1449: It's time to audit your creative hobbies

It's getting to that time of the year where everything gets that little bit darker, so it's time to intentionally add some brightness to our lives.

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Friday to you. So it is that time of the year where the nights are starting to draw in and I know for a lot of us around here, let's just say we're not a fan, but something we do like is having something to really sink our teeth into. And this time of the year can be a really good time for hobbies. So today's daily prep is all about reminding you of different things you might have or different things you've looked into that might be really good for this time of the year. If you're listening to this, chances are you are multi passionate and like many of us, you have got into many things over the years. And chances are you carry some shame and guilt around past projects that you didn't do or you didn't finish. Well, first of all, you're not alone. We all have them and it is a sign that you are a creative and a curious person.

And maybe now is the time to give back to some of them if you want to. But now might also be a good chance to say fuck it and really lean into what you fancy doing. Now, I am 95% sure I've got ADHD and I really struggle with object permanence in that once it's out of mind, it's out of sight. For example, at some point last year I got really into hand embroidery. I put it in a drawer and I literally didn't think about it again for about nine months until I stumbled upon it and remembered, oh yeah, that was something that I really enjoyed. And I'm sharing this in case you're similar. And because I've got a homework challenge for both of us this weekend and it's a fun one, I want you to take stock and have an audit of different fun shit that you've already got that maybe you've forgotten about. Maybe it is a course, maybe it is a kit.

Maybe there are some books on your shelf that you've been wanting to read for years. Chances are you already have some epic stuff. When it comes to hobbies and it comes to things to do and we're taking away any weird feelings about whether we've forgotten they exist and let's just return to them and look at them and see how they feel. If nothing is speaking to you, maybe it's time to declutter and maybe it's about seeing the serendipity that can happen on your local buy nothing group. All of this is to say, go wild and go with what you feel. Many of us carry with us some guilt on around something we thought we'd get really into. Maybe we bought a whole bunch of stuff and we didn't touch it. And that's okay.

It is not the time of the year to make yourself feel worse about that. This time of the year can be hard enough as it is, so let's not add that to the mix. So here's to taking an audit of your creative hobbies. Here's to finding some new ones, rediscovering old ones. And here's to a season of doing things for joy's sake and intentionally adding more brightness to our lives. I hope you find some unexpected joy this weekend, and I can't wait to be back with you in your inbox on Sunday or in your fabulous ear holes on Monday. See you then.

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1447: It's okay to not know

If you're in the middle of making a decision, or you've come to the end of something and don't know where to go next, today's pep talk is for you!

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. And a very happy hump day to you. So today I thought I would pop into your lugholes to remind you that it's okay if you don't know the answer. I'm not saying it's comfortable, I'm not saying it's pleasant, and I know I fucking hate being there myself, but it is okay. In fact, I think it takes a lot of courage to sit with not knowing. Some decisions are just really hard sometimes. For example, at the end of a project we don't know what's going to come next. And sometimes it feels like the easiest thing to do would be to make a decision, any decision, so you don't have to spend time in that dreaded messy middle.

But I can definitely speak for myself when I say there have been many times in my life that I have made a decision simply to get myself out of that stuck, uncomfortable place. And those decisions have usually been made from a place of fear rather than a place of hope. And if we're going to pick one of the two, I would recommend making decisions from a place of hope or a place of curiosity. And with all of this, I think so much of it comes back to self trust. Trusting that we will figure out the path for us, that we've got ourselves out of a lot of sticky situations before now, and that something fabulous might be around the corner that we never could have imagined. So if you are in a place right now where you're not sure what's next or you're making a decision and you don't know what to do, while it's not a fun place to be, you are standing in your integrity, you're standing in your courage. And this is temporary. I found many times in my life that courage feels the least thing like courage at the time.

But when I look back I have a very different perspective and I think, who is that brave motherfucker? Remember, there is very, very rarely one right path. There are very many things in life that you can undo and that you may have a lot more power than you think you do. So here's to hope based decisions, not fear based decisions. And here's to you have a good one and I'll see you tomorrow.

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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1446: Sorry, but self care really is non-negotiable

As many of us know, burnout is all too real. So if you’re feeling reluctant to stop and take a pause, this episode is for you.

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Tuesday to you. So for today's daily pep, I wanted to pop in and remind you that looking after yourself is a non negotiable. Unfortunately, many of us around here aren't strangers to burnout and many of us have learned the shitty way that we have to factor ourselves into the equation. But it can still be so damn hard to do. It is so easy to make a pact with ourselves where we promise ourselves we'll look after ourselves after we've done the thing. But we're multi passionate, we're busy and inevitably our goalposts often move and sometimes that time just doesn't come around. About this time of the year many of us are running on fumes. And often when we're in that place, that's when we convince ourselves there's no possible way we could take a break because everything's piling up on us.

