1416: For when life is life-ing
Today we're retuning with one of my favourite metaphors as well as one of my favourite sayings, and taking the blame off our own shoulders.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. So today I thought I'd share a metaphor that I know I've shared before on the daily prep, but it's definitely one that's worth revisiting and it can be a really helpful reframe. And it's this idea of having an overloaded suitcase. Sometimes in life we just have a lot going on and our suitcase is overflowing and our first instinct is to try and repack things to make everything fit. When that doesn't work, we might try sitting on the suitcase and trying to do it up. But then we worry about the zip breaking because this fucker is not closing. We may try rolling the clothes instead of folding the clothes, and we try every which way, but the suitcase just won't close. Now, so much around us tells us to optimize and to maximize, but the truth is that sometimes our suitcases are simply overflowing.
And not even the most expensive packing cubes in the world could solve that issue. But my goodness, do we throw everything at it. We, we convince ourselves that we must be doing something wrong and there is simply something that we missed. And let's face can be really shitty to realize that we've got an overflowing suitcase. But to go back to a quote I've shared before on the daily Prep from Emily McDowell, what if it's not a personal failure, but an impossible setup? So often when things aren't going right, the first thing we do is blame ourselves and we figure that we've done something wrong and we go into fix it mode. But sometimes you just dealt a really bad hand or you have one of those seasons which is just like that suitcase overflowing. And the best you can do is try and figure out what's the most important things, try and remove the extra shit where you can and simply survive. That is not you doing anything wrong.
That is not you not optimizing. That is you dealing with this one wild and precious and fucking messy life. Oftentimes our want and our search for these perfect packing cubes that are going to solve everything is a way of gaining some control on what can be an unruly situation. But it can also distract you from having compassion for yourself right here and right now. So if you are in a season of life where your suitcase is overflowing and no matter how much you try and reorganize it, that fucker is not closing. Remember that everything is temporary, that it might just be an impossible setup. And it is probably definitely not a personal failure. And maybe you've optimised every which way you can already.
You're doing so much better than you think. And only in hindsight will you realize that you were doing the best that you could and that that is enough. Being a human can be messy. It can be complicated. It can be really fucking painful. And that doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong. And if there's one piece of advice that I'd like to leave you with today, it's to see if you can try not beating yourself up for beating yourself up. We don't need the extra layers.
The suitcase is heavy enough already. And you really, really are doing better than you think. However, this Tuesday finds you. I hope you find a pocket of unexpected joy today and you remember that everything changes when you believe you.
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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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1415: Celebrating our multipassionate selves
Today we're doing something a bit different, and we're celebrating our multipassionate selves and national ampersand day!
Episode transcript:
Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Monday to you and also a very happy international Ampersand day to you. Now if it is way too early in the morning or you're just less of a nerd than I am, then an ampersand is that fun, squiggly symbol that represents the word and or it can sometimes be used instead of the plus symbol. Now the reason why this is relevant today is I thought it was a great way to start off the day celebrating our multi passionate selves. Because around here we are not just one thing. We contain so many multitudes, we, we wear so many hats. And in a world that tends to put specialists on a pedestal, it can be so hard to remember that there are so many fabulous things about being a generalist or a multi passionate, a multi potentialite, a renaissance person and a polymath. The way I see it, life is way too short to just be one thing. And there are also so many, many different things to dive into and get curious about.
And for many of us, we are simply lifelong learners and we are interested in so many things and we have seasons of going down different rabbit holes and I think that is one hell of a superpower. It makes us great at problem solving, it gives our lives so much meaning. And it also means that we don't have to choose one thing and we can build our lives and our world around the things that matter to us most. Sometimes it does mean that our lives don't follow a linear path that on paper our lives look pretty chaotic and hard to explain and we can't really be put in a box. But around here, I think we're all firmly in the fuck the box brigade. Anyway, so here's to celebrating your multi passionate nature today. To knowing that you never have to just be one thing. And remembering that there are always more things to explore.
Even though our inner dream shitter and perhaps our external dream shitters can give us a hard time about being flaky or going through phases, I honestly believe it is one of our greatest strengths. For me, it shows a passion for life, a curiosity that will send us a long way, and a true gift in the unique ways we see the world. So happy Ampersand day and here's to, in the words of Barbara Sher, refusing to choose, I'll see you tomorrow.
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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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1412: Let’s go down the rabbit holes
Today’s episode is a permission slip to reclaim your time, and focus on curiosity, not optimisation.
Episode transcript:
Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Wednesday and a very happy hump day to you. Now, if you've been around the past week or so, you'll know that I'm right in the middle of launching the final ever round of One Woman Bang Club. As it is very much on my mind today, I thought I'd share with you what we do in one One Band club on a Wednesday and a couple of takeaways that you can apply to your own life. So on Wednesday we do deep dive co working. It is an opportunity to really take a decent chunk of time and work on something that we've been wanting to work on for a while. To really get into the nitty gritty of something and maybe fall down a rabbit hole or two. And the thing is, this can feel radical, maybe luxurious, and even a huge privilege in modern life. We all have so much stuff to do.
