Hey everybody, Emily Abadi here.

You are listening to Five Minute Friday from Hurtle.

That's how I feel. You know, I have been on a whirlwind of travel over the last two quarters

honestly. Q1 was crazy, Q2 is about halfway done now and I am sitting in my Los Angeles

hotel room as I record this and it feels a little surreal that this is the end of that

for now. At this point in time, I don't have anything else lined up for the summer until

really August and that does not mean that nothing will happen. I am sure things are about

to pop up. But in the meantime, I'm feeling a little nostalgic about everything that has

happened. L.A. Paris, Boston, Miami, back to L.A. has been the craziest few weeks. So much

of the last few weeks I've been so grateful for and specifically what I want to talk about

in this Five Minute Friday is the concept that rising tides raise all ships. And I have always

been the kind of person that firmly believes that we have an opportunity to cheer on other

people. There's nothing I get more pleasure out of than being excited for people that matter to

me, for people that I am so honored to be their cheerleader. And tonight I had the opportunity to

get together with another podcaster. Her name is Les Alfred. You've heard her on the show before.

She has a podcast called Balance Black Girl. And it was so special for me because someone asked

me earlier this week if I keep in contact, talk with often other podcasters. And the answer is

to be candid, not really. As A and I've said this before, solopreneur, sometimes what I'm doing

can be a bit lonely. And I think that is why I really do enjoy the opportunity to host live events

because in hosting live events, I then have the chance to connect IRL with others, especially

after the pandemic that feels even more special than ever. And so tonight sitting with Les and

talking about so many of the different scenarios that another podcaster would actually understand,

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