Things are naturally taking longer because we have less brain space and capacity and it all feels really overwhelming. But often that is exactly when you need to take a break or when you need to up your self care rather than cut it down even more. And self care can look like whatever you need in your life. It has become very commercialized, it's very linked to treating ourselves and bubble baths. But it can also look like cancelling plans, half assing where you're able to and daring to put yourself higher up the list. Often taking a break when it feels like that's a really silly or illogical option is not only exactly what our soul needs, but it also means that we go back to things and we are so much more efficient. So the time we actually lost was net zero because we probably would have spent the time that we spent resting, trying to get shit done, not doing a very good job of it, making mistakes and feeling even worse. Now self care is going to look different for you in different seasons.

And I want you to remember that you do not have to defend your definition of self care to anybody. It is not selfish, definitely not a luxury. We all have limitations when it comes to how much time and energy we have. And yes, that can look wildly different from person to person, but it also applies to all of us. And while we're running on fumes, you might be surprised at the power of a small break. But take as much time as you are able to and say no to what's not important and what can wait for another day or what you wish you didn't say yes to in the first place. You're doing better than you think you are. You do not need to earn rest.

And if you are looking for a sign to slow down a bit and take a break. Even if it feels like the last thing you can do, this is it. I'll see you tomorrow.

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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1445: A way to reclaim your creative inspiration

We all tend to carry the heavy weight of ghosts of projects past, so today I’ve got a prompt and permission slip for you!

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. So being multi passionate and creative is kind of like a double edged sword. On one hand, we never run out of things to do and we have all the ideas. And on the other hand, we also beat ourselves up for not necessarily doing all of the ideas and having a bunch of unfinished projects. I know through my own life and through working with hundreds of creative women that our unfinished projects weigh heavy on us. They often bring a fair amount of shame, and they can very much feel like ghosts of projects past. And while we're sat here thinking of all the things we haven't done, it can completely get in the way when it comes to getting inspired about something, getting excited, or getting motivated because we simply don't give ourselves the permission to do the new shiny thing. We feel like we have to do the old thing, but we don't want to do the old thing.

And it can just feel a bit shit. So for this week, why don't you just go there? Imagine somebody was to miraculously take all of those unfinished projects and put them in storage, really safe for you, and you can go back and get them anytime. And you have absolute permission to do whatever you actually want to do. This magic storage facility that contains all of your ghosts of projects past is shame proof. They're not in the corner of the room glaring at you, and you are free to do what you actually want to do. And what I want you to do today is ask yourself that what would you do? Don't worry about whether you're actually going to do it. Don't worry about the logistics. Just see what comes up for you.

Because we can often feel stuck. We often don't know which direction to go in because the weight of past projects pulls us down. We carry shame around us about feeling flaky, and we curse our ability to find shiny new objects rather than see it as a superpower. By just imagining what permission you would give yourself can be a great way of seeing what you actually authentically want to do in the next season of your life. And it might actually give you some answers and some inspiration that you've been looking for. If I could invent that magic storage room, believe me, I would. But for now, what we can do is start rewriting the stories that that we hold around unfinished projects and give ourselves permission to just explore the idea of not finishing them. I hope you have a Monday.

As fabulous as you are. Here's to your wonderful creative brain. And here's to knowing. Even if you don't feel at all inspired. It will come back. I'll see you tomorrow.

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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1444: Let’s re-think overthinking

This one’s for all us over thinkers, maybe it’s time we give ourselves some grace!

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Friday. It is the end of the week and we have made it. And today's daily pep is all about overthinking. And it might not go in the direction you think it's going to. So there's this saying that if it's not a hell yes, it is a hell no. Or just if it's not a hell yes, it's a no. And while there are some things that that can apply to I believe not everything is that simple. A lot of the times when we make decisions, we are confronted by what our inner dreamsitter would have us do, what other people's expectations of us are, and what we think we should do.

So it's no wonder that sometimes it takes us a while to make a decision because there is quite a lot of gunk to wade through. Sometimes it can take us a little while to make a decision because it takes a little while for our intuition to kick in. And sometimes it is really, really hard to distinguish what we actually want versus what is expected of us. And often our inner dreamshitter masquerades as truth. For many of us around here, we've either called ourselves or been referred to as over thinkers. And while sometimes we can get in our own way and analyse things too much, I think we have to give ourselves a bit of grace and own the fact that sometimes it can take a little bit more time to make a decision that feels right for us. And around here we are nothing if not intentional. And sometimes that shit just takes time.

Sometimes it is worth putting a bit of a time container on ourselves, and other times we might only know something wasn't right for us when the deadline has passed, and that's kind of made our decision for us. So if you are making a decision at the moment or there's something you're stuck on, well, let's stop demonising ourselves for taking our time and being intentional. We tend to know when we're really overthinking things and that can be a great time to bring a friend in or do some journaling. And I also think it is worth noting that if your answer is no, but you can't put a reason to it, or it doesn't make sense on paper, don't dismiss it just because it doesn't make sense. Sometimes listening to yourself can feel really random and only makes sense in hindsight. So here's to working with our intentional brains rather than against them. Here's to not buying into the whole if it's not a hell yeah, it's a no bollocks.

