There will always be things that are out of your control. But, this week I'm chatting about the benefits of finding a routine that works for you — and how it can pay off holistically for the rest of your schedule and day. Plus: Answering a listener question about my go-to running sneaker.
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Hey everyone, Emily a body here. You are listening to
five Minute Friday from Hurdle. I am recording live looking
at the water right now on a Virgin Voyages cruise ship. It.
Eh my gosh. It feels a little silly to talk
about this because there's so much going on in the world,
but this was something that I planned back in November,
and so I am getting off the ship tomorrow. I've
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been on it for a week. Unfortunately, we haven't had
the best weather. It's been rainy and cloudy for most
of the time here. I think out of the seven days,
we got one day of sun. But an amazing place
to be despite the fact that it wasn't sunny and bright.
I mean, the facilities are gorgeous. The restaurants are top notch.
I went to Extra Virgin last night. If you live
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in New York, you know how amazing their food is
and so much fitness. Like the fitness facilities on this
boat are mind blowing and something like twenty classes a day. Again,
so much different than anything I ever remember cruising to be.
So if you are looking for some sort of a
trip that I would say is pretty budget conscious, I
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would definitely recommend looking into going on a Virgin Voyages cruise.
I digress. I've been thinking a lot this week because
I'm out of my usual one about routine, and it's
something that I'm writing about in the newsletter day I
talked about recently on social as well. Routine, in my mind,
is such a gift, and there are always going to
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be things that beckon us to get out of our
routine right whether it is uncontrollable circumstance, even though you
may be home, whether it is travel, work, travel, disagreements
or with friends or loved ones that make you feel
some kind of way. So many different things can pull
us out of our normal routine or make it feel
like the routine is not possible. But what has been
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a constant for me, despite so much uncontrollable over the
last three sixty five is doing the same things almost
every single day, although those things might look a little
bit different. So the aspects of my routine right now
that feel so good to me, my morning routine habit stack,
if you will. It involves breathwork, journaling, gratitude, moving my body,
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light exposure. Those are non negotiables for me, and like
I said, they still might look a little bit different
depending on my circumstance. So, for instance, on the cruise
this week, I have a schedule that I'm sticking to.
I am training for the Cherry Blossom ten miler in
April in Washington, d C. And so I have running
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that I've had to do. I also stick to a
string training routine. I've had strength workouts that i have
to do, and then I've been doing all the other things,
even though it's been a little bit cloudy with the
light exposure. So for me, the reason why I am
so firm on this being something that I beckon you
to integrate is that there's so much goodness in it.
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When I execute on my routine to the best of
my ability, the world shows up for me because I
show up for myself. And I know that sounds a
little woo woo, right, It sounds a little flufy, if
you will, but it is the truth because when I
fill my own cup, I have a more optimistic perspective
on what is available to me, what my options are,
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what I am capable of doing. When we don't pour
into our own cup, when you don't put on your
own oxygen mask first, you are less capable of doing
anything for the people that are around you, and so
you don't need to do what I'm doing. I actually
don't want you to do what I'm doing if it
doesn't feel good for you. That is the first question
that you've got to ask yourself when it comes to
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implementing any sort of routine, is what feels good for
insert your name here, get honest about that, and also
meet yourself with where you're at. So maybe you do
want to integrate some sort of a journaling practice into
your routine, but at this point writing for a full
page or two doesn't seem accessible. That's also okay. Start
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with writing one thing a day that you're grateful for.
If you are not writing anything at all right now,
and then you just want to start writing the next
great American novel. It's the part of your morning routine.
It's probably not going to stick. So meet yourself with
where you're at, and trust me, you will have no
regrets about it. The power of the routine. I'm telling
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you my prompt for you this week. Take a look
at what you're doing right now, what's working, what's not,
and is there something that you can add into your
morning that's going to make you feel like the world
also wants to show up for you again. Take a
look at your morning routine. What's something that's working right now,
what's one thing that you may want to add in,
and what feels good for insert your name in the blank,
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and now a listener question. Hey, Emily, my name is
Brittany and I am looking for a running shoe suggestion.
I'm not a crazy runner, but I am someone who
logs something about ten to fifteen miles a week and
searching for something that's comfortable and not too expensive. Would
love your thoughts. Thanks. Okay, comfortable and not too expensive.
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I'm going to say this, while I can understand having
a budget for your sneaker situation, I want to encourage
you to invest in yourself, knowing that you are getting
something that's going to dramatically impact you for the better.
With that caveat out there, you can often find a
lot of the shoes that I'm about to recommend to you.
Maybe it's like a version or too older than the
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newest version. So like the new A six Nimbus twenty seven,
you can get the twenty six or the twenty five
online and it will still be such a great staple
for your rotation, So might go to neutral running sneaker.
Here we go the Nike Pegass. They're also coming out
with a new iteration of their Romero shortly, which I've been.
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It was a sneaker that I chose to bring with
me on this cruise and it has been Chef's Kiss
really awesome. The Acex Superblast is one of my favorites.
Also the Acex Nimbus, and there's a brand new Acex
Nimbus out there. Brooks Ghost Max heavily in the rotation
right now. Really big fan of that shoe. I love
the extra cushion from the regular book Brooks Ghost. It
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feels really good underfoot. I've run up to something like
twenty miles in that shoe, so I can say it's
great for everything from a five K to really going
the distance. And then I'm going to round it out
with God, what's the last thing that's right by my
friend door right now? Oh? The Hokah mock is by
the door right now. Really like that sneaker. I'm also
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a Bondie fan. I feel like you have to kind
of find your sweet spot with Hoka. Go into your
run specialty store. The closest one to your place. Try
a bunch of them, run on the treadmill and see
what feels good for you. But the mock is also
a neutral running sneaker that's in my regular rotation. Hope
these help If you need any more Rex I am
all ears and also always here for your listener questions.
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Shoot me an email over at Hello at hurdle dot
us and your question could be featured in upcoming episode
of the show. That's it for this week. Make sure
you're following hurdle Over on social It's at Hurdle podcast.
I am over at Emily a Body Another hurdle conquered.
Catch you guys next time.
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