Hey, hurdlers, Emily popping in with another installment of five minute Friday.

You know the drill now. Telling you a story, offering you a thought prompt to bring you

in to the weekend, and then sharing some cool stuff, some highlights from the week,

what I'm listening to, what I'm reading, and perhaps some cool initiatives that I just think you need to check out a S-A-P.

This week, I'm kind of in my feelings, to be honest.

My birthday is coming up.

It's next Tuesday, June 2nd.

Shout out to any other Gemini's that might be listening to this.

And I think as we can all relate that when a birthday comes, you start to reflect, right?

You think about the past 365 days.

You think about the next 365 days.

And then, of course, you just think about everything that's going on

in your life. And it's funny, when I hit 30, I didn't necessarily feel super stressed. I think a lot of

people get to 30 and they have this profound moment where they think about where they thought that

they would be at 30 and what's

happening and what's not happening. And to be honest, I didn't really feel a lot of that. But saying

that on Tuesday, I turn 32 just gives me, I don't know, it makes me feel some kind of way.

I actually just the other day, one of my dearest friends, his birthday is on

May 27th. Then I said to him as I was walking up Second Avenue on my morning walk, I said,

Tom, can you believe that we've known each other for almost 20 years? Like, I have known him for more

than half of my life. And that's just crazy. Anyway, I digress. So I, the other day was standing in my

bathroom, getting ready to go to bed and brushing my teeth. And I looked in the mirror. And I feel

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