Hey, everybody, Emily Abadi here.

You are listening to Five Minute Friday from Hurtle.

Bonjour.

I feel like I could say that with a better accent, but you get the point.

I am recording this from Paris.

I am excited because last night, aka two night in real time. But as you

listen to this last night, I'm here for breaking four. Faith Kipp Yegan is going to break the

four minute mile. At least she's attempting to do that here in Paris. And that is why I'm here.

And it feels so good to be back. It feels so good to be back. And it has me asking myself so many

questions, not why do I live in New York City, but what is it about the way that I feel that I'm

here that is something

I can replicate back at home? Because don't get me wrong, I absolutely love living in New York.

I feel like it is so right for me. But there is this curiosity and excitement and level of contentment that I have when I come to Paris that I want to

bring into my life in New York. And so I'm curious about how to do that. I digress. That is not

the purpose of today's episode to talk to you about this, although it is

something that's on my mind. The purpose of today's episode is to talk to you about something that I

am trying to be better about. And that is going out of my comfort zone when I am in large groups of people.

So although I am always down to chat and I am someone that loves to connect with new people,

I am realizing that when I am in a large group, I might not be the first person to go up to other individuals.

And this was highlighted for me when I was chatting with a good friend yesterday and she asked

me, have you met anyone new yet on your trip? And although yes, I've met some new people,

I didn't have like any information to give her on them aside from maybe where

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