Our to do lists don't really end. And if your inner dream shitter is anything like mine, you are always aware of what you haven't done, especially when you try to do something for you. But here's what I also know. I also know that there are some pockets of time during the week that if I did want to use them to go down a rabbit hole, I could. But usually I end up just picking up my phone, scrolling, coming back out and wondering where time has gone. Now please know I am not judging myself or you for this. Sometimes our brain just needs a bit of a holiday and we need a bit of decompression time and our phones can be fabulous at that. But I do think there is some time that we can steal back.
I also want to acknowledge that this isn't going to be the case for everybody. We've all got wildly different lives, wildly different circumstances, and for many, many different reasons. This is going to be more of a possibility to some than it is for others. So I think we might have to be a bit creative with this. And I know that that can suck because for many of us, we're sick of having to come up with innovative, creative solutions for so many things. But even if you do it in the tiniest slithers of time, I want to remind you that going down rabbit holes is worth it around here. We are lifelong learners. We have an insatiable sense of curiosity about the world and you get to feed that.
You get to take yourself out of your life for a little bit and you get to do things just because sometimes you do need that big chunk of time to work through something or to really make progress on something that's been sat there for a while. And I really want to encourage you to ask for help with carving out that time because it really matters and you matter so much of the time. Especially for those of us socialized as women, if we're saving time in one particular area, we automatically try to optimise and maximize that time and replace it with something else. And I just want to remind you that you are also able to take that time to fill your cup, especially if it feels uncomfortable. And I have definitely learned the hard way that often the time we most need to take a break is the time we feel less able to. So here's to filling our cups, here's to rabbit holes, and here's to stealing back our time for ourselves. And finally, a quick, friendly reminder that if you're planning on joining one woman band, now really is the time. We get started tomorrow.
I am so excited and I'd love to see you there if it feels right for you. Have a fabulous hump day and 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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1411: Let's choose your word!
Today we’re playing with the idea of setting an anchor for the rest of the year!
Episode transcript:
Good morning Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. So I'm getting ready to kick off the final ever round of my hundred day group program, One More Band Club. And today I thought it'd be fun to share something we do during the kickoff call, which is just really good at helping find some clarity, figuring out what we need, and giving ourselves a bit of an anchor to come back to. And what we do is we Choose a word for the hundred days. I know for lots of us, we're familiar with choosing a word for the year, and I've also found it can just be really helpful for other seasons, projects and time containers. It's really powerful because it gets to the root of what you really want. It can be used as a bit of a filter to make decisions through, and it can also be a way of dividing our word of the year into stages or seasons. So at the time this episode goes live, we're at the start of September.
So I want you to think about the next hundred days, which takes us to a week or so before Christmas. And I want you to think about how you would like to feel by that time. Are there any things or any projects that you'd like to start or finish or carry on with that you would feel really grateful you showed up for? Is there something that you really want to focus on, but it just keeps slipping away amidst all the things we have to do during our daily lives? Or has a random word just popped into your head? I always say if you've got a random word, see if you can embrace the adventure and go for it, even if it doesn't make sense, because it can end up unexpected in a really good way. And it's a great way of connecting to our intuition. If on the flip side, you're trying to choose from a bunch of words, remember there's no perfect way to do this. You're not looking for just the right word. Pick the one that maybe gives you the most joy you're most intrigued about, or maybe feels like a bit of a weight off your shoulders. It is so easy to go into the later half of the year and feel completely swamped by all the things that we said we'd do.
But you get to make up the rules. January, you had the best intentions, but they didn't necessarily have the full picture. So give yourself grace and see if you can have fun with this one. It also doesn't just have to be a word. It could be a phrase, it could be a particular tarot card, it could be an animal. Go as wild as you like with this one and just see where it takes you. So here's to a fabulous next 100 days. If you're joining the final round of One Woman Band, I look forward to being with you every step of the way.
And whatever kind of day you've got ahead of you. Remember that everything changes when you believe you matter. 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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1410: A slightly different question for a Monday
So often Monday comes around before we even know it. So today's episode is an invitation to take a pause, check-in with yourself, and face the week ahead.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. So when it comes to Mondays, a lot of us start off by trying to figure out what we need to do. And today I want to make a slight tweak to that question in the hopes of helping make your week a bit more fulfilling. And so it aligns with the season of life you're in right now. So we're going to tweak that question to simply, what do you need this week? Now, before we get into how we do that, I want to acknowledge the elephant in the room. That is for so many of us. We can't just kind of say fuck it and throw all of our plans to the wind and just do what we need. We have obligations, we have commitments.
There are things that we have to do, and I really want to acknowledge them. But I do think that there's a way that we can meet ourselves in the middle and look at what's on our plate this week and look at what our needs are and find a way to make our week work a bit better for us. So often a Monday arrives a lot quicker than we'd like it to, and before we know it, we're just in it. And we haven't really given ourselves a second to just check in with ourselves and see how we are, what our capacity is like and how we're doing. So I invite you to have a bit of a check in with yourself right now if you're feeling exhausted and in need of a bit of recovery. Maybe it's about seeing what can be rescheduled in the calendar or how you can give 20% less effort this week. If your social battery is feeling absolutely drained and you need some alone time, look at where you can steal those moments for yourself. And if it feels like you've got so much to catch up on, pause before you start and figure out what is really important.
And acknowledge that it might take you a bit of time to catch up. And that is okay. We can only do so much in a day. And also, if our head's not been in it for a while, it does take time to get there, and that's just a human thing. So see how you can meet where you actually are this week before you jump into trying to do everything. Yes, there are things that you need to do this week, but you are also a human with needs. And there are so many little things that we can do so one doesn't bulldoze the other. Your needs are valid.
You don't have to justify them to anybody else. And if you've woken up today with less energy or less fucks than you wish you had, go 20% more gentler than you usually would and see what happens. Have a good one. And I can't wait to be back with you tomorrow. Take care.
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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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1407: Get back on the horse!
Today's Daily Pep! is your nudge to get back on the horse!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday. And a very happy hump day to you. So at the beginning of the week, it had been around three weeks since I've recorded a new episode of the Daily Pep, and despite doing it for five years, I was still nervous to go back to it because I thought I might have completely forgotten what I was doing and maybe I just wouldn't be able to do it. And I know I am not alone in this. In terms of so many of us have taken a break from things and the idea of getting back to it feels so impossible and we wonder if we've just lost it when in reality we do the thing and it is just like riding a bike very often. I mean, not in all cases, but in a lot of cases, thinking about doing the thing is so much worse than actually doing it, especially if we've done it before. So many of us completely discount muscle memory and we also disregard our experiences because we focused on the times that we didn't do it versus the many times that we've shown up. And if you're listening to this, as somebody who's thinking of starting doing something for the very first time, I really encourage you to see it as an experiment.
And rather than thinking about whether you're going to be good at it, test it out and see if you enjoy it first. So much of the time, we completely leave joy out of the measures of our success. But actually enjoying what you do is pretty damn important. So if there's something that you haven't done for a while, whether that is because of circumstances or because of choice, and you want to get back to it, but it's feeling a bit scary. This is your sign to get back on the horse and remember that you don't have to come out swinging with some massive race. You can just trot around the stables a bit, get yourself familiar and see what it feels like. Our inner dream shitters can often have an absolute field day when it comes to returning to something. And as we know, our inner dream shitter is full of shit and will come up with so many reasons to stop you from doing the thing.
But our inner dream shitters are also full of horseshit. They will say whatever they need to to stop us from doing the thing. They are absolutely not afraid to go for the jugular. But that certainly doesn't mean that all of this is true. The reality is, when I went back to recording the Daily Pet this week with my dream shitter screaming at me that I didn't know what I was doing and it would be awful and I'd forgotten everything. Although I had to coax myself a little bit, as soon as I plugged the microphone in and opened the software and press record, I remembered that this is something I just do. Yes, I was a bit resty. Yes, it took a little bit of time to get back into the flow of things, but muscle memory kicked in and the doing was so much less scary than the thinking about doing had been.
So come join me in getting back on the horse. You can do it. Your inner dream shitter is a liar. And start with a stroll rather than a massive sprint and you might just remember the joy of why you do this in the first place. Go give it a go. And remember, as always, that everything changes when you believe you better.
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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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1406: Fairy lights and non-negotiables
Today's episode is all about embracing our quirks and our needs, and letting go of other people's judgements.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. So, as I shared in yesterday's episode, we are back to long term travel. And as of yesterday, we have checked into our Airbnb in a little city south of Frankfurt, Germany for just over two months. And it just feels really good to settle somewhere for a little while. Last time we did this, we spent a month in each place, and while I loved it, I had serious FOMO wherever we went, because I felt like I had to make the most of every minute and every day and cram in as much as I could into that month. So, as I was unpacking my suitcase, I. I came across some of my trusty favourites. And those are my sets of micro fairy lights I always take with us, despite having very little luggage that we can fit in our car.
And for me, it's my piece of home. Fairy lights make everything feel a lot more magical and I always find somewhere to put them. I am definitely not a main light kind of person, and many of the Airbnb we've stayed in have, shall I say, interesting lighting choices. And it's a way that I can feel comfortable and I can feel like me in a new space. And the reason I'm sharing this today is that I think we've all got different things that other people might see as added extras or even just something extra and ottoman that just really makes sense to us. And I think life just gets better when we can stop giving a shit about what other people might think about those things, or stop trying to rationalize them, or explain ourselves to ourselves. We've all got little quirks and little nuances and things that we need, whether that's with a capital N or a lowercase N that make us feel more comfortable and maybe make life a little bit more joyful. And I think that's a really good thing.
Now, I'm not saying it's easy to stop giving a shit what other people think, but the truth is, when it comes to these things that matter a lot to us, other people may think very, very little about them in the first place. So today, I'm encouraging both of us to be a lot more unapologetic about what lights us up and what we need. Sometimes I laugh at myself and think it's a bit ridiculous that I travel with three sets of fairy lights. But what I can tell you is, every single time I untangle them, I never regret bringing them. And also, untangling those fuckers can be a real stress reliever too. So, as you listen to this. Have a bit of a think about anything that you might not be allowing yourself to enjoy or allowing yourself to do. What are your non negotiables that make sense to nobody else, but that make you feel really comfortable and what would happen if you just accepted them rather than judging yourself? Here's to the power of knowing who we are, what we need, and giving it to ourselves and knowing that that isn't frivolous, but is actually pretty necessary for us to be comfortable and to keep showing up. Because the world certainly is a brighter place when you show up. 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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1405: Perfectionism meets Summer funk
Sometimes we can put all the pressure on Summer to meet all of our needs and tick all of the boxes. If you're coming to the end of the season feeling a bit disappointed, this one's for you!