And here's to doing what we can to make some space and some time to listen to ourselves in what can be a really, really noisy world. So some things there to take with you into the weekend. I hope you do something lovely for yourself today. I hope the weekend provides some wonderful, unexpected joy, and I can't wait to be back here with you on Monday morning for a new episode of the Daily Prep. Or in your inbox on Sunday if you're part of my email community. Either way, I look forward to seeing you soon. Take care and remember that everything changes when you believe you matter.

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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1442: Things just take longer (you’re not doing anything wrong)

If like me you often get frustrated by just how damn long things can take, then today I have a sassy and compassionate reminder for both of us.

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Wednesday to you. So it is hump day and I have a sassy one for you because I want to pop in and remind you that things just take longer than we think they will do. It is shit. It is not something I particularly enjoy. Then maybe I can remember that it might not just be a me problem, I might not be as lazy as my dream shitter would like me to believe, and maybe it is just part and parcel of getting shit done. As we all know, around these parts we tend to be so fucking hard on ourselves and we are only ever a hop, skip and a jump away from finding fault in ourselves or blaming ourselves to something. But what if things just take longer than you think they do and that's just a life thing and not a you thing? As humans in general, not just you specific, we tend to be pretty wildly inaccurate when it comes to estimating the time something will take to be done. And there is also always more faff and bumpf to do.

We start doing one thing, it leads us to these five other things and these two bonus things we had no idea we needed to do. And before we know it we are miles away and hours away from where we started and where we thought we would be. Now don't get me wrong, I do not relish in this fact. It frustrates me to high heavens and beyond. But when I can remember that things just do take longer, and it's not that I'm lazy or I'm doing something wrong or I could have done it a different way, well then I can start to take the pressure off. I can still be frustrated, but I can be less frustrated at myself. A good strategy can be generally taking any amount of time you think something is going to take and timesing it by three and giving yourself that amount of time. And while up front that can seem pretty aggravating and really fucking annoying at best, it perhaps can give us a more realistic idea about what we can get done and also encourage us to be even more intentional.

Because if things take longer than we thought they would and we can't necessarily get through everything in a day, that can be a really helpful way of prioritising. So I am a million percent joining you in stamping my feet wholeheartedly about how long things can take, how seemingly little things can turn into absolute giant fuckers. But here's to getting annoyed at the thing rather than ourselves. Because if we looked at the facts, not what our inner dream shitter has to say, not what the wider world has to say about hustling and productivity, we would probably find that we are much further along than we think we are. So happy hump day. You are doing a fabulous job, whether you think you are or not. And I am sending you, as well as myself, a shitload of patience. I'll see you tomorrow.

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If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1441: Lean into the kinder stories

Today's episode is a loving reminder that for as loud and as convincing as your inner dreamsh*tter can be, it really truly is a liar.

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. So one of the things that we all have in common around here is that we are creative. Whether that is traditionally creative in terms of we love getting our hands covered in paint, or the ways in which we approach creating our lives and designing our own paths. Now, I've had a bit of a theory for a while now that our dream chitter also has access to our creativity. And because of that, it can go really wild when it comes to the bullshit it makes up. Our creativity lets it do even more advanced mental gymnastics. And we can be really creative when it comes to conjuring up all the ways things can go wrong and all of the catastrophes. And that also extends to the stories we can maybe create about what other people think about us.

That couldn't be further than the truth. But like many creative things, it's so easy just to get lost in it. And when our dream shitter gets creative, well, it can really lead you down the garden path. So for today's daily pep, I simply want to pop in and remind you that your dream shitter is a fucking liar. It may sound convincing as hell, and that's because it has access to your most tender parts and it knows what buttons to push. And mix that with your fabulous creativity, well, you are in for a hell of a ride. I used to have a postcard in my office that read, worrying is a misuse of imagination. And on some days I'd look at it and think, I'll just fuck off.

And on other days I'd think, actually, if I am so good at using my imagination to conjure up all this awful shit, then can't I use it to actually look at what might go right as well? So I'm sharing this today just in case your dream shitter is giving you a really hard time or you're getting lost in stories that probably aren't true, to remind you that as convincing as your inner dream shitter is, it is a liar. It can be so painful precisely because it knows what to say to stop you from doing the scary thing. And it knows what will hurt. But you are so much bigger than your inner dream shitter. You can create way better stories, way kinder stories. And that's ultimately what I wanted to remind you of today. Lean into the kinder stories and see if you can have some fun with your creativity. So that's all for now.

I can't wait to be back with you tomorrow. Take care. And please keep remembering that everything changes when you believe you matter. And you, my darling do.

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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1440: What do you need to put on charge?

