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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: Here's To the Cashier At 7-Eleven · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, Emily Abadi here, you are listening to five
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  Speaker 1: Minute Friday from Hurdle.
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  Speaker 2: Oh man, it has been an insane week.
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  Speaker 1: I literally felt hungover with how much love I was
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  Speaker 1: met with last weekend. I talked on the show about
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  Speaker 1: celebrating my birthday last Friday, and I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: I've ever felt so beyond measure in terms of supported
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  Speaker 1: and cared for. And I feel really grateful for that
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  Speaker 1: this year, this last around the Sun. Now for last
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  Speaker 1: week's installment of the weekly Hurdle newsletter, which comes out
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  Speaker 1: every Friday. If you're not subscribed just yet, the link
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  Speaker 1: to do that is in the show notes. But I
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  Speaker 1: shared thirty five different lessons I learned in honor of
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  Speaker 1: my thirty fifth year, and one of those lessons something
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  Speaker 1: I talk about all the time. It's my through line
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  Speaker 1: for twenty twenty three and certainly am bringing this into
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  Speaker 1: my year thirty five is energy attracts like energy. And
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  Speaker 1: last Friday I was in the best mood. I started
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  Speaker 1: the day by doing a strength workout. I then rode
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  Speaker 1: bikes with some friends and I quickly showered and got
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  Speaker 1: myself together to get back out the door to go
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  Speaker 1: meet some friends to lay out by the pool, and
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  Speaker 1: before I hopped in a car because I was in
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  Speaker 1: a bit of a rush.
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  Speaker 2: I stopped inside of the seven.
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  Speaker 1: To eleven not far from my apartment, and I go
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  Speaker 1: to check out at the counter with a beverage and
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  Speaker 1: the cashier and I exchanged some niceties.
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  Speaker 2: He asked me how my day is. I'm saying, I'm having.
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  Speaker 1: A really great day. It's so nice outside, what great
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  Speaker 1: weather we're having. And then he looks at what I'm
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  Speaker 1: buying and asks me if I like I was buying,
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  Speaker 1: to be completely honest, a tall can of sugar free
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  Speaker 1: like alcoholic lemonade Seltzer. And he says to me, how
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  Speaker 1: do you like those? And I was like, actually, I
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  Speaker 1: really like this one. It's super refreshing. And he looks
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  Speaker 1: at me and then he looks back at the fridge
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  Speaker 1: behind me and he says, go grab another one. I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna buy it for you. I love your energy. I
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  Speaker 1: was so flattered. I told him, of course, he did
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  Speaker 1: not have to do that, and he insisted. So I
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  Speaker 1: grabbed another can and I brought it to the counter,
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  Speaker 1: And to be completely frank, I thought that he was
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  Speaker 1: probably just gonna not even ring it up, but he
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  Speaker 1: rings up the second tallgan and then he swipes his
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  Speaker 1: debit card, his personal debit card, and I just looked
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  Speaker 1: at him and I was like, that was so unnecessary,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm going to tell you something now, and he's like,
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  Speaker 1: what's that. I was like, it's my birthday today, and
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  Speaker 1: he could not believe it.
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  Speaker 2: It was just the.
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  Speaker 1: Most beautiful moment between two complete strangers.
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  Speaker 2: I haven't seen him since. I need to like go
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  Speaker 2: back in there and look for him.
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  Speaker 1: But it truly gave me goosebumps and was the epitome
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  Speaker 1: of energy attracts like energy and I after having such
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  Speaker 1: a remarkable day, and that was just like one of
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  Speaker 1: the things that contributed to the great day. I woke
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  Speaker 1: up the next day and asked myself, why not today too?
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  Speaker 1: What is stopping me from approaching every single day with
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  Speaker 1: that level of happiness, that giddiness, that opportunity mindset? Every
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  Speaker 1: day I have the opportunity, we all have the opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to get up and go after the energy that we
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  Speaker 1: want to attract. I giggle because it's like that class
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  Speaker 1: sick Drake line, like turn my birthday into a lifestyle,
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  Speaker 1: Like maybe that's.
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  Speaker 2: What I've just got to do. Maybe that's what we
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  Speaker 2: all have to do.
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  Speaker 1: Approach every day like it's a day to celebrate, to
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  Speaker 1: be present, to tell people that you love them, to
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  Speaker 1: tell people that you appreciate them, and watch what happens
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  Speaker 1: when that is the energy that you greet your days with.
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  Speaker 1: My prompt for you this week, who are you buying
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  Speaker 1: a can for? Who is someone that you appreciate their
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  Speaker 1: energy and you want to let them know you want
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  Speaker 1: to show them your appreciation. And to be clear, you
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  Speaker 1: don't actually need to buy them a tall can of
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  Speaker 1: alcoholic lemonade, but maybe you just tell them today who
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  Speaker 1: are you going to tell that you appreciate what they're
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  Speaker 1: bringing to the table. And now a listener question. Happy birthday, Emily.
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  Speaker 2: As the years go by and you've moved to different
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  Speaker 2: homes along the way, what is one random thing you
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  Speaker 2: know you can toss but you keep on bringing with you.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, this is a good question, you know. The first
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  Speaker 1: thing that comes to mind is, actually, this is so random.
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  Speaker 2: My wetsuit.
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  Speaker 1: So I've done one. I've done one triathlon in my life.
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  Speaker 1: It was the New York City Triathlon. It was an
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  Speaker 1: Olympic distance try and somehow during that triathlon, I ripped
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  Speaker 1: the leg of my wet suit. I also haven't worn
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  Speaker 1: this wetsuit like since that day. So not only am
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  Speaker 1: I keeping this wetsuit that has a hole in it,
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  Speaker 1: but since I haven't used it since this day and
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  Speaker 1: this day, I want to say I did this like
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  Speaker 1: eight years ago. Maybe I just think that by the
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  Speaker 1: time it's if I ever and I have a feeling
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  Speaker 1: I will if I ever do another triathlon, and Iron
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  Speaker 1: Man is not off of my radar.
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  Speaker 2: Let's just say that.
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  Speaker 1: But if I do another triathlon, by the time that happens,
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  Speaker 1: probably gonna need a different wetsuit. Anyway, I know this
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  Speaker 1: wasn't really an exciting answer. Beyond the whatsuit, something else
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  Speaker 1: in my home that I have been moving with from
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  Speaker 1: apartment to apartment. Okay, I know it's my soda stream.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if people still use soda streams. I'm
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  Speaker 1: a sucker for an ice cold can of Seltzer and
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  Speaker 1: so my affinity for trying different flavors of Seltzer's and
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  Speaker 1: drinking them out of really nice chili cans has replaced
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  Speaker 1: me using the soda stream and so yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: it's probably time that we part ways.
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  Speaker 2: A profound five.
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  Speaker 1: Minute Friday for you this week, make sure you're following
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  Speaker 1: along with hurdle Over on social set Hurdle Podcast, I'm
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  Speaker 1: over at Emily a Body, Another hurdle conquered.
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  Speaker 2: Catch you guys next time.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody here