1 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 1: Hey, hurdlers, Emily ABOUDI here bringing you another episode of 2 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: five Minute Friday, which is actually never really only five minutes, 3 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 1: but you get the gist from hurdle. I'm having a 4 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: really good day despite things not going entirely as planned. 5 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: I would say, if you're new to this segment, let 6 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: me just make sure you know how things go here. 7 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you this story. I'm going to offer 8 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: you a thought prompt to take you into the weekend, 9 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: and then I'm going to share with you my highlights 10 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: of the week, some content pics, some things that I 11 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: think you should check out that I am digging at 12 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: the moment. Okay, so the story. This morning, I had 13 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: a obgyn appointment, my annual trying to check off all 14 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: of my general exams at the beginning of the year 15 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: as safe as possible. I had my appointment scheduled for 16 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 1: eleven am. My ob is about like just under two 17 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:32,559 Speaker 1: miles north of my apartment in Central Harlem, and I 18 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 1: was already kind of having a day at around ten 19 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: am and decided that it could be a good idea 20 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: for me to walk there. I wanted to take advantage 21 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: of the opportunity and listen to one of Apple Fitness 22 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: plus the new Time to Walk episodes. So that is 23 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: exactly what I plan to do. So I laced up 24 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: my sneakers, I got out side. It was definitely brisk 25 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: at thirty degrees, I think, and I started walking and 26 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,119 Speaker 1: I got out there. I'm on my way. I realized 27 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: that I'm gonna get there at like ten fifty five, 28 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: even though they say get their fifteen minutes early. In 29 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: my head, I'm thinking, you know what, I always get 30 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: there fifteen minutes early. I never go in until at 31 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: least fifteen minutes after the hour, Like I'm just going 32 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: to get there five minutes before. It's going to be fine. 33 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: I get to my destination, it's five minutes before eleven, 34 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: and I try to ring the buzzer and no one answers. Luckily, 35 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: at this point, a man and his two sons, they're 36 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: walking out from the dentist's office that happened to be 37 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: right there, so they push open the gate. I go in. 38 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: I go through a couple of doors to the place 39 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: where the office has been for years, where my appointment 40 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: was confirmed for and see that the door is locked 41 00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: and in fact, the office is one hundred percent vacant. 42 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: So I'm like, this is not not at all convenient. 43 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: And I pop into the dentist's office next door and 44 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: I ask if they know what's up. They tell me 45 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: that she hasn't been there for at least a year. 46 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: I log on to my Oscar Health insurance app find 47 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,119 Speaker 1: out that there's another address for her, despite the fact 48 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: that my appointment is confirmed again at this one. I 49 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: go there. It's about three blocks from where I am 50 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: at that moment. Thank god. I walk in. I find 51 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 1: out that yes, this is the only place she practices, 52 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: and no, they cannot see me at the time that 53 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: I was scheduled to be seen long ex hel so 54 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: I'm two miles from home. It took me about forty 55 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: minutes to walk there, and the woman at the front 56 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: desk was so accommodating and like very apologetic, despite the 57 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: fact that it was not their error at all. In fact, 58 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: if it was anyone's error, I would say it would 59 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: be Oscar Health error, kindly and with respect, because they 60 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: probably should have taken this other office off of the 61 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: portal for booking. But regardless, I schedule a new appointment 62 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: for about a month from now, and I turn around 63 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: and I walk out, I call Oscar and I'm like, hey, 64 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: just so you know, you should probably take this option 65 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: off of the you know app The woman was like, wow, 66 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: you have so much patience. I would have been so mad, 67 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: and like, yeah, I wasn't ecstatic about the fact that, 68 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: you know, I walked all the way up there and 69 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: couldn't be seen like I was hoping to be seen. 70 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, it's not like 71 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: anyone conspired to inconvenience me, but rather, this is just 72 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: what happened. And I had a nice walk and I 73 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: walked back home and it just that's how it was. 74 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: You know. I think so often we get so wrapped 75 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: up in worrying about the things that we can't control, 76 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: in freaking out about something that we literally cannot change, 77 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: and by just accepting what was today and trying to find, 78 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 1: you know, the good parts in my morning despite the inconvenience, 79 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: I was so much better for it. So my question 80 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: for you this week, when was the last time that 81 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 1: you may have overreacted and in retrospect, what would you 82 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: have done differently? Again, when was the last time that 83 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: you maybe overreacted and in retrospect, what could you have 84 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: done differently. I feel like I'm always this prompt. This 85 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: question is often about gratitude, so of course, in wake 86 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: of this story, you could think about something that you 87 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: are grateful for as well, But I'm a lean in 88 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: that overreacting question. Highlights of the week this week, as always, 89 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: links to all of this goodness can be found in 90 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: the show notes. Listen to the episode from radio Headspace 91 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: Mindfully Present. Lately I have been listening to Up first 92 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: first thing in the morning, like as I'm making my 93 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: bed before I go to the gym, and then following 94 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 1: that with radio Headspace, and there is just Andy Puttacum's voice, 95 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: my good friend. He's been on the show a couple 96 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 1: of times. I'll throw the links to those episodes in 97 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: the show notes as well. Andy's voice is so calming 98 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 1: and delightful. I really really loved what he said in 99 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: this episode, in particular talking about you know the idea 100 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: that a lot of brands or companies or just people 101 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: are often putting the word mindful in front of everyday 102 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 1: activities like going for a mindful walk or sitting down 103 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: to do some mindful coloring. 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