Hey all, Emily here coming in with another installment of 5 Minutes of Friday on

Hurtle. Like many of you, I have been doing my fair amount of reflecting thinking about the past year.

And so much has happened this year. I have grown so much this year and I think about specifically where I am

emotionally and personally at this point this episode coming out on December 9th versus where I was

on January 1st. And although I'm not someone who really likes to dwell in the past, our past does

inform our present and then in turn helps us proceed into the future, right? And so I realize

reflecting on the past year that I really am a different person at this point. I spoke about this

a couple of weeks ago, but I had a really bumpy start to 2022. And when I think about one of the

biggest through lines for me this year, it's truly patience. Patience with myself, patience with

the process, understanding that there are just things in life that cannot be rushed period. And patience

is challenging, right? Patience is one of those things that like, oh my goodness, self-compassion,

maybe self-care strategies, different types of positive self-talk. I mean, it is something that

needs to be flexed and strengthened. The more that you work on your patience like a muscle, the

more resilient and strong you will become. Over the last 12 months, my patience has seriously

been tested in ways that I did not expect. I was on a walk this morning with my friend and I

kind of giggled over this idea that every single turn of the new year, one of the things that I

say to myself is that this is the year that I am going to focus on my relationships and specifically

perhaps just maybe this is the year that I'm going to find love. And here I am, I think this is,

you know, year four of saying that. And it's still just me in this little studio doing what I do.

But that's not saying that I don't have a lot of love in my life. And a lot of relationships that

I'm really grateful for. I feel like maybe one of the biggest tests of my patience has been

trusting the process that eventually whatever is meant for me, whoever is meant for me is going to

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