Hey everyone, it's Emily Abadi here, come to you live from the A.G. studio.

You are listening to another installment of five Minute Friday from hurdle. I realized this week

how much time I spend in my apartment. And I get it, right? Like I have been working

from home here now. I have a dedicated office space. I am so happy with it. I love working

from here. But I, aside from my run, can go during the week, like from Monday to Friday, basically,

with just being here, waking up, working out, maybe seeing other people during that workout,

coming back home, getting to work, making dinner, being on the couch, you know, just it's a cycle,

right? And on Wednesday, I had a meeting or two in Manhattan. And I was sitting on Park Avenue

in between the two meetings, eating lunch, when I was kind of blown away with just like how insane

and buzzy the city was. The thing about Midtown is that obviously a lot of offices are in Midtown,

and that means at lunchtime, like the streets are buzzing. Co-workers are walking together,

there's lines outside of all the restaurants and like the fast casual places, and it's just like

kind of a scene. And there I was sitting there, thinking to myself that I had no idea that this

was fully back, so to speak. Like I know that New York is back, and there are people everywhere,

and rent is higher than it's ever been, and we're, you know, going out to eat like we used to,

but for some reason, like I had just kind of assumed that so many people were for the most part,

working from home like me. And I don't know, I guess this is just like a total perception is your

reality moment. Anyway, as I was sitting there and thinking about the fact that I probably need to

get out a little bit more, I also couldn't help but think about how I've grown to be this person that

I don't know really what I thought that I would be con, but I'm really proud of where I'm at.

I started as an editorial assistant to making $34,000 a year, didn't make enough money to move

into New York City. And now I live in a two bedroom, all my own in Brooklyn, which as I said,

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