Episode transcript:
Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Monday to you. It is so lovely to be back after taking a couple of weeks break while we return to long term travel. It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks and I am now recording this in my Airbnb in Strasbourg, France. Now, the summer is a bit of a weird one, isn't it? I think we can have all these plans and plan to take a bit of a break and have a bit of a rest and sometimes we kind of end it exhausted. I know that I wish I was coming back with so much more energy. I had so many grand plans for how I was gonna decompress and recharge. But it's just been a season of a lot of things going on. So for today's episode, I thought I would share with us all a reminder that it's okay if we don't feel balanced or we don't feel as rested as we wanted to, or things didn't turn out the way we wanted them to.
I think each new season brings so many possibilities as well as challenges and also pressure to make the most out of the season and make it the best one ever. And it's okay if it's not. For many of us, we are perfectionists and we are overachievers and we can apply that to our downtime as well. I know I certainly can. And I can tend to be pretty hard on myself if I haven't maximized or used my rest time as best as I would like. But sometimes, a bit like I said earlier, we just need to decompress and realize that not everything at every point has to be the most optimal and efficient thing it can be. So in the Northern Hemisphere, I wonder, as we're approaching summer, what would happen if we measured it by the unexpected joy that we had as opposed to the things that we did and the things we had every best intention to do but didn't get around to. What if you took a moment to log the things that made you smile, the things that made you feel calm, and the things that made you laugh, rather than the things that you can see on paper.
And if you're coming back from the summer with your cup half full, remember that not everything needs to be done right now. It will take you a minute to catch up. There are still many things to look forward to and you are so much further ahead than you think you are. So happy Monday, my loves. It is a joy to be back 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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1384: Happy f*ck it Friday!
To round off this week on The Daily Pep! I'm bringing back an old favourite of mine. Happy weekend!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Friday to you today. I want to wrap up this week in a way that we haven't done in a little while, and that is to wish you a happy fuck it Friday. Because sometimes we just have to say fuck it. That can be a fuck it, I'm just gonna go for it anyway. Or fuck it, I've done enough and I'm just gonna press pause on pushing myself. So whether or not you got what you wanted to do this week done or not, fuck it. Is the house as tidy as you'd like it to be going into the weekend? Fuck it. Are you as organized as you'd like to be going into next week? Fuck it.
And remember that fuck it can be, do you know what? I'll deal with it on Monday. Or fuck it, I'm just gonna spend 10 minutes right now because I know it'll make next week easier. Whichever way you fall on the fuck it scale, there's no right or wrong around here. We really do put our whole welly into everything we do. And sometimes everything can feel urgent and everything can just feel so fucking serious. And of course there are things that are serious, but there's also some other things that we give too much of a shit about that really in the big picture don't matter all that much. So happy fuck it Friday.
Let fuck it be your philosophy for this weekend and just see where it takes you. It can be a lot more powerful than we think it can be, and it can also be a really good practical tool for treating ourselves a whole lot kinder and treating ourselves more like our own best friend rather than our very own worst enemy. I look forward to being back with you in your inbox on Sunday if you're part of my email community, or in your wonderful ears on Monday. And in the meantime, remember that everything changes when you believe you matter and you really do fucking matter. See you soon.
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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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1382: Let’s start with dessert!
Today's episode is inspired by the wonderful Barbra Streisand, and we're taking an unconventional approach to getting sh*t done!
Episode transcript:
Good morning daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. So as part of my latest project, the Hope revival, I really enjoyed putting together an eclectic mix of quotes and I thought I would share one of them today as a humpty reminder that we get to do the good things first. So the quote is from the fabulous Barbra Streisand, who says, life's too short. Start with dessert. And it really got me thinking about how much we put off the stuff that maybe we really want to do. Until we've done the practical things, until we've reached the end of our to do list, it always feels like the right choice and the right thing to do. But I don't know about you, but by the time I've done all of the shoulds, and let's face it, not that many of them are completely world endingly important, I have run out of energy for the things that I really wanted to do. Or to kind of relate it back to the quote, I'm way too full for dessert.
And when you do that over a long period of time, life can stop feeling satisfying and it can just feel like one big massive to do list. And the irony here is that actually if we did some of the things we're looking forward to first, we'd probably have more energy and less resistance to doing the things that we don't want to do. We might not feel quite so resentful and they might be easier lifts because we're more resourced. As humans, we all know that there is never going to be a time where we have done absolutely everything and there is no perfect moment where we're suddenly going to feel free to do all the things we want to do without having a nagging feeling at the back of our head of the things that we should be doing. So I say fuck it. Let's experiment with starting with dessert first. And like, desserts can be wildly rich and sometimes you don't need that much of them. You might be surprised that actually doing a little of what you've been wanting to do makes a massive impact on your everyday life and how you feel about doing everything else.
