100: Don't judge what inspires you
Find the things that inspire you and don't judge them. Today I'm sharing my love of 90s chick flick running scenes and taking the guilt out of guilty pleasures!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. You're listening to the Daily Pep, which is all about giving you the and the rebel rising you need to keep going, to keep doing your thing, and to keep putting great shit into the world. And that is what I wanna dive into today. This idea of inspiration and keeping going, I'm not judging the things that light you up and the things that inspire you. Now one of the things that makes my hair stand on end more than anything else is those really cheesy running scenes In nineties and early 2000 chick flicks. I am a sucker for Legally Blonde, Mean Girls, Ten Things I Hate About You, pretty much anything Mandy Moore is in. And one of the things I love the most in films like that are the really epic, epic moments where the main love interest realizes that they've loved them all along or that they need To go and tell them and pour their heart out to them right now, and usually it's pouring down with rain or they're in a car driving really fast and The music starts to come in and then it gets really epic. Man, I love that shit.
I don't care how cheesy it is. That stuff just, Oh, just thinking about it gives me goosebumps. And I know how deliberately they put the music together and they put the scene together, and I just love it. And the reason I'm telling you this is that we have to quit judging what inspires us. We need to quit judging ourselves and being too harsh ourselves and thinking that we have to be inspired by these great works of art because, don't get me wrong, there are so many works of art and so many different things that By me. And it'll be the same for you, but they don't need to be highbrow. They don't need to be these things we hold on a pedestal as society. They can be things that are in our everyday lives.
They can be in some really cheesy nineties chick flicks. And you don't have to defend yourself to anybody. But more than that, don't defend yourself to yourself when it comes to this stuff. The things that inspire you inspire you for a reason. And maybe it's about getting curious about what those reasons are and about how you can recreate that more often in your own life to get into the flow and to really inspire your creative work. But that curiosity comes when you stop judging yourself. So right now, I just want you to let go of all that judgment that you've got about different things that inspire you, And let's just accept the things that inspire us as they are. Maybe it's about getting in your car and blasting Hamilton as loud as you can.
Maybe it's about going back to the books you loved as a child, which aren't the ones that everybody labels as the most inspiring ones. Maybe it's like the Goosebumps series. Whatever it is, quit judging yourself. Go find those things and get reinspired. As creative people, it's hard enough to keep going as it is, let alone with all the judgment. So go find the things that inspire you. Go bring them into your life. And if you're up for sharing, I would love to hear those things over on Instagram, I’m over @megkissack, and I've put the link in the show notes.
So here's to taking the guilt out of guilty pleasures. Here's to leaning into what inspires you even if you can't quite put your finger on why. And here's to doing the work anyway no matter how hard it can be. I hope you're having a bright Tuesday, and I can't wait to see you back here tomorrow.
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