1 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: Where there's a why, there's a way, where there's a why, 2 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: there's a way. I know you've heard the saying before, 3 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: where there's a will, there's a way. But earlier this week, 4 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,599 Speaker 1: as I was starting to put together the puzzle pieces 5 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: to make everything work out in my favor, make things 6 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: work out in a way that was best for Emily, 7 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: I was reminded of the importance of my Why you're 8 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: listening to five minute Friday, you're listening to Hurdle, and 9 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: I'm talking about the puzzle pieces being the training that 10 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: I want to get done in between long days, long hours, trips, 11 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: time zones, you name it. If you're listening to this 12 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: in real time, I'm likely in the middle of a 13 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:15,759 Speaker 1: seventeen or eighteen mile long run that I decided needed 14 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: to happen on the Friday before I took to back 15 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: to back trips. Usually I do something like this on 16 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: Saturday or Sunday mornings, but being that I am set 17 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: to be out of my element and that I had 18 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: other work that needed to also get done of an 19 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: equal priority, that meant rearranging my schedule and doing something 20 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: a little less than desirable in favor of an ultimate 21 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: goal and I'm telling you about my choice to do 22 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: a run at five point thirty in the morning on 23 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: Friday before an eleven am flight, because that's what happens 24 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: when you have a strong why. We are now into February, 25 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: we're far past that day. I think it's January eleventh 26 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: that is Quitter's day. And one of the biggest errors 27 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: I hear from people when they talk to me about 28 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: the goals that they want to set is that they 29 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: are setting a goal based off of seeing something on 30 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: social media or because they feel like they should. In 31 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: other words, they don't have a strong why for the 32 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: goal that they are setting forward. For instance, you see 33 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: someone doing the seventy five Hard program on Instagram and 34 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: it looks jazzy and exciting and they suddenly have six 35 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: pack abs that they thought were never possible. Yeah, like, yes, 36 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: perhaps six pack abs are enticing. But if you have 37 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: no interest in the journey that is the seventy five Hard, 38 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 1: if that whole process isn't actually something that fits your 39 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: interests or your lifestyle, and you don't have a strong 40 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: why connected to executing it, then it will be miserable 41 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: for you period. Whereas if you have a strong why, 42 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: making choices that might otherwise seem difficult are going to 43 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: feel a little more doable. This run doesn't exactly excite me, 44 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: but I know that it's something that I want to do, 45 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: and so I make the time for it. So I'm 46 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: okay with the opportunity cost, knowing that it is getting 47 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: me closer to my ultimate goal. Where there's a why, 48 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: there's a way. So my prompt for you this week, 49 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: what are you after and what's your why? What is 50 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: one goal, one habit, one thing that you want to 51 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: do in your day to day or this week, this month, 52 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: this year, and what is your why for it? And 53 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: now a listener question. 54 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 2: Hey, Emily, I've noticed how zoned in you are on 55 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 2: your morning routine. I've actually really tried to emulate it 56 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 2: this year specifically, and it has me so to tuned 57 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 2: into how I start the rest of my day. It 58 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 2: had me wondering, do you have a bedtime routine? Is 59 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 2: there anything that you do at night? I'd be so 60 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 2: interested in it. Love your show, Thank you so much. 61 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: I am so flattered to hear that my morning routine 62 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: is inspiring you to to adapt and adopt one that 63 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: works for you. So that's excellent. And when it comes 64 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: to my nighttime routine, I would be remiss if I 65 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: try to insinuate that it is anywhere near as dialed 66 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: in as the one that I execute in the morning. 67 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: But roughly, this is how it goes down. If I'm 68 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: spending the evening at home, about an hour before I 69 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: want to go to bed, I start to wind down, 70 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: So for me, that means washing my face and doing 71 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: my skincare, and then I usually come back into the 72 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: living room where I spend another forty thirty ish minutes 73 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: just laying low. Maybe that's reading a book that could 74 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: be watching TV. I've yet to adopt a habit where 75 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: I completely nix certain types of light from my vicinity 76 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: before I crash, and only because I haven't seen that 77 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: it drastically impacts the way that I fall asleep at night. 78 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: So I am the type of human that can get 79 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: right into bed and within about five to seven minutes 80 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: I'm asleep. I'm a fast sleeper. If it's not the 81 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: same for you, then you may want to think about 82 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: what you're exposing yourself to in the time period leading 83 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: up to when you get into bed. But I'll watch 84 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: something on the couch roit a little bit. I'll likely 85 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: eat a small piece of dark chocolate. I'll brush my teeth. 86 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,559 Speaker 1: I'll then go put my phone on its own little 87 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: bed aka one of those current phone charging pads. I 88 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: cannot reach that pad from my bedside, and then I 89 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: get into bed, and that's literally it. My nighttime routine 90 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: is super simple. It's worth highlighting that I go to 91 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: bed quite early most nights, by nine pm, which is 92 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:04,239 Speaker 1: why I'm to get up so early naturally. And of note, 93 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: I am always on the hunt for listener questions and 94 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: I want to answer yours. So please send us a 95 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: voice recording over email at Hello at Hurdle dot us 96 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: with your question and hopes to be featured in an 97 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: upcoming episode of Five Minute Friday. Also, you can leave 98 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: a voice message in the link that's in the show notes. 99 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 1: Make sure you're following along over on social It's at 100 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: Hurdle Podcast. I am over at Emily Avadi another Hurdle conquered. 101 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 1: Catch you guys next time.