So often we're telling ourselves subconsciously or consciously that our needs can wait. We can wait. We just need to get the important things out of the way. But what if for once, we are the important thing and it's a non urgent stuff on our to do list that can wait. So that's my food for thought for you today. Happy hump day and I'll 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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1381: In praise of sh*tty photos
For today's episode we're exploring the magic in the mundane, and the power of capturing the boring!
Episode transcript:
Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Tuesday to you. I shared a couple of weeks ago that we are preparing to set off for long term travel again and I've been thinking a lot about the lessons we've learned along the way and one of the things I've really grown to value is the shit Almost meaningless photos. Let me explain. So I am self confessed not a great photographer. I tend to snap and go and not really think too much about it. If it is a particularly pretty view I will take multiple photos. But generally when I scroll back through my camera roll a lot of things are wonky and there's also just a lot of random shit. And honestly it is the photos of random shit that I tend to value more than the really beautiful ones.
Because for me, photos are really about jogging my memory. As we've been getting ready to move from our lovely flattened leads, I've been taking pictures of the mundane views I see every day. They're not particularly attractive, they're not particularly well photographed, but prompts for things that I just don't want to forget and everyday moments. I'm not just taking pictures of the flat when it looks really nice, but also when it looks a massive mess because as I zoom in I can see things that remind us of different stuff we've done and just funny things. And I much prefer that and value that more than a highly curated photo that looks fabulous. It looks great but doesn't come with so much meaning. So my pep talk for you today is to take the shit photos, the boring photos, as a way of capturing your life right now and being able to look back on it exactly as it was and put yourself in that place and that time. Often it is so easy to only take photos when you're doing something out of the ordinary, when something looks particularly impressive or on special occasions.
But like most of us know the tiny moments, the boring moments, we often look back on them and they are the most magical and our life doesn't have to be this curated showreel all the highlights, but it can be the messy thing that it is and maybe that's where the beauty lies. So here's to recognizing the magical and the mundane, knowing that sometimes they're the same thing, and appreciating the everyday moments because those might be the things that you really want to look back on. Have a fabulous Tuesday and 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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1380: A compassionate approach to trying your best
What if trying your best isn't a fixed point, and you met yourself where you are? That's what we're kicking off the week with on today's episode!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. So one of my favorite sayings that I repeated a lot earlier on in The Daily Pep, but I feel like it would be a good one to come back to, is this idea that your best doesn't look the same every day. Think of it a bit like this. If you're packing for a holiday, you can have a good idea of what the climate's going to be, what the weather will be like, but you don't know it for sure. So you pack quite a few different variations. You might have different layers, you might have things that you suspect you won't need, but you'd rather take just in case. And that's all part of the process. You have hopes, but you also know that sometimes your expectations aren't met and you'd rather be a bit prepared. Yet how often do we do that with our own days? I know for me, if I have a really productive day, rather than savoring it for what it is, I immediately build the expectation on this being my new normal. And when I fall short, which I often do, I use it as another stick to beat myself with.
And I've got a feeling a lot of us might be pretty good at that around here. Using our successes and our wins as a way to push ourselves harder and putting the bar even higher. But the same way you'd pack a variety of clothes for holiday. There are so many different ways to have a day, both on your holiday and just in everyday life. Sometimes there's a storm that just comes out of nowhere other days it's just pleasantly nice and you're surprised, and other days you're just not really feeling it, regardless of what the weather is outside. And that's okay. So as we kick off a brand new week, I invite you to think about having different definitions of success for yourself on different days. For example, knowing that it's going to take a hell of a lot longer to get stuff done when you're burnt out than when you're not and just thinking about what it looks like to align your days a bit more with your energy levels and your own internal weather. Some days, your best days, look like thriving, sometimes they look like surviving. And I think one thing that could help all of us is trying to remove the moral judgment from them. We all have different days. We're not a better person because we get more shit done and our self worth is not reliant on our productivity.
So check in with your own internal weather today and dress accordingly. Plan accordingly and meet yourself where you are rather than where you think you should be. Have a good one, and 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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1379: In praise of imperfect hope
Together we're rebelling against perfectionism, getting out of our own heads and finding easy ways to make the world a brighter place.
Episode transcript:
Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Friday to you. So behind the scenes we're in the process of going back to long term traveling and leaving our lovely flat in Leeds. Now, we have moved at this point many, many times and we probably consider ourselves pros at it. And what we've learned is that it is actually pretty impossible to have a completely stress free and tidy move. There have been times where we prepared for moving months in advance, there's times that we've done it weeks in advance and everywhere in between. And we've just come to the conclusion that moving is messy. There are so many moving parts, pun intended. There is as much as you try for there not to be, always going to be a box of crap which is just full of things that you've got no idea what to do with.
And it doesn't really matter how much you prepare, there are always going to be surprises along the way. And I'm sharing this today for two reasons. Firstly, because I feel like so many of us have been around here for a little while and we've been on this journey together and I wanted to share a personal update as I kind of consider you all my virtual travel buddies. And second, as a reminder, a permission slip or something you just really fucking need to hear right now that life is sometimes messy. And that's okay. You're not doing it wrong, it's just messy. Believe me, I have tried so many different ways to do this whole moving process more efficiently. And often it doesn't matter how long you give yourself, there's always a bit of a last minute scramble because you naturally forget some things.
