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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: What's Really Going On? · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: What's going on everyone? EMILYA Badi Here you are listening
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  Speaker 1: to another episode of Five Minute Friday from Hurdle. This
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  Speaker 1: has been one of those weeks that was NonStop. It
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  Speaker 1: was early mornings and late nights. It was trying to
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  Speaker 1: make time to fit everything in. It was checking in
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  Speaker 1: on my people. I had the honor of hosting a
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  Speaker 1: dinner earlier this week. I did it with the help
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  Speaker 1: of the team at On, who helped me cover the cost.
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  Speaker 1: I invited a woman in the industry, the wellness industry
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  Speaker 1: specifically that inspire me and motivate me, and we sat
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  Speaker 1: down and we just laid it on. We talked about
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  Speaker 1: the good and the bad, the moments that are hard,
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  Speaker 1: the hurdles that we face each and every day, the
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  Speaker 1: struggles that we navigate as individuals that are at the
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  Speaker 1: helm of our respective communities. And it felt so good
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  Speaker 1: in that moment to feel less alone in all of
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  Speaker 1: the things that I go through on a day to day.
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  Speaker 1: And I walked away from that dinner feeling so much gratitude,
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  Speaker 1: but also really reminded of the benefit of community. And
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  Speaker 1: on top of that, I was also reminded that there
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  Speaker 1: are so many people that are going through something each
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  Speaker 1: and every day that you have absolutely no concept of,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's a coworker or a good friend even or
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  Speaker 1: family member. Whenever we come into contact with a human
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  Speaker 1: being anyone period, we are only privy to so much information.
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  Speaker 1: And between the laughs and the hugs and the joy
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  Speaker 1: that I felt in this room, there were also so
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  Speaker 1: many conversations of struggle and things that from the outside
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  Speaker 1: looking in you would have no idea or going on
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  Speaker 1: with maybe someone that you admire, and whether or not
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  Speaker 1: it's someone with a gazillion followers or five followers, that
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  Speaker 1: is completely irrelevant. And let me tell you, since then,
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  Speaker 1: every single person that I talked to, something heavy is
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  Speaker 1: going on, things are feeling some kind of way. And
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  Speaker 1: so I guess the theme of the week. The thing
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  Speaker 1: that I'm thinking of really this five minute Friday is
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  Speaker 1: to have compassion for your fellow Come in today, tomorrow,
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  Speaker 1: next week, next month, next year, knowing that they too
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  Speaker 1: are navigating their own hurdles just like you. My prompt
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  Speaker 1: for you this week, what is one relationship in your
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  Speaker 1: life that could use more attention or nurturing? How can
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  Speaker 1: you approve upon it? What is one relationship in your
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  Speaker 1: life that could use more attention or nurturing and how
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  Speaker 1: can you improve upon it? And now a listener question.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, Emily, this is Addi from Chicago. I love following
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  Speaker 2: your podcast and following you on social media. You always
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  Speaker 2: seem like you have so many irons in the fire
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  Speaker 2: and are incredibly efficient at getting things done. Can you
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  Speaker 2: share how you are so productive? How do you go
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  Speaker 2: about planning your to do list each day while balancing
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  Speaker 2: long term goals both personally and professionally. Are there any
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  Speaker 2: certain technologies that you use? Are you more of a
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  Speaker 2: pen and paper kind of gal? And how do you
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  Speaker 2: go about optimizing your schedule and energy? Thank you so
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  Speaker 2: much for putting out so much great content.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, talk about a flattering voice message. I appreciate you, Addie. Wow. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: so productivity, I would say that when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: balancing short and long term goals, this actually really sticks
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  Speaker 1: for me. By doing an inventory week by week of
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  Speaker 1: kind of where I'm stacking up. So I set goals
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  Speaker 1: at the top of a new year, I break those
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  Speaker 1: goals up into quarters, and every Sunday I sit down
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  Speaker 1: with my planner and I'll link it in the show notes,
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  Speaker 1: and I do an inventory of how I am working
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  Speaker 1: in relation to the goals that I have set for
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  Speaker 1: a certain period of time. I'll be upfront that one
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  Speaker 1: goal I'm totally slacking on right now that I did
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  Speaker 1: have a strong why for at the top of twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty four is setting a budget in place. And so
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  Speaker 1: this is one that every week so far I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to make time for the budget to time
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  Speaker 1: for the budget, and I haven't made time yet for
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  Speaker 1: the budget. But trust me, now that I said that
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  Speaker 1: I'm determined, I'm really determined. Anyway. I digress on a
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  Speaker 1: day to day kind of basis. I am a pen
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  Speaker 1: and paper girlie. I do live by my Google calendar.
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  Speaker 1: But when I sit down at the desk, if that
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  Speaker 1: is an option that I have first thing and I'm
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  Speaker 1: not running around, I will answer a few questions including
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  Speaker 1: what I'm grateful for today, what the goal is for today,
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  Speaker 1: and what will make today great, and then I write
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  Speaker 1: down everything that I want to accomplish in the day,
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  Speaker 1: and then I move those into time blocks. So the
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  Speaker 1: journal again I'll get in the show notes has a
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  Speaker 1: schedule from six am to nine pm. Thank god, I
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  Speaker 1: do not work hours like that, but I will write down,
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  Speaker 1: for instance, record intro for Monday's episode, and maybe that's
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  Speaker 1: from like ten to ten thirty, and then write an
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  Speaker 1: article for GQ. Maybe that's something that's going to take
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  Speaker 1: an hour, all program that in from two to three.
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  Speaker 1: And I also try to work based on my strengths,
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  Speaker 1: so I know that the work that I want to
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  Speaker 1: be really dialed in on, ie writing, idating, creating, or
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  Speaker 1: working on decks or pitches for brands or collaborations, that's
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  Speaker 1: the kind of stuff that I want to do as
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  Speaker 1: close as when I sit down at my desk as possible.
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  Speaker 1: I am just a more focused, productive person in the morning,
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  Speaker 1: and then come the afternoon, that's what I like to
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  Speaker 1: do a lot of my podcasts. I feel like I
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  Speaker 1: have the mental capacity and the breath and the space
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  Speaker 1: to have really engaged conversations at that time. And then
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  Speaker 1: after that like mid daytime period, that's when I take
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  Speaker 1: a lot of calls or meetings. So this is just
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  Speaker 1: a format that I've learned that's worked for me, and
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  Speaker 1: why not play to my strengths. The last thing I'll
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  Speaker 1: say when it comes to being productive and whatnot is
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  Speaker 1: that not every day is going to be a home
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  Speaker 1: run and so I think such a major skill is
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  Speaker 1: failing fast, And for me, failing fast and the terms
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  Speaker 1: of productivity means calling it. When you realize you are
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  Speaker 1: staring off into space, nothing's getting done, and take a break.
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  Speaker 1: Go do something that serves you. Maybe it's simply a
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  Speaker 1: walk around the block. Maybe it's a few jumping jacks.
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  Speaker 1: Move that energy, get things flowing, and you'll be better
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  Speaker 1: for it. Sometimes you've just got to turn on a
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  Speaker 1: TV show and take an hour off. That's it for
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  Speaker 1: this week. Make sure you're following along with hurdle over
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  Speaker 1: on social It's at Hurdle Podcast. I am over at
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  Speaker 1: Emily a Body, Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.