Hey, Herdlers, it's me, Emily, popping in with a little experiment of sorts. I am trying to think about what the best way is

to connect with everyone during whatever is going on right now. And so I am trying,

at least for now, five minute Fridays. It's a term I'm sure you've heard used by other content

creators before. And for me, the purpose of this segment is really just to check in, to give you

a story, to offer you a thought-provoking prompt, to share with you the content that's really

resonated with me this week,

whether that's podcasts or books or things on social media, and leave you with a quote that really

impacted me to take you into the weekend. Obviously, you are listening to me right now,

but I want this to be a conversation. So when you're done

listening today, I want to hear what you think. Is this something that you like? Is it something

that's helpful? I don't know what's going on here. I feel like none of us do. But I'm just

navigating this the best I can. So starting with a story last night, I was sitting on my

fire escape listening to John Legend's Instagram live video he did, which I think was titled

Together at Home. And he was doing a little concert with his little family at their home

piano. And I was sitting there enjoying it, especially, oh, I died when he

went into Taylor's oldest time from Beauty and the Beast. I digress. I'm sitting there and I have

this thought, I haven't phacetime my mom tonight. Granted, like I, I facetamed her earlier in the day,

but wow. And I realized in that moment, before this whole thing, I would go

days sometimes without talking to my parents, maybe, just because things got busy or work got in the way

and how special is it that I took notice? Hey, you haven't connected with your family. Hey, you should check in.

It was a little alarming, but also really special that I had that realization, right?

That I'm taking this time to invest in my relationships and check in on my people. And I'm really

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