Hey, hey, Emily here. You were listening to Five Minute Friday from Hurtle.

I am inclined to yap about goal setting today.

And the importance of putting your goals out into the universe.

I've definitely shared this story on the show before, but it's been some time. So back, God,

I started the show at the very beginning of 2018, literally like on New Year's Day, essentially.

And I believe it was at the end of that year. I was in Vancouver getting ready to run seawees, which was a race that they

used to offer. I actually heard not that long ago, now that I'm saying this out loud, that they

were bringing it back. But a cool part about this particular experience was that they really built out the Race Expo

to include a slew of different programming aimed at helping participants live their healthiest lives.

And as we know, a big part of that is the mental side of things as well.

And so one of my favorite parts of the weekend was a goal setting session. I went into

that goal setting session, having never really done anything like that before. And after maybe an

hour's worth of prompts and discussion and small group work and whatnot, at the end of the session,

they asked if anyone wanted to volunteer to come on stage and speak group work and whatnot. At the end of the session, they asked if anyone

wanted to volunteer to come on stage and speak their goals into existence. And so naturally,

as the extrovert that I am most of the time, I offered to go on stage and I went on stage

and I stood there and I said, within the next four years, I want hurdle to become the main thing.

And that was kind of the beginning for me of getting really intentional with goal setting,

so much so that I decided to do a lot of coursework relative to helping people go after their big goals,

i.e., becoming a certified professional coach, which you can like into a life coach.

And something that I took with me from that experience is that goals don't happen unless you are willing to express what it is

that you want. And although there is a lot of benefit to smart goal setting, specific,

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