5-MINUTE FRIDAY: The Difference Between 'I Can't' & 'I Don't Want To'
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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🗓️ 19 March 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Yesterday morning I was reminded of the important difference between "I can't," and "I don't." I didn't want to get out of bed to work out before an early flight. But then, I started. I laced up my sneakers. I made my way to the treadmill, and couldn't have been more grateful that I made that "me" time a priority. Maybe it’s with a work out. Maybe it’s with your job. Maybe it’s a tough conversation with a friend.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Hurdlers, Emily Abadi here bringing you an installment of 5 Minute Friday from |
| 0:24.0 | Hurdall. |
| 0:25.0 | On today's episode, I want to talk a little bit about where my head was at yesterday |
| 0:29.9 | morning, and intriguing, I know. |
| 0:33.8 | So picture this, it's 5.54am, is it just me or do you also just like happen to wake |
| 0:42.6 | up 5 to 7 minutes before you're morning alarm if you set one? |
| 0:47.2 | Now, I have not been setting an alarm frequently over the past year, but I did have one set |
| 0:53.4 | yesterday because I had a 9.45am flight, and I knew that I wanted to move my body before |
| 1:02.4 | the day ahead. |
| 1:04.2 | I knew that if I was going to be sitting on a plane, if I was going to be stagnant, if |
| 1:08.0 | I was going to feel a little blah, that a great way to kick off the day would be by |
| 1:15.2 | getting in some movement. |
| 1:17.2 | And so I set my alarm for 6am. |
| 1:20.0 | I roll over, it's 5.54am, everything in the room looks blurry as it does at that time |
| 1:27.2 | of day, and I really didn't want to get up. |
| 1:31.7 | I didn't want to get up at all. |
| 1:33.5 | I rolled over, I put my feet on the ground. |
| 1:36.5 | I walked straight to the kitchen closet where I happened to keep my sports bras. |
| 1:41.2 | I don't know if anyone thinks that's weird. |
| 1:43.4 | You obviously have not been in New York City apartment. |
| 1:47.1 | I grabbed my sports bra, I throw on some spandex, I put on some socks, I put on some |
| 1:51.0 | sneakers, I throw on a sweatshirt, and before I know it, before I can really second guess |
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