 99 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: meant to be a banker or someone that worked in 100 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 1: sport marketing or someone that is an architect. I wanted 101 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,679 Speaker 1: to learn about all different aspects of so many different 102 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: careers and that was not only such a fun time, 103 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: but gave me so much insight into the world of 104 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: opportunity that is out there. Again, it's okay if you 105 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: don't have it all figured out, nobody does. Do you 106 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: trust your gut and know that there's a lot of 107 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: runway ahead of you. 108 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 2: Make sure you're. 109 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: Following along on Instagram at Hurdle Podcast, at Emily Body 110 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: Listener questions, I want them I want them from you. 111 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 2: Hit me up. 112 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: The link to do that is in the show notes. 113 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.