103: You are leaving your mark
Today I want to remind you that you are making your mark even if you don't feel like it. Making your mark happens incrementally over time so today I'm sharing two ways for you to see your impact!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Friday to you. It is the end of the week, the weekend is nearly here, and I am so excited to celebrate that with you. And today we're diving into all things making your mark, which is something we're pretty passionate about over here. This idea of leaving the world a brighter place and just generally doing what we can to make our lives that bit more joyful and more wholehearted. Now, talking about making a mark and leaving your mark, that is exactly what I want to dive in with you today. As creative and multi passionate women, one of the things that we really, really care about is finding our purpose and our calling and making a difference in the world and really leaving some kind of mark on the world. And that can often feel really intimidating. We can get really stuck on what that purpose or what that calling is.
I work with so many clients on figuring that out and really finding the things that only they can do. And, and also we can really struggle when it comes to the momentum of keeping going and the motivation side of things. So for today's pep talk, I just want to remind you that when it comes to leaving your mark, it is going to look different every day. Your mark doesn't have to always be this huge permanent marker. Sometimes the mark you leave on a day will be more of a faint line of a pencil. Some days it will be a highlighter somewhere. It will be somewhere in between. And that's not only okay, but that is, that is how it just happens.
Because making your mark happens incrementally over time. It's one of these huge life goals that you can't just solve through one project, through one day or through one moment, but because it happens incrementally over time, so often we can't see the extent to which we're making our mark. Sometimes we go through periods where it feels like we're literally making a mark with the lightest pencil possible. Sometimes we can't even see the mark we're making. We don't even imagine that there's even a dot on the paper. And that can be. That can feel pretty shitty. That can really affect our enthusiasm, our motivation, and we can get pretty disillusioned and feel pretty stuck.
So today I really just want to emphasize that, that point about how you make your mark gradually over time, while you might not feel like you're making the biggest mark right now, whether you're having one of those days where it feels like you're where you've got a huge pink fluorescent marker and then you have other days where you have those kind of tiny IKEA pencils that we all collect when we go to the store. Regardless of what kind of days you've been having lately, I really want to tell you that when you look back at the bigger picture, when you stand back and you can see all of the different marks and how they come together, when you can get that kind of perspective, you'll probably be surprised and have a bit of a holy shit moment, because all these days, the significant ones, the ones that feel really insignificant, they really do add up to this much bigger picture. But perhaps you're too in it right now to see that. So I want to leave you with two things. Number one, keep going even though you can't see the amazing mark that you're making and how they all come together. And number two, maybe it's time that you step back and try and get a bit of a bird's eye view. It can be really hard to keep going when you don't feel like you're making a difference or you don't feel like you're making your mark. But trust me, you are.
So do something this weekend to acknowledge that. I know sometimes being a creative person, being a multi passionate, glorious, fabulous woman, it can be so hard to get an objective view on our work because we're so close to it. And it can be so hard to see the forest from the trees. But see if you can just take some time and gather some perspective and look at your work not in terms of exactly what you're working on right now on a project by project basis, but really get that bird's eye view. And I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised. The truth is, is that you are making a mark on the world. And even on the days where you don't even feel the pencil hit the paper, you are inspiring people without even knowing it. And I want to leave you this weekend with a Dr. Seuss quote that I've got on a plaque in my office that always makes me smile. And it's this one. Be who you are and say what you feel. Because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Have a great weekend. Do something for you and remember that everything really does change when you believe you matter.
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