And that is because we are fabulously imperfect humans with a lot going on in our brains at the same time. So as you head into this weekend, see what happens. If you can remember that some things are just messy and, and that's okay. And also there is such a thing as over optimizing and being too efficient to the fact that we get so obsessed with doing things quicker that we lose all the joy along the way. Have a good one, stay hydrated, keep as cool as you can. And I hope some unexpected delight finds you this weekend. I can't wait to be back with you as always on Sunday in your inbox or on Monday in your earbuds. I'll see you then, take care.
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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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1377: A hopeful hump day reminder
For a lot of us, feeling hopeless can feel really hard and kick off an existential crisis. If you can relate, this one’s for you.
Episode transcript:
Good morning Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. In celebration of the launch of my latest project and summer Advent calendar, the Hope Revival. This week on the Daily prep it is officially Hope Weekly. And it's also a Wednesday. And on some hump days I tend to be sassier than others. And I've got a feeling this might be a bit of a sassy one. So I've obviously been thinking about hope a hell of a lot lately. And I think feeling hopeless has a lot in common with feeling like shit.
And one of the things I know a lot of us do when we feel like shit is we give ourselves a hard time for feeling like shit and it ends up being a bit of a shitty spiral. So today I simply want to remind you that it is okay if you're not feeling that full of hope at the moment. There are so many reasons why and it is really understandable. It's not a particularly pleasant place to be, but I'd say it's pretty natural. And it's also pretty natural for a lot of us around here who are very values driven to have a bit of an existential crisis when we don't feel that hopeful. And that doesn't really make us feel that much better. But here's the thing. Yesterday we were talking about how important it is to keep your own light lit.
And I think that fire and that light metaphor is really, really important. Because sometimes it is going to feel like a really faint flicker, other times it's going to burn really bright. Many a time it might feel a bit like a half assed candle. And all of that is okay. We can't force ourselves to feel something that we don't feel. And that is why I rally so hard against toxic positivity and this whole good vibes only bullshit. So what if today and this week you met yourself where you're at rather than where you think you should be? What if it's okay to not feel that hopeful and maybe intentionally going out to find some things that reignite your hope and maybe do a random act of kindness to a stranger or a loved one as a reminder that you do have power and that there are things in your control? I know that I seriously struggle with feeling hopeless and it is not a nice place to be. But I have to remind myself that it is temporary to really try and focus on the small everyday things and appreciate that things that might usually feel easy don't feel easy and give myself grace and celebrate the tiny wins.
Each day in the Hope Revival, you receive a really helpful mini delight. And you also get a quote for inspiration for the day, and this one feels particularly relevant. It is by the wonderful Barbara Sher, who says life isn't supposed to be an all or nothing battle between misery and bliss. Life isn't supposed to be a battle at all. And when it comes to happiness, well, sometimes life is just okay. Sometimes it's comfortable, sometimes wonderful, sometimes boring, sometimes unpleasant. When your day is not perfect, it's not a failure or a terrible loss. It's just another day.
I know I'll be taking that with me today. I hope you do too. I hope you find some unexpected joy today. And I can't wait to be back with you tomorrow. See you then.
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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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1376: On keeping your own light lit
For today's episode we're diving into why keeping your own light lit is the opposite of selfish, and leaning into what we know works for us.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. This week here on the Daily Pep to celebrate my latest project, the Hope Revival. It is officially Hope Week, and today we are talking about keeping our own lights lit. So often when it comes to making the world a brighter place, we think about all the things that we want to do in benefit of others. We think about who needs our help, how could we give it to them, and what part we could play in making the world a little bit kinder. The thing is though, often we forget that we play a huge role in that. And while we might have the best intentions when it comes to helping other people, if we don't also help ourselves, that can have not so great consequences. I'd imagine that burnout is pretty familiar among us around here.
And I don't know about you, but I have definitely over committed to many things in my life. And again, I did it with the best of intentions. But there's definitely been times where I've ended up letting people down because I haven't been honest to myself about my own bandwidth. And that is a really hard one for a lot of us to accept. And also I didn't want to let other people down. And the irony is, by saying yes to too many things, I ended up letting people down. Anyway, yesterday we talked about how hope is not a fluffy thing. And the idea of us keeping our own light lit isn't fluffy either.
It's not kind of some added extra. It's not a nice to have. It's certainly not selfish, but very essential if we want to keep going. And also if we want to have some joy in our own lives. There tend to be some things that really fan the flame more than others. So for today's episode, I really want to invite you to think about what are the things that you need to keep yourself going, what are the things that fuel you? And they don't have to be impressive, they don't have to help anybody else, and they might not make sense to anybody else. And that's kind of the point of it. It only has to work for you.
