010: It's okay to not feel like doing the thing
In our heads, I think most of us create this fantasy where everyone gets everything they want to do done, apart from us. So today I want to remind you that you’re not alone.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and welcome to another episode of The Daily Pep. The only podcast, the only daily podcast for creative and multi passionate women. So this morning, I set a timer for fifty minutes to come up with two episode ideas for the daily pep. I got down to the last fifteen minutes, and in that time, I cleared my desktop. I read a couple of articles in Flow magazine to try and get inspired. I tried to find some extra inspiration by looking at some books of quotes. I also got seriously sidetracked when I realized Kesha's tour in The UK and started looking at when and where she's performing. And I spent a good deal of time with my eyes glossed over, not really doing or thinking of anything.
And you know what? Sometimes you won't feel like doing the thing, and that is just okay. Sometimes it just is about showing up and staying the course. Sometimes that's the best you can do, even if it looks like you're doing nothing or even if you are literally doing nothing. Sometimes your best is just sitting there for the carved amount of time, even if you get sidetracked by other things, and being seriously fucking compassionate to yourself. In our heads, I think most of us create this fantasy where everyone gets everything they want to do apart from us. In this imaginary world, everyone has these wonderful routines and habits they never fail at, and they sit down and just do the work, and everything is fine and dandy. But there on the outer edge of the world in failure forest is you, all alone struggling and wondering what on earth is wrong with you. Today, I wanna remind you that you are not alone.
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The last time I checked, Elizabeth Day's How to Fail podcast literally has thousands of reviews on iTunes. There are also countless listicles rating the best books on failure, and that's not even to get started on the world of habits and routines. As humans, we are fascinated with the idea of failure, but so rarely do you recognize that it's a universal experience. If you get caught up in failing, and I'm doing air quotes so you can't see them, and beating yourself up, the chances of you showing up again tomorrow is unlikely. I remember interviewing Maria Jill Oldomollins for episode 21 of Courage Makers, And in it, she said, and I'm gonna paraphrase here, feeling shitty about feeling shitty doesn't help anything. And that has just always stuck with me. So whatever you're procrastinating on, whatever isn't getting done, and whatever it is you're currently beating yourself up about, today, just try to be okay with it. I don't know about you, but I would much rather do something imperfectly than not do it at all.
I would much rather have the frustrating days when nothing much happens and get up and try again tomorrow than give up and wonder what might have been. So know that you're not alone, that it's better to try again tomorrow than to throw the towel in altogether. Remember, we all struggle with this shit. No matter who we are, we all see ourselves as the one on the outside sitting in the Vale Of Forest. To end the episode on a bit of a spoiler, you might just find that in the process, learning to be okay with not feeling like doing the thing is the very thing that reignites your inspiration. Thank you for listening to the daily pep. And if you're enjoying the show so far, go give it some love on iTunes. Stay tuned for tomorrow's daily pep where we're talking about the creative power of being pissed off.
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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
