1204: Maybe it's not the season
If you're feeling like you're pushing the same boulder up the same hill day after day, today I've got a different perspective that might help!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, daily peppers and a very happy Friday to you We are so close to the weekend. We made it. Before we get going, a quick reminder that my physical product, pop up shop, is live. You can go find it and see all the things at therebelrousers.com/popup or check the link in the show notes. And there, you'll find my 2025 calendar, my bookmarks, postcards, and even a weekly desk pad, all designed to give you that extra bit of rebel rousing on a daily basis. Orders close on the 5th November. So if you'd be meaning to check it out, now is the time to do so. Now on to today's show.
So one of the funny things I find about the daily pep in general is that you could listen to a whole bunch and you could get completely contradicting messages. Because sometimes we need like yesterday the firm but compassionate kick up the bum. Other times we need permission to take a break. And our journeys really aren't very linear. And part of that is because we've all got different seasons. There are times in our life that are really for pushing forward, and there's other times where we need to hibernate and conserve our energy a bit. And that's what I want to talk to you about today. If you are pushing and pushing and pushing and it still feels like you're pushing a boulder up the hill, Maybe it's time to just turn around and see what else is around you as well because it might not be the season for that particular boulder.
It could be that you're at the bottom of one hill, but you're also on the top of another hill and you could push something else down quite easily and really find your flow there. A more concrete example might be, maybe you really want to start a novel, but you're finding it so hard to face a blank page and it just feels impossible. But on the other hand you've also got this nudge to research this really specific thing that isn't anything to do with your novel. Maybe it is the season for that one instead. And maybe by focusing on something else you're gonna get all kinds of inspiration for your novel that you might not have found otherwise. And because you've stopped trying to push it so hard, it relieves some of the pressure. And one day you wake up and you're just ready to write it or you decide to write a short story and that's your way in instead. Sometimes the path we take isn't gonna be the path we thought we would take.
Sometimes we need to stop trying so hard at some things and put our focus on other things and trust that it's all part of our process. And it's also worth bearing in mind what kind of personal season you're in right now. Sometimes we're more introverted, sometimes we're more extroverted, and I love that Zora Neale Hurston quote that there are years that ask questions and years that answer. And maybe you're in slightly different a place than you thought you were, and that's not a bad thing and maybe opens even more possibilities than you previously thought. So just some things for you to think upon as you're going about your day, your life, and your projects. And know this, you are always so much further ahead than you think you are. And you are also so much more capable than you think you are. Have a fabulous weekend.
I will see you back here bright and early on Monday morning or on Sunday evening in your inbox if you sign up for my letters of rebellion, which are email newsletters I send out every week sharing my own behind the scenes of me building a life I love in the hopes it will help you too. You can sign up to them by going to therebelrousers.com/letters. I'd love you to be part of that email community. And whether I see you Sunday or Monday, I look forward to being with you again. Have a good one and take care.
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