While we’re so busy just surviving, it can sometimes feel impossible to look a bit further ahead down the road at what we need. So today’s episode is a gentle nudge to pause, and plan ahead.

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. So we all have things that we are really good at and some things that we're really not that good at. For example, I am really good at at remembering all the birthdays of people I went to primary school with, which was many moons away that I haven't even seen for at least 20 years. And I'm also really good at taking somebody's seed of an idea and turning it into an entire life plan and then figuring out where we get started. And some things I am not very good at include keeping houseplants alive. I know so many people in our fabulous community are green fingered. I am not one of them and I absolutely suck at remembering to charge things, getting excited to do things that involves the thing I forgot to keep charged, and then putting myself off the whole endeavor. Now today's daily prep is not about getting better at the things we suck at, but it is a gentle nudge to have a look at what you've got coming up and if there is anything that needs metaphorically charging.

For so many of us this year has been so far about surviving and occasionally thriving and we've been living in the moment and there are so many things to do and there's so many places we want to be and so many places that we have to be that we can arrive at everything a bit frazzled. So what can you do this week to give your future self a tiny head start when it comes to something that is coming up for you and just make it that bit easier? Sometimes it is really helpful to pause and get a bit of a lay of the land and have a bit of a peek of what the next couple of months looks like. Not an attempt to get everything done, but in the way that you can see what the next season might be demanding of you and figure out what might be helpful for you right now. And just to be clear, there is to be no beating ourselves up for the fact that we've been in survival mode. And also, if you feel like right now there's no way you can stop and catch your breath and look at what's coming up for you. Remember that often the time we most need to take a break is most often when we feel like the entire sky will fall in if we do. So grab any moments of calm or any type of break you can get and know that that is a priority. Here's to being multifaceted humans who are great at some things, not so great at other things, knowing that that is what makes life interesting.

And it is a human thing, not a personal flaw thing. And here's to figuring out what we need to put on charge. I'll see you tomorrow.

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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1439: An average book is better than no book

We can put so much pressure on watching the best film, starting the right project, or picking the best book to read. So today's episode is a helpful reframe to take the pressure off.

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Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Friday to you. So if you haven't noticed, we live in an age where everything has to be optimized and there are so many choices. And I don't know about you, but I can find it pretty overwhelming. And rather than having a cozy night in watching a film, I can end up spending so long trying to find just the right film. And it can be easy for that to extend into so many different areas of our lives. For example, when we're trying to pick a new hobby, when we're trying to pick our next creative project. And so many of these things that should be fun can become a really overwhelming mess really quickly. So today's Daily Pep is in praise for watching an average film or reading an average book, or doing an average job at an average craft project.

Because not everything has to be the best. Our time and energy are such precious resources, and it is time to reclaim them. Recently I've been in a reading rut, and usually I'll go down a rabbit hole of trying to figure out what would be the best genre or what would be a good book to get me out of it, and I end up right down the rabbit hole reading all the reviews, and before I know it, I've probably spent the same amount of time it would take to actually read a book trying to find a fucking book. And one of those options is much more lovely than the other one. So this time I just picked a book that I already had with a pretty cover that looks slightly intriguing and just gave it a shot. And it was a really brilliant book, and that was pure luck and I'll take it. But even if it had been average at best, I know for me, reading is something that really helps my mental health. It helps regulate my nervous system, and an average book is a million times better than no book.

So as we are heading into the weekend, I invite you to intentionally not optimize everything. If you've been wanting to start something, whether it is a project, whether it is a book, or you want to take your mind off things for a while, just pick up the nearest and easiest thing. So much of the time it is about taking action, any action, and it all gets easier from there and becomes a whole lot less overwhelming than trying to find the right place to start, start somewhere, start anywhere and enjoy. I can't wait to be back with you right here on the Daily Pep on Monday morning or in your fabulous inbox on Sunday. If you're part of my email community and you can find out more about how to get in on that or by going to thereevelrouses.com letters or click the handy link in the show notes. I look forward to seeing you soon, and remember, as always, that everything changes when you believe you matter.

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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1437: When’s the last time you did this?

If you're finding yourself in need of an extra dose of rebel rousing this hump day, then today's episode is for you.

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Wednesday to you. So I am popping in with a midweek reminder that it is okay to prioritize your own needs. And I want to ask you a question. When is the last time you did something just for you? Because around here we are very good at taking care of other people. We tend to be empaths and sometimes our needs slip to the bottom of the list. That is if they even make them onto the list in the first place. So if you are listening to this and you are regularly doing things for yourself and you can name the last time you did something just for you and it was recent, take this as a check in and a sign that you are doing really well and keep going. And if you can't quite remember the last time, this is not something to beat yourself up about.

