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Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, Emily Abadi here you are listening to five

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Speaker 1: Minute Friday from Hurdle. I am feeling a lot better

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Speaker 1: than the beginning of the week. My voice has returned

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Speaker 1: after cheering for friends and loved ones and complete strangers

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Speaker 1: at the Chicago Marathon, and it's been a really great week.

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Speaker 2: I'm feeling really.

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Speaker 1: Motivated and excited now that that's behind me, with less

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Speaker 1: than three weeks to go until the New York Marathon.

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Speaker 1: And what I want to talk about today is this

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Speaker 1: thought process I'm having around the concept of embracing my

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Speaker 1: own potential. I am at a point right now where

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Speaker 1: I have no interest necessarily doing things that I did

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Speaker 1: when I was in my twenties or early thirties, and

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Speaker 1: this specifically pertains to running. I am pretty confident that

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Speaker 1: my days of running sub three thirty marathons are behind me.

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Speaker 1: I am so content with the ability to chase my

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Speaker 1: own potential as it feels good to me right now

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Speaker 1: as I am in this current body.

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Speaker 2: But I would be remiss if I.

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Speaker 1: Didn't say that I am excelling and performing and running

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Speaker 1: in a way that even I am a little bit

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Speaker 1: surprised by right now. And so it's such a cool

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Speaker 1: feeling to ask myself, like, what could happen for me

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Speaker 1: on November third, and knowing that what my goal is

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Speaker 1: isn't really rooted in a number, but rather it's really

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Speaker 1: rooted in a feeling. I want to feel so strong

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Speaker 1: and so powerful and really embrace all of this gratitude

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Speaker 1: I have for this process and my city and the

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Speaker 1: people that show up on that day. I want to

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Speaker 1: get to the finish line ideally without hitting that wall

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Speaker 1: that we love so much, and have a great freaking

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Speaker 1: time out there.

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Speaker 2: That is my goal. That is it?

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Speaker 1: And would I mind snagging some sort of a personal

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Speaker 1: best on the course and the process, of course not,

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Speaker 1: But realistically speaking, I want to have a good time.

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Speaker 1: I want to do what I didn't do in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty one when I totally bonked at mile eight. I

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Speaker 1: want to see my people and feel the energy and

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Speaker 1: not be so dialed into my splits and worrying about

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Speaker 1: whatever it is that my watch says. I just want

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Speaker 1: to experience it in all of its amazingness and remind

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Speaker 1: myself and bathe in this feeling that I get to

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Speaker 1: do it. Truly, I get to do this. And when

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Speaker 1: I say that I get chills a little bit because

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Speaker 1: I remember when I thought that I was in capable period,

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Speaker 1: not just of running a marathon. I mean that in

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Speaker 1: itself is a hard thing, but I remember feeling incapable

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Speaker 1: of even running a mile. And so when I say

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Speaker 1: and I really reflect back to the episode that I

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Speaker 1: shared earlier this week with Des Linden talking about her

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Speaker 1: best practice tips for the marathon. I'll link that in

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Speaker 1: the show notes, but she says to aspiring marathon ors

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Speaker 1: applicable to this moment as well, look at where you've been,

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Speaker 1: you know, look at the training and see what you

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Speaker 1: have done. And sometimes when emotions come up and feelings

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Speaker 1: get in the way, we are are in this place

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Speaker 1: where we forget that we've put in the work. I've

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Speaker 1: put in the work not just over this marathon training cycle,

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Speaker 1: but over the last dozen plus. I mean, god, I'm

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Speaker 1: thirty six. I've been running for almost twenty years now. Wow,

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Speaker 1: that is something to be proud of, and it's something

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Speaker 1: that has genuinely changed my life and me for the better,

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Speaker 1: and for that I am beyond grateful. My question for

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Speaker 1: you this week is what jornear you on right now

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Speaker 1: and what can you look back on to see how

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Speaker 1: far you've come? Do you keep a journal on your

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Speaker 1: way to your big goals? How are you reflecting and

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Speaker 1: can you do a little bit of that reflection right

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Speaker 1: now to gain some perspective of where you've been and

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Speaker 1: where you're going.

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Speaker 2: And now a listener question.

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Speaker 1: Hey, Emily, I love listening to the podcast on my

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Speaker 1: way to work and it's really had such an impact

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Speaker 1: on my life with overall wellness, So thank you. And

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Speaker 1: I are looking to start a life audit every year

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Speaker 1: with a check in halfway through the year. What were

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Speaker 1: your first steps in this do you have a template

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Speaker 1: you use? Thanks in advance, Megan. I love this question,

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Speaker 1: and it's crazy that we are almost Oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: it's almost November, which means we're almost at December, which

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Speaker 1: means we're almost at twenty twenty five, which is bananas.

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Speaker 1: I do a life audit at the end of the year,

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Speaker 1: and I do quarterly check ins with myself and I

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Speaker 1: love that my birthday. I'm a June baby, and so

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Speaker 1: every year after my birthday, I really kind of have

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Speaker 1: a personal summit of sorts which I've detailed on Instagram

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Speaker 1: So the way that I do this is at the

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Speaker 1: top of every year, or maybe toward the end of

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Speaker 1: the year, I sit down with one of my best

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Speaker 1: friends and we outline goals in six categories health, finances, work, career, relationships,

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Speaker 1: personal growth, and mindfulness. We also jot down some things

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Speaker 1: on our bucket list, so things to do or experiences

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Speaker 1: to have, people to connect with, places I want to

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Speaker 1: visit or explore, and then there's of course an other category.

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Speaker 1: And so we make these goals and then we get

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Speaker 1: specifics on a few outcome goals. So, for instance, maybe

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Speaker 1: one of your goals is that you want to make

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Speaker 1: a certain amount of money, maybe it's seventy five thousand

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Speaker 1: dollars for the year and put ten thousand dollars in

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Speaker 1: your savings account, whatever those numbers might be that feel

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Speaker 1: good for you, And so writing down what are the

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Speaker 1: motivations for this goal, What are certain progress milestones that

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Speaker 1: you can achieve? So perhaps you want to secure one

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Speaker 1: third each month by the thirtieth So.

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Speaker 2: Do the math on that. What are critical drivers? So

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Speaker 2: what can help you get to your goal.

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Speaker 1: For me, as someone that is an event host, maybe

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Speaker 1: I'm pitching four event ideas to brand quarter or perhaps

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Speaker 1: I am pitching five new podcast sponsors by the end

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Speaker 1: of Q two. I think you're following me now. And

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Speaker 1: the last thing in this outcome goal flesh out is accountability.

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Speaker 1: What is it that you can do to keep yourself

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Speaker 1: on track? Again, both of us are working with a

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Speaker 1: friend on this, so bringing them into your constant goal setting,

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Speaker 1: your constant audit of sorts will be a huge, huge

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Speaker 1: help and going after the things that excite you. I

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Speaker 1: love your idea or your question of asking me if

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Speaker 1: there's a template. I think this is something that I

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Speaker 1: will work on over the next month or so and

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Speaker 1: released by the end of the year, So stay tuned

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Speaker 1: on that. Make sure if you have another listener question

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Speaker 1: to come back to me email us over at Hello

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Speaker 1: at Hurdle dot us and.

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Speaker 2: I will answer it in an upcoming episode.

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Speaker 1: Also make sure to follow on social it's over at

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Speaker 1: Hurdle Podcast. I'm also over at Emily a Body another

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Speaker 2: Catch you guys next time

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