1201: Eat birthday cake for breakfast
If you need a reminder that you get to do things your own way, this one's for you!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. In case you missed it yesterday, the rebel rousers pop up shop is open, and we've got a calendar, we've got bookmarks, we've got a postcard set, and we've got a desk planner. And if you're a fan of the Daily Peppa, I think you're gonna love them. It's open until the 5th November, so you can check it out by going to the rebel riser.comforward/popup, and maybe I'll be sending you something in the mail very soon. Now on to today's show. So there's something that somebody said to me once that absolutely blew my mind. And it's this idea that we can have birthday cake not on our birthday and we can have it for breakfast. Now I grew up as a good girl.
I wanted all the gold stars, and I think many of us can relate to that. And I think it takes a lot of deprogramming and unconditioning to realize that actually we get to do things our own damn way and we also get to create what gives us the gold stars when it comes to our lives. And I think this birthday cake example just really makes me laugh because it is so simple yet so fucking obvious that if you wanted to buy yourself a birthday cake not on your birthday and seriously enjoy it, you get to do that the same way as you get to make so many different choices and decisions in your own life that you alone get to decide or you get decide what feels right for you. It's so easy to get caught up in the trap of thinking that there's a right way to do things or we have to follow the status quo. But really, we get to make our own damn rules. I don't know about you, but sometimes I find myself in a bit of a bind in terms of the there's part of me that is the good girl who wants all the gold stars. And at the same time, there's this massively rebellious part of me that knows that I get to make up the rules, and it can be really hard being caught up in the 2 worlds. But one way I think we can really challenge that whole good girl thing is to start doing things like having birthday cake for breakfast.
And I mean that literally if that feels good for you. Taking small steps to remind yourself that you have autonomy, you have freedom, and I know this might not sound that liberating, but it really is. That nobody cares as much as you do, and people aren't necessarily studying your actions as closely as you are. So for today, what is your version of eating birthday cake when it's not your birthday? What is a rule or a convention that you can break that is gonna make you feel really good or remind you that you've got more power than you think you do? So put your thinking cap on. That is my challenge for you today. Have a fabulous Tuesday, and I'll see you tomorrow.
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