What's going on.

What's going on?

Emily Abadi here. You are listening to Five Minute Friday from Hurtle. This week I want to talk about balance. I have really been mulling over the concept of balance lately. And I'll tell you why. Recently, my days have been quite back to back.

As I mentioned last week, I was out of the office. And so now being back in my usual groove,

I am catching up on meetings that I put off for a bit. I am finding the time to do other

things that I had previously put on the back burner. And so from one thing to the next,

running from point A to point B, the days have been a little bit hectic. And when life is life

in, I make it more of a priority than

ever, really, to find balance. And so what does that mean in an applicable sense for me right now?

Balance for me, when my work schedule is is hectic is making sure that I'm finding

time for other things that I know make me feel good. And I say this with the understanding that I genuinely

do really enjoy so much of the work that I get to do, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't feel like work.

And so when I feel as though it's inevitable that I might get a little overwhelmed,

I program in things to make me feel sane. This week, that meant doing things in a way that I might not conventionally do them,

what that looked like in practice.

Me doing a workout in the evening on Tuesday when I much would have rather done it in the

morning, but I had a breakfast meeting.

Me finding the time, making the time to have dinner with a friend

on Wednesday night a little later than I would have liked, but I knew spending time with this

person would fill my cup up. Balance for me is dispersing the responsibilities. It's asking myself,

what's good for Emily? And I tell you this story. I tell you about my relationship right now with

balance because I think that every so often we get in this groove where we pour too much into one cup. I've certainly been there.

...