What's going on, everyone on, everyone, Emily Abadi here. You are listening to Five Minute Friday from Hurtle. Hi, hello. How are we? You know, it's funny as I asked that question, I think about the answers that I've been giving to it this week. Obviously, when you go into a store, you talk to a

barista, or you check into a workout class, it's always, hi, how are you? And this week was the first

time in a long time that I stopped and answered that question authentically. I knew that saying something like good for me

this week didn't really feel right. I walked into my yoga studio and the woman asked me,

hi, how are you? And I said, good. And then I took a pause and I took a backstep. And I said, actually, not so good, but I'm here. And that felt right for me. I went to dinner on Wednesday night. And the man that was taking our order when I said, how are you? He didn't even lie. He was like, well,

and there was just something that didn't need it to be said. And so I want to hold space for

everyone, regardless of how they feel right now and know that whatever it is that you are feeling,

I can promise you that you certainly are not alone in that.

On Wednesday, I woke up and I couldn't really walk well.

And it's not because I ran a marathon last Sunday.

It's because on Tuesday morning, I was cleaning up around my apartment and I nailed my toe into the couch.

It was throbbing and immediately turned like a deep shade of purple and I couldn't put shoes on.

And when I went to bed on Tuesday night, it kept me awake in the evening. I woke up on Wednesday

and I was convinced it had to be broken. Like I had never experienced a pain like this. And as the day

went on, I had to leave the house at one point, couldn't put on a sneaker, it hurt too much, put on a pair

of Birkenstocks because they were the least offensive option when about my business came home.

Later that evening, I again went to try to put a sneaker on and was able to get it on

with a lot less pain than earlier in the day. And slowly, I realized that,

okay, maybe it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. And understandably so,

when I woke up on Wednesday, I was catastrophizing it. I was like, what's going to happen here? The worst case

scenario, et cetera, et cetera. And granted, sometimes that catastrophizing can be warranted

and certainly understandable. But as I sit here now, another 24 hours later recording this podcast, I have some perspective on what I thought was, God, the most frustrating thing.

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