Hey, hello. Hi. Emily here. Happy five minute Friday. I hope everyone had a good week. I myself took a second to see some family and get out of the city earlier this week. They live out on Eastern Long Island. And so spent some time with grandma, who is crushing life at 95. I swear

she has a better memory than me. Got to hang out with my cousin and his wife and their four and a

half year old and just take some space, which felt really good. I have a confession, however,

it made me feel a little bit anxious that I didn't have a movement plan

for Wednesday morning. It's one day. It's not a big deal. But I have been so diligent in not only

training for the Chicago Marathon, which I'm running in October, but also with my strength work

over, gosh, you know, as long as I can remember now, for the better

part at least of the last year. And yes, I take days off. I'm not saying don't take days off,

but I was supposed to do two different things on Wednesday and I didn't do them. And I'm here to

tell you that it was fine. It was fine. I am sure in this highlight reel that is life,

you are keeping up with so many people on the internet who it's like, I must do this. And I'm so

hard and hustle culture. And like, I move my body because it's me putting my oxygen mask on.

I move my body regularly because it makes me

feel good in my body. And so despite feeling a little bit anxious on Wednesday, what I decided to do

was reframe this. What if I think about this as a beautiful moment to reset my nervous system

in a different way? What if I simply find the good

all around me instead of worrying about the things that I am without? Enjoying my hot cup of coffee

in this beautiful space with all of this nature around me, watching the Billy Joel documentary,

and then ultimately, yes, getting in a nice,

calm walk along the water, it was perfect. It wasn't what was on the plan, let's say,

like the training plan, but it was perfect. And sometimes I know I need to say this to myself,

I've just got to be a little bit softer.

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