What's going on, everyone? Emily, a body here. You're listening to 5 Minute Friday from

Hurtle. I cannot even begin to tell you how necessary this week has been for me. I have been off the

grid since Tuesday. This is a trip that I've been looking forward to for months now. And finally,

it has been really rejuvenating to take a step away, especially considering the events of the world

right now. And come back to myself. I know that when work is busy in life is busy and my

calendar is jam packed that I can be in a place where I feel as though I am being successful and

thriving. But what I'm actually doing is allowing this noise to prevent me from dealing with some

of the things I actually need to deal with, which more often than not consist of my feelings and

emotions, period. And so to take a step away from social media this week and tend to my inbox

only at certain times and lay on the beach and be with myself has been really, really special.

I'll share a little bit more about the details of this trip in the weekly Hurtle newsletter. So

if you are subscribed to that, it's absolutely free. Definitely go and check that out. But

something I've been thinking about here this week is the noise. And I'm realizing that often times

it's not until we step out of a situation that we realize just how loud a noise can be for

instance, you know, in New York City, right? I live on a high floor in a building, but there is still

the noise of the street and whatnot downstairs. But when I am there, because I am so familiar to

this noise, because I have become so desensitized to the noise, it doesn't feel all that loud.

But what happens when you step away and you get away and you realize for me right now,

as I sit in this hotel room and talk to you about this noise, that there is so much more quiet,

that there is so much more space to think we become desensitized to things that can be constant

in our lives. But that doesn't mean that they aren't impactful. I'll say that again,

sometimes we can become desensitized to something that may not be ideal in our life, but that doesn't

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