What's up, Emily here. You are listening to Five Minute Friday from Hurtle. What an unbelievable week this has been. I am feeling, gosh, so lucky. I feel so lucky. I feel grateful and so appreciative of everyone that has reached out. I'm feeling really excited for

this next chapter. And before I get into five minute Friday today, I do want to explain what

will be different on the show so that you can have a full understanding as a listener. So

nothing's changing here. You're still getting content-wise

the same episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays. What is changing is just the way that the ads sound

on your side. So you'll hear different ads, not all of them are going to be read by me. And

transparently, it's something that I really thought long and hard about. It's a big reason why I

waited for such a long time to join a network. But when this opportunity came to me, it felt really right for me.

And so I hope that as listeners, you can have compassion for the fact that, yes, the ads might sound

different. But I want you to know that I care so

much about you and I care so much about giving you content that matters. And I realized that I was just

so worried about upsetting the listeners because the listeners are my why. You guys are why I keep

showing up week after week without you. Hurtle wouldn't be a thing.

And what I came to realize is that I listened to so many shows where this is a thing,

the ads are a thing. And I just need to evolve and know that as hurdlers, you will understand.

So thank you for understanding. I've learned a lot in the past

almost eight years of podcasting. And this week, the most resounding lesson is that good things

take time. I've been podcasting for eight years. And we are so inundated in this highlight real world that we live in to see people where it looks like an overnight success.

Someone starts creating content on a Tuesday, and by the following Tuesday, they have something like 50,000, 100,000 followers.

Everyone wants instant gratification.

I won't sit here and say that I didn't want instant gratification for a really long time.

That hasn't been my experience. Podcasting has just been one small win after the next. And transparently,

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