Hey everybody, Emily Abadi here, you're listening to Five Minute Friday from Hurdle.

When I tell you that this week has felt really, how do I say this, fulfilling.

It's felt fulfilling and it's felt good.

I would be remiss if I didn't say that the last month or so has certainly on the work

front at the very least held its fair share of challenges.

I felt as though I was throwing some stuff at the wall and hoping it would stick and nothing

was sticking and on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, it felt like after weeks, months

of throwing stuff at the wall, not only was it sticking, but it was happening in abundance

and it's so easy these days in, we talk about it all the time, this culture, this climate

of the highlight reel to just have the impression that someone is winning all of the time.

And I will be the first person, well maybe not the first person, but I will be the person

today that tells you that that is just so not true, that is not how it works.

For every yes that I hear, I am likely told a dozen knows and every so often, I have

these days.

I have these days where it feels as though what did I do to deserve this goodness and

I was reminded this week that what I did was that I persevered, what I did was that

I put in the work, what I did is that I kept showing up even when it felt hard.

And so this week for five minute Friday, which might actually come in in exactly five

minutes, this is really all that I want to run home.

I want to tell you to keep going, I want to tell you to keep your chin up, I just watched

the last season of Mrs. Maisel and in Mrs. Maisel, the marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

She says to her manager, all of the time, tits up.

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