1 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: Hey, Hurdlers, Emily about here bringing you another installment of 2 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: five Minute Friday. If you're new to the segment, I 3 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: share a little story for you, I offer up a 4 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: prompt to take you into the weekend, and then I 5 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: bring you my content picks, my highlights, some things that 6 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: I am digging to share with you this week. I 7 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: find it really important oftentimes I correlate between the newsletter 8 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: and what I'm sharing here on the podcast feed. If 9 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: you have yet to subscribe to the Weekly Hurdle, I 10 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: highly encourage you to do so. The link to do 11 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: that is in the show notes. But this week in 12 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: the newsletter, many of you have been asking for it, 13 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: I am offering up some of my favorite cold weather 14 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: gear picks, everything from gloves to leggings to long sleeves. 15 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: So if you're in the market for any of that, 16 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 1: I have got your back. Make sure again that you subscribe. Anyway. Wow, 17 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,199 Speaker 1: what a week. It's so interesting recording content and working 18 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: on content, not knowing exactly what's going to be going 19 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: on in the news cycle when you release it. You know, 20 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: I'm recording this on Thursday afternoon to bring you on 21 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: Friday morning, and I still don't know what could happen 22 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: in our country between Thursday and Friday morning. There's just 23 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: a lot going on. I know that a lot of 24 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: us are anxious with all of the uncertainty that's going 25 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 1: on between the election. I know here in New York 26 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: City there have been protests, all of them, to my knowledge, 27 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: have been peaceful. There are stores boarded up. I mean, 28 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: there's just a lot of unrest right now. So if 29 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: you are feeling anxious, I'm sure that you know this, 30 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: but you are certainly certainly not a As I was 31 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:05,279 Speaker 1: feeling really anxious earlier this morning, I was looking back 32 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: at my journal to reflect on sometimes that brought me 33 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: joy this year. There have been a lot of them. 34 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: I think that it's easy to reflect on twenty twenty 35 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: and think about all of the hard and bad stuff 36 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: that's been going on. But I also recognize that this 37 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: year has had a lot of positives and has brought 38 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: with it a ton of growth. So I mentioned the journal. 39 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: I looked at my journal, and in there I was 40 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: reading back to a trip that I took over the 41 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: summer to spend about a week with my best friend 42 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: up outside of Providence. She lives up there with her 43 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: husband and her baby, and literally, if we weren't in 44 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: the middle of a pandemic, I highly highly doubt that 45 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: we would have found this time to spend together. Now, 46 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: of course, we did all the things. We made sure 47 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: to get tested. I rented my own car so I 48 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 1: didn't have to take public transportation. I took every precaution 49 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: that I could take to make this week as stress 50 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: free as possible, And in my journal at the end 51 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: of that week, I just was so thankful and content, 52 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: like truly content and satisfied that I had this chance 53 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: to just a escape the city and b feel so 54 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: care free for seven full days as someone that had 55 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: been spending so much time by herself in her apartment, 56 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: to be surrounded not just by other people, but people 57 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: that made me feel so welcome, was just there are 58 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: It's hard for me to articulate how awesome it was. 59 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: I remember one day in particular, and I wrote about this, 60 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: this perfect afternoon where we blew up a kiddie pool 61 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: in her sideyard and drank wolfer rose that we stashed 62 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 1: in an aquamarine colored YETI cooler, and the sun was 63 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: out in full force, and we were just out there 64 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 1: and sweating and her baby was like in this thing 65 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: that babies jump and dance in and it's safe, and 66 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 1: oh man, it was the simplest, simplest thing that made 67 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: me so so happy. I think, really, when it comes 68 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: to for a moment like taking a deep breath and 69 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: thinking about the things that were grateful for amidst all 70 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: of this chaos. Really, for me, twenty twenty has been 71 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: just such a lesson in appreciating the small things. It 72 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 1: doesn't need to be so big trip to Italy or 73 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: Hawaii or Hobiza. It doesn't need to be some lavish 74 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: dinner with hundreds of dollars spent or something extravagant. You 75 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 1: can find so much joy from the smallest things. So 76 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: I guess I tell you the story really to encourage 77 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 1: you to look for some small joy. It doesn't need 78 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 1: to be anything big. In fact, it could just be 79 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: something as simple as noticing that when you wake up 80 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: these days it's six point forty. It's nice that it's 81 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: a little bit lighter than it was last week, and 82 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: that's good. The smallest things, again, can bring you joy. 83 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: And so my question, my prompt for you this week 84 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 1: is what's a small thing that makes you smile? What's 85 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: one small thing that can give you joy today, this weekend, 86 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: regardless of what's going on in our world. Highlights of 87 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: the week Links to all this stuff can be found 88 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: in the show notes. I read a story oh Ohio 89 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: father runs full marathon around hospital treating his four year 90 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: old son for cancer. The title really says it all. 91 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,239 Speaker 1: Is there anything more necessary than a feel good story 92 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: right now? I think not. One. Dad ran literally a 93 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: marathon around Akron Children's Hospital. His four year old son 94 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: is battling be sell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and he raised 95 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: in the process sixteen thousand dollars for the hospital treating 96 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: his son. In the people interview that I read, he said, 97 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 1: I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate the 98 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: hospital and celebrate the amazing caregivers inside of there. It's 99 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: been an amazing experience, and the outpouring of support shows 100 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: how much Akron Children's has meant to many different families. Ugh, 101 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: my heart. Another highlight for you listen What a Day podcast. 102 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: I have a few different news podcasts in my regular rotation, 103 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: but I recently discovered this podcast when a friend posted 104 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 1: it on Instagram last week. I really really dig it. 105 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: It's with two individuals, Aquila Hues and Gideon Resnick, and 106 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,359 Speaker 1: it's a good combination of like super informative in a 107 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: way that's really digestible and also with a hint of 108 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: humor that I can really really appreciate. A gift for 109 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: your radar, the Nice Plants. I'm in the middle of 110 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: doing research for gift guides, which you guys know what 111 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: gift guides are, but basically as a part of my 112 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: freelance writing, I help the outlets that I work with 113 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: create gift guide content, and so I am reaching out 114 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: to different companies and doing some research about what brands 115 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: have coming down the pipe. And one of the items 116 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,679 Speaker 1: that I have stumbled upon is called the Nice Plant. 117 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: It's basically like a super adorable self care box that 118 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: includes a potted succulent in a ceramic pot, like a 119 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: cute small succulent, a sage smudge stick, Palo Santo. I 120 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: think that's how you say Palo Santo, Palo Santo, a 121 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: floral room, and lit bomb. And it's just like the 122 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: cutest little arrangement of things that bring me so much joy. 123 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: So if you're looking for a great gift, this is it. 124 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: This is not sponsored forty dollars. That's it. Send it, 125 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,679 Speaker 1: you're done, You're welcome, and that's it for this week. 126 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: Keeping it light, keeping it quick. If you have any 127 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: questions you want to say hi, feel free to always 128 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: shoot me a dm over on social media. I said 129 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: it before, I'll say it again. Find some gratitude this week. 130 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: Make sure you take care of you, You check in 131 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: with the people that you care about, and know that 132 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 1: in whatever you are feeling, you are certainly not alone. 133 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 1: At Hurdle Podcast at Emily a Body, another hurdle conquered. 134 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: Catch you guys next time.