Hey everyone. Emily Voddy here. You are listening to Five Minute Friday on Hurtle, the first of 2026.

Happy New Year. Hi. Hello. I hope everyone had a good holiday, a good New Year's Eve, a safe New Year's Eve, and you are feeling prepared.

I say prepared because, oh, my goodness,

I swear that for the last, what felt like,

the better part of the last two weeks,

I was the only person online.

And what I think should be going on,

because everyone is taking off, is that they're taking the time

to really soak in family and think forward. I know this isn't actually what's happening,

but get to a place where they can show up back at their desks next week and we can really dive

on in. I love a fresh start. If you have been

around here for a while, you know this about me. I firmly believe that any single second is the

opportunity to start fresh, that you don't need to wait for the turn of a new year to get in

this fresh start mindset. But it does help a little bit. And so when I say,

I hope that you're prepared, we've got stuff to do. At least I know that I have stuff to do.

And goals to go after. And that is a big part of the reason why I decided to jumpstart with

the hurdle 31. For those that may not be following on social,

what that is is a 31-day challenge

where we're going to be doing some guided journaling,

some manifestation, and coming up with four goals for the year

in four key areas.

Those are health, relationship, finances, and work. Those are our four

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