050: It doesn't have to be the Sistine Chapel
We're all scared of failure, but what if true failure is never trying to begin with? Today I'm sharing the one thing that's much more important than creating the greatest thing to have ever been made.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers! You're listening to The Daily Pep, the only daily podcast for creative and multi-passionate women who want to build a wholehearted life that they absolutely love. I'm your host, Meg Kissack. And I am so excited you're here. One of the things that I think trips us up the most when it comes to our creative work, or it comes to doing any of our goals or achieving any of our dreams, is our belief that they have to be these epic, amazing things straight off the bat. We've all been there. We've had this idea or this creative project that we can't wait to start, and we're really excited about it. But when we get to actually starting, the fear becomes paralyzing. We're so scared that our abilities won't match what we have in our head.
We fear that we can't pull it off, and our fear of failure colors everything. We get to the point where we start believing it's safer and more logical not to start in the first place, because that way we don't taint our vision and our vision remains this neat and tidy box inside of our head that is there for another day. But our brains have such a funny way of looking at failure. If you think about it, never starting or never even trying to take your vision out of your head and putting it into the world, surely that is where the failure comes into it. Maybe failure is just not starting in the first place. We all naturally get better at things the more we practice it, and I say this all from a place of compassion, but if you're too scared to even practice in the first place, then you have no room for improvement because there's nothing to improve. And I think more importantly, no room to really dive into the joy that is bringing your vision to life and seeing it exist in the real world. So today I just want to remind you that it is okay to have shitty first drafts, and what you create does not have to be the Sistine Chapel.
You do not have to make the greatest thing the world has ever seen. You do not have to make the most original thing the world has ever seen. But you do need to start somewhere. So stop overthinking it. Stop getting caught up in the the very real trap that is perfectionism and just find somewhere to start. There will always be excuses as well as very valid reasons to put it off till later. It is always going to be scary to take your vision and put it out into the world and risk it not coming out exactly as you imagined it. But in the grand scheme of things, the much scarier thing is this idea of going through life with songs unsung inside you always wondering what if, and never even seeing what the results might have been.
So take the pressure off, start somewhere, and please remember, it does not have to be the fucking Sistine Chapel. It really truly doesn't. Have a fabulous Tuesday, and I cannot wait to see you back here tomorrow. Take care.
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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