It is simply a temperature check and time to put you higher up on the list. Remember that doing something for yourself does not have to look impressive, it doesn't have to cost you money and it doesn't have to make sense to anybody else but you. You know, you. You know your own needs and what might feel like an absolute treat to you might sound like hell to somebody else and vice versa. You don't need a reason to treat yourself, you don't need to deserve it and you don't need to earn it. Think about how good it often feels to do something else for somebody else just because, well, we are turning this round for ourselves. If you are trying to think of the best thing you can do and you're trying to optimise it, remember that this is a practice and you get many, many goes at this. And what we're building to long term here is this becoming a regular occurrence, not just a one off.

So have a think about how you're going to treat yourself today. If in doubt, go a bit silly and experience what it feels like to be on the other end of all the love you put out there into the world. So that is enough cheese for one day. Have a good one, happy hump day and I'll see you tomorrow.

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A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.

If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1436: Let's separate fact from fiction

Today's episode is all about fact checking the stories we tell ourselves, and my experience of being called out by my Fitbit.

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Tuesday to you. Now, I don't tend to be a particularly competitive person, but the person I am very competitive with is myself. Ages ago my Fitbit broke and I noticed that I'm just not doing as much walking anymore. So we're currently in Germany. I'm walking a lot more than I usually do and I saw one on a really good offer. So I am reacquainted with tracking my steps. But here's where it gets interesting. And actually nothing to do with walking and steps.

So something I've tended to give myself a really hard time about is my energy levels. If you asked me how much I sleep at night, I would say probably a good nine hours, if not more. Yet I could always go for a nap. So one of the things my Fitbit does is it tracks my sleep as well as a step goal. I've set up a sleep goal. Like I said, I get competitive with myself and lo and behold, I have not made it to 8 hours sleep in the past week and a half since I've had it. Often the numbers don't lie and I've become rather willfully ignorant of just how shit my sleep has been because I have been indulging in what many of us know as revenge bedtime procrastination. And it is rare that I actually get to sleep before 2am Yesterday we were talking about identifying patterns and and using them as a source of information and curiosity rather than yet another thing to give ourselves a hard time about.

And it got me thinking about the stories we tell ourselves versus the data. The story I've been telling myself about sleeping too much is wildly inaccurate and really does give me something to work with. And for me that's what a lot of this is about. It's about taking our power back, making intentional choices where we can and choosing ourselves. Now I know things like trackers and different ways of logging goals and logging different things can work differently for different people. And for some people knowing the numbers might actually cause more anxiety than it does calmness. So really go with what works for you here, because my invitation is to think about something that maybe you've been wanting to solve or something you're struggling with and just double checking that the story lines up with what is actually happening. If you see it as a bit of an experiment and just go on a bit of a fact finding mission, you might just find that this is a great way of working with yourself rather than opening 22 new tabs trying to figure out what is quote wrong with you.

So that is my invitation for you this Tuesday. And I look forward to being back with you tomorrow. I'll see you then.

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A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1435: Getting curious about procrastination

We can take so much of our own power back by recognising our own patterns. Today we’re doing just that through the lens of procrastination, with a big dose of curiosity!

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. Now, if you've been around here a while, it will come as no surprise to you that I am somebody who generally has hundreds of tabs open on my phone. The downloads folder on my laptop is complete chaos and while on the outside looking in, it may seem like I've got zero systems, there are many systems on the go, it's just that many of them only make sense to me. And that is all okay until I get to something I am procrastinating on. Suddenly I am coming up with complete brand new systems that, let's face it, if the past is anything to go by, I will spend hours, if not days, setting up and then completely forget they exist. And sorting out the tabs on my phone suddenly becomes a really urgent and important task. Now, today isn't about me beating myself up about this. I'm sharing what I've noticed about my own patterns as a bit of a prompt for you to think about your own what are the things that you generally don't really give a shit about but suddenly become a huge priority when you've got a deadline or when you're avoiding something or someone, or when you're procrastinating? Now, this isn't about coming up with different strategies to avoid procrastination because that also can be a wonderful procrastination technique.

But the important thing here and I'm going to roll my eyes as I say it. So if you're rolling your eyes as you listen, I get you. Awareness is key. When we can start to recognize our patterns, it's a bit like starting to learn a new language. We can start seeing what our dream shitter is really doing and we can make more intentional decisions about whether we want to be doing them and a friendly reminder that you get to give yourself full permission to carry on doing it Anyway. I know for me that there are some times where actually going through and starting to close some of the tabs gives me a bit of a break and some space away from a creative problem that's really needed. Sometimes it's a massive dopamine boost, and sometimes it can just be quite enjoyable, but other times it can just be more stressful because I end up feeling like I've got even more to do than I originally thought and we tend to know the difference. And I think it all comes down to this.

What if procrastination wasn't necessarily a problem to be solved but really, really helpful information to you? And what if you got curious about your behaviours and the things you do rather than being really judgy, that might be something to experiment with. So here's to the start of a new week. Here's to finding many unexpected joys along the way, and here's to recognizing your own patterns. We all have them. You're not doing anything wrong. Being a human can be fucking hard, and I think if you were given feedback to yourself from the perspective of a dear friend rather than yourself, you might be pleasantly surprised at how you're doing. Have a wonderful start to your week and I'll see you tomorrow.

