5-MINUTE FRIDAY: How Do You Define Yourself?
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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🗓️ 3 April 2020
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
I went on a quick run yesterday morning. On that run, I marinated on how I would feel if tomorrow I was told I couldn’t go out anymore. If tomorrow, I found out I had to stop being a “runner,” at least for a bit. It got me thinking, how are we evolving during this time? What am I, aside from the labels that are in my Instagram bio? Who is it that I WANT to be?
Prompt: How do you define yourself? This is bigger than your occupation or your hobbies. Talk to me about your values and your character.
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MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Gabby Bernstein’s Anxiety Workshop
Journey to the Heart by Melanie Beattie
Cleo Wade’s Heart Talk
Runner’s World: How to Respect Social Distancing on Crowded Routes
Wayfair Arcade Leaning Desk
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, Emily Abadi popping in with another installment of five-minute Friday from Hurtle. These weeks, |
| 0:23.6 | they feel almost indescribable and definitely fake. I feel like I wake up every morning and I |
| 0:30.1 | ask myself, if we're still doing this. But the good news is that we're in it together. |
| 0:36.2 | Now, as I've explained in the past five-minute Friday is my chance |
| 0:40.6 | to share a story, offer up a prompt, and then dive into some of the things that are helping me |
| 0:47.0 | get through the week that are highlights, if you will. For today's installment, I'm going to |
| 0:53.1 | share a story from my run this morning. This morning, |
| 0:57.9 | I went out for a pretty short stint. I just wanted to move a little bit before I spent the |
| 1:04.4 | rest of the day into the evening where I sit right now at my new desk, which makes me so happy. And I was about a mile in when I felt |
| 1:13.4 | the wind blowing directly at me head on. And I was thinking about how lucky I felt to be running |
| 1:21.6 | and how I would feel tomorrow if I woke up and someone told me that I couldn't do this anymore, that I |
| 1:30.8 | couldn't go out for my run. Of course, instantly, when I think about that, I get a little |
| 1:36.7 | defensive and I feel frustrated and I'm angry about the circumstance. But like so many things |
| 1:42.6 | in my life, I've come to understand that there is no |
| 1:45.4 | use in being mad about the things that we cannot control. Still, it happens, right? I'm mad about |
| 1:54.0 | this. I am lonely in my apartment. I miss my friends and my family, despite honestly, feeling |
| 2:00.2 | more connected to so many of them than ever |
| 2:03.3 | as we do this whole thing from a distance. I am mad about the things that are supposed to be |
| 2:09.5 | and aren't, and that's normal. That's okay. I thought to myself, what happens when you identify as a runner and you're not allowed to run? |
| 2:21.9 | It's like when you're injured and you feel stuck. You know the joys of movements so well. It's like second nature. |
| 2:30.8 | If you close your eyes, you can feel the corners of your mouth turning up just a little |
| 2:35.7 | bit when you think about that last great moment with the sun hitting your back, the sound of your feet |
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