1 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: Hey everyone, emia body here bringing you another installment, a 2 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: five Minute Friday from Hurdle. If you're new to this 3 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: weekly segment bonus part of Hurdle. On Five Minute Friday, 4 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: I chat through a story, something I'm going through, something 5 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: that's happening in my life. I share a thought prompt 6 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: to take you into the weekend, and then offer up 7 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: some of my content picks, some of the stuff that 8 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: I think is really awesome that I want to share 9 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: with you this week. Tis the season I'm chatting about Christmas. 10 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 2: Now. I don't know about you, guys. 11 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: I grew up in a a nominational household, so my 12 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: mother is Jewish and my father is Italian, and I, 13 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: for my adult life, as long as I can remember, 14 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: have been splitting my time between the two of them 15 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: when it comes to Christmas time. So I've done the 16 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: exact same thing on Christmas Eve forever. 17 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 2: I usually go out east. 18 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: My grandmother lives out near the Hamptons, and I go 19 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: out east and I spend Christmas Eve with my dad's 20 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: side of the family, and we eat all of the 21 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: seafood because we're Italian, and then we drink eggnog. I'm 22 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: pretty sure my Grandmother must put at least like three 23 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: different types of alcohol in the eggnog. 24 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 2: It's always super boozy. 25 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: And then we open gifts and all this is on 26 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: Christmas Eve, and it's just so special because I feel 27 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: like life is just so hectic, especially in recent years, 28 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: and it's just such a beautiful opportunity for me just 29 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: time with my family. There's also like other small traditions 30 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: that we enjoy on Christmas Eve. I have been tasked 31 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: for some time now to be the person who now 32 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: makes Grandma's signature Italian tricolor cookie recipe. They are my favorite. 33 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: I can't wait to make them. I think I'm going 34 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: to make them this weekend. We also always eat a 35 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: bunch of stuff that we typically buy at Arthur Avenue 36 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: in the Bronx. 37 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 2: If you've never heard of Arthur Avenue, it is amazing. 38 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: It is this street uptown from where I am that 39 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: has all of the classic Italian shops, Like there's one 40 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: place that you buy Mutzaurel, There's another place that you 41 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: buy olive bread. There's another place that you buy Canoli's, 42 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: like there's a certain specific shop for each of these things, 43 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: and we eat all this stuff from there on Christmas Eve, So. 44 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 2: That's Christmas Eve. 45 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: Then on Christmas Day, I usually take the port Jeff 46 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: Ferry back to my mom. My mom is in Connecticut, 47 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: and we do the entire Jewish Christmas stick. We pick 48 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 1: a movie to go see, and we order in Chinese food, 49 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: and I literally our biggest decision for the day is 50 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 1: like what pair of spandex am I going to wear? 51 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 2: And how Golton is I want to be with my 52 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 2: Chinese food order. 53 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: I myself am more of a chicken and broccoli person, 54 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: but growing up I was a general so's chows. I 55 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 1: feel like I've heard it both ways. Anyway, I always 56 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: ordered that. I don't do that so much anymore, I digress. 57 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: This year, I'm not doing either of those things. I 58 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: actually literally last night had this conversation with both of 59 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: my parents, and, like many of you, I mean, this 60 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: year has had its fair share of ups and downs, 61 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: and I think it just got to a point when 62 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: I was starting to think about Christmas and like making 63 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: all this happen and what would have to go into 64 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: making all of this happen, that I just kind of 65 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: accepted that I wasn't going to be able to make 66 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: everybody happy and that the right decision for me was 67 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: gonna be to stay in New York. And as you know, 68 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: staying in New York for me means being in my apartment, 69 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: and being a single woman in my thirties, that means 70 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: me staying in my apartment by myself. You could choose, 71 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: A person could choose to feel some kind of way 72 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:19,239 Speaker 1: about this, like I could choose to feel depressed or upset, 73 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 1: and of course, like it's natural, I'm sure it points 74 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: throughout this experience that I'm going to feel lonely. But 75 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: I think that