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New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1434: The joy (and possibilities) of saying no

As we close out the week, we can start to give ourselves a really hard time about the things we haven't got around to. So today I'm offering a joyful reframe.

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Friday to you. So on a Friday we tend to end the week thinking about everything that we have done and when it comes to the things that we haven't done, usually we give ourselves a few really hard time. But as we close out this week, I really want you to have a think about all the things that you have joyfully not done. I want you to think about anything you said no to and recognize that as an act of courage. And I also want you to recognise the bullshit that you did not rise to or tolerate and the ways in which you said no, maybe overtly or not, that meant you could say yes to yourself, like we were talking about earlier this week. If you are a keen cook or a keen painter, then you will know that sometimes less is more. Society tells us just to do, do, do and keep going. But to borrow the cooking and the painting analogy, I know I've definitely cut dishes that were good that I added too much random shit to and they just turned out really vague or inedible.

And I've also painted things where I wish I'd just stopped a little bit earlier. And in case you need to hear it, I just want to remind you that you are not alone in having things left on your to do list at the end of the week. There is nothing wrong with you. Sometimes a task just breeds. Sometimes our week is completely different to what we imagined and oftentimes things take so much longer than we think they will. If you are listening to this beating yourself up for saying yes to too many things, know that you are also in good company and I invite you to think about what would next week look like if next week's definition of success was how many times you said no and how many times you chose yourself instead. So lots to think about. I hope you find some fabulous, unexpected joy this weekend and do something for you and I can't wait to be back in your inbox on Sunday if you're part of my glorious email community or in your wonderful ears on Monday for another dose of rebel rousing and encouragement. Whatever you do, choose you and I'll see you soon.

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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP!

New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1432: The flip side of saying no

If you're finding yourself in need of an extra dose of rebel rousing this hump day, then today's episode is for you.

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. So on Wednesdays is hump day and chances are you might need an extra dose of motivation to get through the week. So here goes. Now I love this whole question about what our future self will be grateful for. It can be such a good way of putting things into perspective, into deciding what really does actually matter. And also we tend to be a whole lot more compassionate with our future selves rather than our current selves. But we also know that our inner dreamshitter will weaponize anything. So rather than it being a really gentle, compassionate question, I just end up thinking about all the shit I should be doing for my future self and I put even more on my current self's plate.

So today we are taking the power back from our inner dreamshitter and we're coming at the question from a different angle. So when it comes to thinking about what future us would be grateful for, rather than give her a shitload more to do, lets take some stuff off her plate. Is there anything that you've been meaning to say no to? Is there anything that you can intentionally decide not to do? And if you're feeling conflicted about saying no to something, have a think about the flip side of it. What would saying no allow you to do? What would you be able to say yes to and get curious and see what comes up? Future you probably doesn't need more things to do, and she would probably be much more grateful if you booked in some time with yourself, you cancelled some plans, and you said no to some stuff that you regretted saying yes to the minute you agreed to it. It's okay to tell people you're at capacity. It is more than okay to choose yourself. And chances are the future things that you're going to take off your plate will probably make your current self feel relieved as well. So two birds, one scone.

Have a think about what comes up for you. Get brave about saying no. And here's to being kinder to our current and future selves.

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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP! PODCAST

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.

If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines

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1431: Permission to quarter-arse the annoying things!

When you're values driven it can often feel that giving your 100% is a natural extension of you are, so for today's episode we're taking some of the pressure off.

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. Around here we tend to be very values based and we're all about living a life with intention. And it's fair to say that we can beat ourselves up a lot when we don't feel like we're giving something our 100%, which as we know around here, our 100% is at the very least other people's 400%. And when it comes to being motivated, we try to be pure in our motivations as well. But the truth is that life involves doing a shit ton of things that we might not really give a shit about. I'm thinking of all of the infinite household tasks, the bullshit pieces of work that other people might be giving us, and the seemingly endless life admin. So today I want us to think about motivation a bit differently and really give you full permission into leaning into doing things for the very reason that you just want to get the fuck out of your life. I don't know about you, but oftentimes I'll put off doing something and I will spend at least five times longer than the time it would have taken to do the thing trying to work out why I'm not motivated and probably beating myself up about that.

But as we all know, not everything is that exciting. It is okay to dread things on your to do list, even if you don't think you should be. And resistance is part of being human. So if there is something that you've got to do and the resistance is real and you've been really procrastinating on it, and you've been giving yourself a really hard time about it, so it's become so much bigger than the original task. Take this episode as permission to rage. Do it to really question whether it needs to be there in the first place, and also to remove that second layer of beating yourself up about the thing. There are many things in life that we could do with quarter arsing, let alone half arcing, and that doesn't make you a bad human. We cannot be excellent at everything.

