Hey, everybody, Emily Abadi here. You are listening to Five Minute Friday from Hurtle.

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. I was in the position last week to explain a little bit about the podcast. I was a panelist on a panel. I guess that's how it works for the Travel and Leisure World's Best Summit. It was a

summit in New York where they put on a myriad of different conversations and panels and events

for those within the travel hospitality industry. And they asked me to come in for a conversation on sports tourism.

And so I'm sitting on this stage and I'm talking about what it is that I do. And as I am looking

out into this audience, I have this moment where I'm like, when did we even get here? When did I even become someone

that would sit on a panel like this, that would explain that she has been podcasting for the

better part of eight years, that just had a cover story that came out last week. I thought about who my younger self dreamed

that she would become. And I am not only her, but I am more than her. And that is pretty crazy.

Life is full of moments and things and events that maybe you dream of, but also maybe you never

anticipate or never even could fathom what happened for you.

It's the random run-in on a street corner.

It's the moment where you finally sit down for the first time in a week.

And although you are tired and

exhausted from all of the work that you're putting in, you realize, wow, how lucky am I that I

have the opportunity to put any of this work in at all. It's when you go out and run a mile

faster than you even knew possible or lift a weight that your younger self would

truly geek out on. These are things that happen every single day. And maybe if you don't take a

second to appreciate it, you might not think anything of it, but that is the opportunity that I'm thinking

about. That is the chance that you have to recognize the good stuff. And if you don't take a

second to appreciate what is happening around you to really take stock of the small moments. Well, that is a missed opportunity.

And that's what I've been thinking about lately. I've been thinking about not only how grateful

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