What's going on, everyone, everyone, Emily Abadi here. You're listening to Five Minute Friday from Hurtle.

This week, I had a project that I was working on that was the monster. Let me break down what the monster is. It is the thing that for no single individual particular

reason at all, oftentimes we arbitrarily make something the thing that we want nothing to do with.

Examples of things that can become the monster. Perhaps you need to clean out your

bedroom closet. Or you have a proposal that you are diligently working on for your job. Or perhaps,

you have an email that's been lingering in your inbox for three months and you know you want to

respond to it, but you just haven't made the time. These are all things that you may unintentionally

or intentionally make the monster. And what we realize is oftentimes the thing that we do not want to do lingers over us and really gets in the way

of so many other things, especially your vibe and your energy.

So I had a project this week that I made the monster.

And whereas I know the opportunity that comes

with tackling the monster head on and getting it out of your face, I procrastinated and waited

and waited until I wasn't capable of waiting anymore until a deadline was upon me.

I am on the other side of the monster.

I have successfully made it and I'm here to tell you that it feels better once you just handle it.

The monster for me, I made it that way because I knew that it was going to make me confront things that I was scared to see.

And I don't mean to be necessarily vague with this. I just don't think the details

specifically are really relevant to the point I want to make. The monster, although scary,

brought me clarity. And clarity is something you will never be

worse for having. Let me provide you with an example. I, my last relationship was a long time ago.

And when I went through that breakup, I was devastated. But knowing what was going on,

having clarity enabled me to eventually move forward and I got to make the decision of what I

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