And I know, for example, I have absolutely no desire to be excellent at vacuuming or ironing, even though my inner perfectionist could easily convince me otherwise. So here's to getting the fuckers done just because it is a relief and it'll be less annoying and exhausting to carry them around. And here's to embracing not being brilliant at everything. I'll see you tomorrow.

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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP!

New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1430: Fact checking your inner dreamshitter

After a weeklong horrific ear infection, I’m back with a hearty middle finger for our inner dreamshitters!

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Monday to you. I am so glad and relieved to be back with you with brand new episodes this week after having a horrific ear infection last week. If you'd have put headphones on me last week and asked me to record, I would have screamed. So I'm going into this week with so much gratitude that I no longer feel like I want to saw my ear off and a helpful reframe when it comes to beating ourselves up. Now around here we should all get first class honours for berating ourselves. And we are pretty good at taking credit for shitty things that just aren't our fault. Take my ear infection. I was feeling pretty shit that I couldn't sit down and record new episodes.

That was until I realized it wasn't really an option. So my question for you to kick start this week is where are you beating yourself up for something that A isn't your fault, but B going ahead with it just simply isn't an option. My example directly relates to physical health, but I also want to remind us about that brilliant quote about mental health as well, which is that if it costs you your mental health, then it simply isn't an option. I know that hearing this doesn't automatically stop us from beating ourselves up, but it is a different perspective to add into the mix. Maybe it can squeeze into a tiny gap in your brain which is covered in shadows that your dream shitter can't see, and maybe you can meet it with curiosity rather than judgment. So here's to giving ourselves a fuckload of grace for all the things that we can't do this week. Here's to beating ourselves up even 20% less. And here's to knowing that choosing ourselves is not selfish and it is instead very, very necessary and also not an option.

I hope you find some unexpected joy this Monday. I look forward to being back with you tomorrow. And remember, as always, that everything changes when you believe you matter.

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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP!

New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1424: Seasonal opportunities

Today we’re channeling the September energy and taking stock of where we are right now, and what opportunities we have right in front of us.

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers, and a very happy Friday to you. Around here, we tend to honor the seasons, whether that is literally or whether it is the seasons of our own internal life. And on that note, today I want to ask you, what opportunities are there in this current season of your life right now? I know spread across all of us. We're all going to be in wildly different seasons and there might be some really fabulous things happening and there might also be some shitty things happening and they might also overlap. Oftentimes it can be easier wishing we were in a different season or planning for the next season, but sometimes I think we miss some treasure right in front of our nose. This isn't about toxic positivity and making a crap time into a good time. It's just about looking all around you and looking at your particular circumstances and seeing if there's anything that this particular season right now gives you that maybe others haven't. Or maybe it is a really good opportunity to practice saying no at the time of recording this.

It's coming up to the autumn equinox and maybe that aligns with where you are and you're thinking about harvesting things and letting things go. Or maybe you're really leaning into the planning season of September and it actually feels more like spring. This is your opportunity to have a bit of a check in in regards to where you are, how you're doing, and what you really need right now. So as we head into the weekend, have a check in with your internal season and also see if there's any opportunities you might have missed. And then because we are rebels around here, check in with yourself as to whether you want to embrace that opportunity or not, because you are allowed to turn things down and you know what feels best for you. I hope whatever you do this weekend you find some unexpected joy. I can't wait to be back with you in your inbox on Sunday if you're part of my email community. If you're intrigued about that, head to the show notes and look for the link or in your fabulous ears as per usual on Monday.

I look forward to seeing you soon and remember that everything changes when you believe you matter.

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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP!

New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1422: 3 questions to challenge your inner dreamsh*tter

If worry and catasrophising are your go-tos, today I'm sharing three questions to interrupt that train of thought!

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. So this hump day, I want to pose a question to you that I've often asked myself. And it can be both frustrating at times and also incredibly liberating. And it is this. What if all the things you're worried about happening just didn't happen? When it comes to putting yourself out there in the world, what if all the critics that you imagine are going to appear simply didn't? Now I know life doesn't really work like this and I haven't just single handedly cured anxiety and my goodness, if I had a cure I would absolutely be sharing it. But I do think it is worth comparing the reality with the future that we have in our heads. I know when I started the daily prep, my dream shitter fed me with so many stories about all the things that were going to happen and none of them were great. But what I can also say is that five years later none of them came true.

