1 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,479 Speaker 1: What's going on everyone? Emily a body here. You're listening 2 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: to five Minute Friday from Hurdle. I cannot even begin 3 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: to tell you how necessary this week has been for me. 4 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: I have been off the grid since Tuesday. This is 5 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: a trip that I've been looking forward to for months now, 6 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: and finally it has been really rejuvenating to take a 7 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: step away, especially considering the events of the world right now, 8 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: and come back to myself. I know that when work 9 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: is busy, in life is busy, and my calendar is 10 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: jam packed, that I can be in a place where 11 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 1: I feel as though I am being successful and thriving. 12 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: But what I'm actually doing is allowing this noise to 13 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: prevent me from dealing with some of the things I 14 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: actually need to deal with, which more often than not 15 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: consist of my feelings and emotions period. And so to 16 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: take a step away from social media this week and 17 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: tend to my inbox only at certain times and lay 18 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: on the beach and be with myself has been really, 19 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: really special. I'll share a little bit more about the 20 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: details of this trip in the weekly Hurdle newsletters, so 21 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: if you are subscribed to that, it's absolutely free. Definitely 22 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: go and check that out. But something I've been thinking 23 00:01:54,680 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: about here this week is the noise. And I'm realizing 24 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: that oftentimes it's not until we step out of a 25 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: situation that we realize just how loud a noise can be. 26 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: For instance, you know, in New York City, right I 27 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: live on a high floor in a building, but there 28 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: is still the noise of the street and what not downstairs. 29 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: But when I am there, because I am so familiar 30 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 1: to this noise, because I have become so desensitized to 31 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: the noise, it doesn't feel all that loud. But what 32 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: happens when you step away, and you get away and 33 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: you realize, for me right now, as I sit in 34 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: this hotel room and talk to you about this noise, 35 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: that there is so much more quiet, that there is 36 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: so much more space to think. We become desensitized to 37 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: things that can be constant in our lives, but that 38 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that they aren't impactful. I'll say that again. 39 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: Sometimes we can become desensitized to something that may not 40 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,239 Speaker 1: be idea deal in our life, but that doesn't mean 41 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: that that thing is not uncomfortable. Let's liken this to 42 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: a relationship. So often we feel as though we cannot 43 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: go on without something that may not be ideal. We 44 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: embrace the struggle and something that hurts because it is 45 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: scary and unfamiliar to make a switch to get to 46 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: the other side of discomfort. But the reality is truly 47 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: that you liberate yourself when you step out of your 48 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: comfort zone in a situation where something isn't serving you. 49 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: You may have been dealing with some sort of ambient 50 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: noise in your personal life, some sort of disturbance, but 51 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: you've gotten to a place that is familiar, and thus 52 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: that noise doesn't feel as loud as it used to. 53 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: But what happens if you do yourself the favor to 54 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: step away? What happens if you get okay with being 55 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,839 Speaker 1: uncomfortable and know that you are deserving of the stillness, 56 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: of the silence, of the opportunity to come back to self. 57 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: Our lives are bigger than one single thing, one single relationship, 58 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: one single chapter, And so often, even though there is 59 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: turbulence within a situation, we do not leave. We do 60 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: not do anything about it because we have found comfort 61 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: amidst to that chaos. But do an audit, right, do 62 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: an audit of the things that may be loud in 63 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: your life that are less than desirable and ask yourself, 64 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: what is it within your power that you can do 65 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: in this situation to get to a place of more stillness, 66 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: of a more sound way of being. And sometimes that step, 67 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: that question, that inquisition, is the thing that you need 68 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: to do, is the thing that you've been avoiding because 69 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: your calendar is hectic and it's easier to avoid it 70 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: than it is to sit with the feelings that come 71 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: up when you admit to yourself that something isn't going 72 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: in your favor. So I'm asking you what's turbulent in 73 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: your life? What do you want to change? What noise 74 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,119 Speaker 1: can you cut out? Where can you find that next 75 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: good thing? And now a listener question. 76 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 2: How do you stay creative and get creative? You know, 77 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 2: season overseason there's always a different theme, different questions to 78 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 2: be asked to different people that you are interviewing. But 79 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 2: outside of that, how do you find the creativity, the 80 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 2: energy and the interest to continue on with those different 81 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 2: thematics in and out of UH when you're recording each season? 82 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: This is a good one. Thank you for this. How 83 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: do I get creative and stay creative? It's twofold. The 84 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 1: first part is allowing myself to play. And what I 85 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: mean by that is sometimes I just have to take 86 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: myself less seriously, I have to let myself think outside 87 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: the box and do things that may be unconventional instead 88 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 1: of sitting at my desk and forcing creative Maybe it's 89 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: going for a run randomly at eleven am, or walking 90 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: around and taking notes about the things that go through 91 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 1: my head. I believe that when I am not at 92 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: my desk, when I'm not being rigid with the parameters 93 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: that I place around my creativity, that is when I 94 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 1: find my best ideas. And the second part to this 95 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: would be I get creative with the help of my people. 96 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: I make sure to surround myself with people that not 97 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: only inspire me, but fill me up with and I 98 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: think that really leads to the part of the question, 99 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 1: how do you stay creative? For me, the people that 100 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: surround me inspire me, and their inspiration is what makes 101 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: me want to be a better person, a better host, 102 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: a better friend, a better human being. And my creativity 103 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: is nurtured by these relationships that nurture me. And so 104 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: as a new season comes, especially as a buzzy term 105 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: here solopreneur, it is so important to me to be 106 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: asking questions, looking for feedback, being open to the thoughts 107 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: and sentiments of people that I look up to, that 108 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: I respect. That's how I stay creative. I play, and 109 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: I surround myself with good people that motivate me to 110 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: be my best self. I'm always looking for listener questions, 111 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: you know the drill over in the show notes, click 112 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: leave me a voice message. I've got some New York 113 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: City marathon events. I'm going to announce them in both 114 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: the Hurdle Podcast story as well as my story over 115 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: on Socialists at Hurdle Podcast and at Emily a Body 116 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: Another Hurdle Conquered. Catch you guys next time.