twenty twenty has taught us a lot 76 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: of stuff, and for me, it's really been just one 77 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: continuous lesson in focusing your energy on the things that 78 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: you can control. And this is just how it is now. 79 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: So for me dwelling on this decision which has been 80 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: made me dwelling on this decision, and giving my energy 81 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: to feeling maybe upset about this decision, that's not going 82 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: to get me anywhere. And I'm sharing this with you 83 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: because I'm sure that this shift in things not being 84 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: how we wish that maybe they could be is something 85 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 1: that you are dealing with as well. And it's interesting actually, 86 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: because I feel as though I'm being a little selfish 87 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: with my decision and that maybe there was some way 88 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: that I could have figured out the right things to 89 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: do to quarantine, to navigate to be with my family 90 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: on Christmas Eve. But at the same time, I feel 91 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: like I'm not being selfish. It's both because I am 92 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: not putting other people at risk to do the thing 93 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: that in other circumstances I would have done without any question. 94 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: I am okay with being a little selfish, and to 95 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: be quite frank, I honestly don't believe that I have 96 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: ever said that when it comes to my family, I 97 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: have just always, always always wanted to do as much 98 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 1: as I can to make everyone happy and to be 99 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: there for everyone, even if that meant putting myself out 100 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: in working harder or longer to be somewhere at the 101 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: right time and at the right place, and all these things. 102 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: This year a huge lesson having some grace with myself, 103 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: understanding that I'm truly doing the best I can to 104 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: stay afloat, to keep moving forward, and in the holiday 105 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: season right now, I think it's really really important that 106 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 1: we find the silver linings, we find the gratitude, we 107 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: take joy in the small winds and so for me 108 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: right now, I myself am looking forward to figuring out 109 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: exactly what Christmas movies I'm going to watch. I'm all 110 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: yours for your suggestions, and also where I should order 111 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:42,559 Speaker 1: from for Christmas dinner and Christmas Eve dinner. So again, 112 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 1: suggestions are welcome. If you feel this way, we're on 113 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: the same page. My question for you this week have 114 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,359 Speaker 1: you felt at times like you've had to be a 115 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: little selfish to take care of your own well being? 116 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: And if so, what did that I feel like and 117 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 1: how did you navigate that? 118 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:02,799 Speaker 2: Again? 119 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: Have you had to be a little selfish over twenty 120 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: twenty to take care of your own wellbeing? And what 121 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: did that look like for you? Highlights of the week 122 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: links to all of this in the show notes. Check 123 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: out the Rambling Runner Virtual Summit. My good friend Matt, 124 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: host of the Rambling Runner podcast, is hosting his first 125 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: ever Rambling Runner Virtual Summit this coming January January fifteenth 126 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: to seventeenth, and if you are a runner, the array 127 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: of content that he is putting out over this time 128 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: period is unbelievable and so so helpful. It's going to 129 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: feature a bunch of different thirty to forty five minute 130 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: video sessions featuring Mario Frioli, Jared Ward, and so many 131 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: more awesome people. They're talking a bunch of topics that 132 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: affect runners everywhere, from training when races are canceled, to 133 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: injury and how to choose the right sneaker. So definitely 134 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: definitely check it out. Tickets for the multi day event 135 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: are one hundred and fifty dollars. Listen from Life Kit 136 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: from NPR, A therapist's take on getting through a pandemic 137 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: holiday feels pretty appropriate for what I'm talking about here 138 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: on frid minute of Friday, it's the season to be jolly. 139 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: Many of us are feeling a little unsure about that, 140 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: so I really appreciated, you know, the perspective and the 141 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: takes from this episode, many of which I kind of 142 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: incorporated into where I'm at. 143 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 2: So give that a listen. 144 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: Also a really great article if you are on the 145 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: hunt for some last minute gifts, or maybe you're just 146 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: someone that's super indecisive. 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As you're listening today, I appreciate you. 180 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.