And I am so fucking glad, to put it mildly, that I went for anyway, because at least I found out the reality rather than always trying to predict what was going to happen and never ultimately knowing. And I think there's a follow up question here that can be really helpful as well, which is what if the things that you're scared of, what if they did happen and you were able to cope with it? Okay, you might not have loved it, but you were able to deal with it. I think that is somewhere that we very rarely allow ourselves to get curious about and wonder about. But I think for all of us, we have all got through periods that we never would have believed that we would have if you described them to us. But often when push comes to shove, we are way more skilled and we are way more resourced and we are way more competent than we think. I know for me that I regret the things that I didn't try way more than the things that I did try that went a bit wonky. And while I absolutely roll my eyes about this next one and I completely forget about it in the moment, we can learn a hell of a lot from failure. So those are some things for you to noodle on today as you're thinking about things that you'd love to try, or things that you'd love to do, or things that you're nearly doing.

But it all feels a bit scary. And because I can't seem to stop asking questions today, one last question. What if actually you really are good at having your own back? I'll leave it there have a good one and see you tomorrow.

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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP! PODCAST

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.

If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines

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1421: The power of 20 percent

If you've ever struggled to lower your expectations or struggled when someone tells you to do a 'good enough' job, this one's for you!

Episode transcript:

Good morning Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. So there's a question I've been asking during my workshops and during my groups lately that has become incredibly helpful, and I want to share it with you today. So when we talk about lowering our internal expectations and taking the pressure off ourselves, it can sometimes be helpful to think about getting a B rather than an A or doing a good enough job. But for most of us, that feels pretty vague and also slightly impossible. The same way as when we think of giving something 70% of our effort, not 100% of our effort, we can get way too caught up with thinking about all the details that we'll miss if we only do 70% of the job. And there's just a tiny shift that we can make. That and I'm getting meta here can make this whole being easier on ourselves get a bit easier. And it's all about focusing on 20% instead.

For example, how could you get 20% more comfortable than you are right now? How could you be 20% easier on yourself? And how could you save your last 20% for yourself? For some reason, that just seems to land so much better with me or the fabulous people I work with, and it's just an easier question to answer. We can then start looking at the tiny things that we can do. We're not necessarily looking at the entire picture and it just breaks it down a bit more. So whatever today and this week has in store for you, how can you be 20% easier on yourself? Think about what that would tangibly look like and dare yourself to go there. Like I've said many times on the Daily Pep, our 50% is most people's 200%, and we deserve to live lives that aren't totally depleting and where we get to save some of our best energy for ourselves. So have a think on this one, have a good one, and remember, as always, that everything changes when you believe you matter. I'll see you tomorrow.

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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP!

New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT

A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!

The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.

Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines.

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1419: The long-term pay off of the boring bits

If you need a reason and a nudge to do the seriously boring and annoying shit, today we're talking about the serious pay off!

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Friday to you. It is the end of the week, it is nearly the weekend and we bloody well made it. So. Two things I really value in my life are joy, joy and freedom. When it comes to joy, I love the little things. I really, really thrive on novelty and I usually get through boring shit by setting myself challenges and trying to make it a bit fun. And with the freedom part of things, I hate being told what to do and I really, really need flexibility. So when it comes to things like boring self care tasks, unless I've got a lot of energy to make them fun, I tend to struggle.

I find them boring, I find them a chore and often they feel like they work in direct opposition to my love of fun and freedom. But today I thought I'd share with you something I've been thinking about that flips that on its head and also makes it a bit easier. And that is by doing the boring shit, generally speaking, I increase my capacity to to have more fun and to have more freedom. For example, I am a night owl. I go through phases when I am excellent at revenge bedtime procrastination and I stay up way too late in the name of having gone down a really good rabbit hole and refusing to have a self imposed bedtime. But what I can tell you is after a couple of days I start remembering why the boring shit exists in the first place. Because the next day I do not have a huge amount of capacity or inclination for fun because I'm too fucking tired. And if anything I have less freedom because I am more limited in what I can do because I feel exhausted.

And I know I'm not alone in convincing myself that the boring stuff is just really tedious and annoying, which it is, and forgetting that it's actually important until I'm really feeling it. So this Friday's pep talk is a boring one, but an important one. And it is a firm but compassionate kick up the bum to do the boring shit that does make a difference and gives you more capacity to have more of what you want. That could look like what I'm planning on doing, which is getting a really decent night's sleep. That could also be picking up or putting a request in for repeat medication. It could be making that important appointment or taking a tiny step into figuring out something that's really been bothering you. I know for so many of us these are heavy lifts. We have a massive amount of resistance to doing them and they don't feel like they feed us in any way.

But sometimes there is a very real and very positive payoff. It might just come a little bit later and we've got to give ourselves some of that care that we so freely give to other people. So take this episode as your sign to go do the thing. Chances are it may actually be way less of a big deal and way less of a time suck than you thought it would be. If you're rewards motivated try and mix it with doing something nice and remember that as much as we wish they weren't, the boring bits are also part of building a sustainable life that you love and they often free up your brain and give you more capacity to enjoy the things you enjoy in the long term. So go do the thing. I can't wait to see you in your inbox on Sunday if you're signed up to my fabulous email community or back in your ears on Monday as always to help you start the day with a compassionate bang.

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