I often say that the magic happens in the intersection of the things that light ourselves up and light other people up. And if you've only got the bandwidth for one, start with what lights you at first, because joy and courage tend to be very infectious. And what if we could change the world not by completely depleting our own resources and burning ourselves out, but by pouring into ourselves and being fully ourselves. And today's quote is in honour of and in memory of the fabulous late Andrea Gibson, who wrote, “I know you think this world is too dark to even dream in colour. But I've seen flowers bloom at midnight. I've seen kites fly in grey skies. And they were real close to looking like the sunrise. And sometimes it takes the most wounded wings, the most broken things to notice how strong the breeze is, how precious the flight.”
Here's to holding onto hope. And 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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1375: Hope is not some fluffy thing
We're kicking off Hope Week here on the Daily Pep! by remembering just how important hope is, and reclaiming it in a pessimistic world.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. To celebrate the launch of my summer Advent calendar, the Hope Revival. This week's episodes are all Hope related and my hope is that they help you feel seen and heard, remind you that there is good in the world, and they also feel like a hug in a mug to listen to. So around here, we are people who really give a shit. We are values driven, we are kind, we are compassionate, and we want to leave the world a brighter place than how we found it. And it often feels like we are swimming against the tide. You have some people in very powerful positions making some really, to put it mildly, fucking awful decisions. There is definitely a smell of apathy in the air.
And you also have those people who would call those of us who are really driven by our values and want to live in a brighter world, who might call us optimists and dreamers. And for today's episode, I just really want to rally against this idea that hope is a fluffy thing, that it's some pie in the sky idea, that it doesn't really matter, that it's a nice to have and it is just wishful thinking. I call serious, serious bullshit on that because we have seen so many of the good things happen in the world start with people who do have hope and do have a belief that the world can be different. Every single day, people's lives are drastically changed for the better by people who can see that there's another way, by people who haven't been beaten down by cynicism, and also everyday tiny little moments of human kindness and connection by everyday people all over the world. Now, I don't know about you, but that does not feel like some small feat. It doesn't sound fluffy. Rather, it sounds like not only the lifeblood of our societies and communities, but also a pretty simple baseline of how we could all be in the world. We all know that the tiniest things can make the biggest difference.
And if you're not feeling very hopeful lately or you're just feeling plain exhausted, know that you being you makes a difference in the world whether or not you can see it. Change happens in ripples. And many a time we can't see the ripples that we've started. But that doesn't mean they're not there. Hope is not some fluffy thing and we get to claim it as the important thing. It is whether or not other people agree with us or shame us for it. It can really suck when other people don't get us, but know that there is literally a whole world of us out there who do value hope, kindness and community and rebelliously hold on to what you know really matters. I'm going to round off every episode of the Daily Pep this week with a hopeful quote.
And I have found so many beautiful ones as I've been putting together the Hope revival. And one of the things I decided to do is that on every door you unlock, you also have a piece of inspiration for the day. And just collecting them and curating them in itself was so soul affirming, it may come as no surprise that today's quote comes from the one and only Dolly Parton. And she says, and she says, we can't just hope for a brighter day. We, we have to work for a brighter day. Love too often gets buried in a world of hurt and fear. And we have to work to dig. And we have to work to dig it out so we can share it with our family, our friends and our neighbours. So you keep doing, you keep going, my loves, and don't let the bastards grind you down.
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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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1374: Accept the mess
To wrap up this week's Daily Pep, I'm reminding both of us that some things are just messy and that's a life thing, not a personal failure thing!
Episode transcript:
Good morning Daily Peppers and a very happy Friday to you. So behind the scenes we're in the process of going back to long term traveling and leaving our lovely flat in Leeds. Now, we have moved at this point many, many times and we probably consider ourselves pros at it. And what we've learned is that it is actually pretty impossible to have a completely stress free and tidy move. There have been times where we prepared for moving months in advance, there's times that we've done it weeks in advance and everywhere in between. And we've just come to the conclusion that moving is messy. There are so many moving parts, pun intended. There is as much as you try for there not to be, always going to be a box of crap which is just full of things that you've got no idea what to do with.
And it doesn't really matter how much you prepare, there are always going to be surprises along the way. And I'm sharing this today for two reasons. Firstly, because I feel like so many of us have been around here for a little while and we've been on this journey together and I wanted to share a personal update as I kind of consider you all my virtual travel buddies. And second, as a reminder, a permission slip or something you just really fucking need to hear right now that life is sometimes messy. And that's okay. You're not doing it wrong, it's just messy. Believe me, I have tried so many different ways to do this whole moving process more efficiently. And often it doesn't matter how long you give yourself, there's always a bit of a last minute scramble because you naturally forget some things.
And that is because we are fabulously imperfect humans with a lot going on in our brains at the same time. So as you head into this weekend, see what happens. If you can remember that some things are just messy and, and that's okay. And also there is such a thing as over optimizing and being too efficient to the fact that we get so obsessed with doing things quicker that we lose all the joy along the way. Have a good one, stay hydrated, keep as cool as you can. And I hope some unexpected delight finds you this weekend. I can't wait to be back with you as always on Sunday in your inbox or on Monday in your earbuds. I'll see you then, take care.
Episode transcript automatically produced by Castmagic.io
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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1371: This one’s for all us time optimists!
If, like me, your perception of time is a little bit wonky, today's episode is a very compassionate reality check!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. Now, I am what I would call a time optimist. What I believe I could do in 30 minutes is nothing short of superhuman, and it is also wildly inaccurate. I remember driving home from a doctor's appointment one day and I had half an hour until my next thing and I looked at Mr. Meg and I said, right in my head, I believe that we've got enough time to to stop in Aldi and do a quick shop. Also stop in the charity shop nearby, grab a quick coffee from the coffee shop that's on our walk on the way back from the car and still have a good five minutes before my next thing started. And I think in that moment it dawned on him how my brain works and just how time optimistic I am. And I think it explained a lot.
I know I am far from alone in this. I'm not quite sure if I have adhd, so I'm gonna call it maybe hd. But I know time optimism is a very real thing for me, and if you can hard relate, then you might want to join me in my challenge today. And that is going through my to do list and allocating time slots for everything I think I'm gonna get done and see how much it actually adds up to. Knowing that most things tend to take twice as long as we imagine. Whether we're time optimists or time pessimists. It can be a really kind thing to do for yourself to look at everything you've put on your plate and see if it is actually physically possible or if we've accidentally slipped into superhuman territory. It can be a great way of not beating ourselves up because we realise, to quote my favourite Emily MacDowell quote, that maybe it's not a personal failure, but an impossible setup.
So go get the things you've got planned for today. Allocate each task a certain amount of minutes, double it and add it up, and then start deferring. Maybe it's not just okay that you don't get everything done today, but maybe it's to be expected. So let's try to be a bit kinder and fairer to ourselves, see how it goes, and 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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1370: Give yourself room at the table
Today we’re kicking this week off with perhaps a confronting, but very helpful question that many of us can struggle with.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. So I want to kick off this week with a slightly challenging question, which is what would happen if you put yourself first this week? Now, for so many of us, we have many complicated feelings when it comes to putting ourselves first. And for many of us, we kind of put ourselves last by autopilot. Many of us who were socialized as girls, well, we were conditioned and we were taught to put everybody before ourselves. We were taught to prioritize other people's happiness in many overt and covert ways. We were taught to take up less space. And this idea of putting ourselves first was selfish and just wrong. And along the way, I think a lot of us just took ourselves out of the equation completely.
So what would it look like to put yourself first this week? Would the world genuinely stop turning? Would it make you into a completely selfish bitch? Now, I know the answer to both of those things is a definite no. I'm not gonna lie. It might feel uncomfortable. Some people might be a bit taken aback. But even just thinking about putting yourself first and where you tend to put yourself in the pecking order of life, it might be quite illuminating. We know that we have to put our own oxygen masks on first, but many of us find that really hard to follow. Yet we're so focused on all the bad shit that could come from putting ourselves first that we forget that there is even good shit to begin with. We might actually gain some time for ourselves.
We might actually be more pleasant people to be around. We might be breaking cycles and modeling the behavior to other people who really need it. And we might just like our lives a little bit more. So I say give it a go. If it feels scary, start with something really, really small. Or if you feel like going balls for the wall, go for it. Pick the safest place to start. Experiment.
Gather some evidence that the world doesn't end, and bet on yourself for once. Remember that everything changes when you believe you matter. And I can't wait to be back with you bright and early tomorrow morning.
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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.
MORE REBEL-ROUSING THIS WAY!
1369: Remove the unnecessary steps
Inspired by my view while recording this episode, today we're identifying our own unnecessary steps.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Friday to you. We have made it. Now, as I sit and record the daily prep, I'm sitting in front of my window and one of the things I can see, apart from a very industrial view of Leeds, a gate. Now, I use this gate all the time and what I realized recently is that there is a button next door to the gate. And the button it does absolutely fuck all. If you were coming up on this gate for the first time, you would assume you need to press this button in order to get it to release. And you would probably think that it did work because the gate would open. But here's the thing, the gate opens anyway.
And the reason I'm sharing this pretty boring story about a gate today, and if you've listened for more than five minutes, you'll know that there's going to be a barmy metaphor in here, it is because I want us to think about the unnecessary steps that we take in things that maybe we do every day. I know I am the queen over complicating things, and I know sometimes adding in steps can make my brain feel super productive, but they're often unnecessary. So I want you to think about your own life and your own imaginary gait and have a think about if you have any unnecessary buttons. Do you have any arbitrary rules that you have to do something before you do something else that actually doesn't really help? Are there any things that you do maybe once a week, once a month that you add unnecessary steps to or you're perhaps too perfectionist about and the things you're adding to it don't actually matter? Where are some situations where you could just open the gate and go through it rather than wasting your precious time and energy pressing a button that doesn't need to be pressed?
And I'm not talking about this from the perspective of trying to become as efficient and as productive as possible, but rather reclaiming your time and energy for the things that actually matter and giving some of you back to you. Whatever you've got going on this weekend, I hope you find some unexpected joy and delight. And I look forward to being back with you in your inbox on Sunday if you're part of my fabulous email community, or in those lovely lugholes on Monday, back for a brand new episode of the Daily Pep. I'll see you then.
Episode transcript automatically produced by Castmagic.io
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.
MORE REBEL-ROUSING THIS WAY!