1230: Two helpful December reminders
If your inner critic is playing you the Best Of Things You Didn't Do This Year on repeat, listen up!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers. And a very happy Monday to you. So I think it's fair to say we have officially reached the time of the year where we tend to be extra hard on ourselves. For so many of us, we would much rather hibernate than do pretty much anything else. We're fresh out of fucks left to give. Yet it's like our dream shitter is playing a best of tape of all the things we said we were gonna do this year that we didn't. So in case that tape is playing very loud or on repeat, I wanna share 2 things with you that I've got a feeling you might need to hear. Number 1 is, as you're comparing what you did do this year versus all the things that you plan to do or wanted to do, Spare a moment for all of the unexpected shit that came up along the way that you dealt with because you have to, and that counts for unexpected joy as well.
January you cannot possibly guess what the year is gonna entail. Every year, we do and deal with so many more things than we realize, yet we have such a narrow view on what we got done because we are comparing it to such a small list of things that we set months ago. So that is my first reminder for you. And the second reminder is this. You don't know what you don't know. When we're setting goals, we do not know all of the things that a project or a goal entails. It's only until we do the thing that we figure out just how many steps are involved, the bits that are way trickier or take much longer than we thought, and also the resistance that comes up too. You don't know what you don't know, and that is not some kind of personal failure.
That is just a matter of fact. So I think it's only fair we give ourselves room for error, and we also give ourselves a shit ton of grace. The truth is for many people, this has been a hard year. One of my favorite workshops that I do every year is a workshop where we say fuck off to the year. We let go of the pressure, the guilt, and the shame. We find all of the gold flex, and it is such a confidence boosting workshop. But the thing is, when I first did it in 2020, I was so excited to do the fuck off 2020 workshop, then the next year, do a fuck year 2021 workshop. But the truth is, we've had the fuck off 2020 workshop, 21, 22, 23, and now we're having fuck off 2024 because life has just been hard.
At this point of the year where we are all so exhausted from the year, pushing ourselves is probably gonna end up with diminishing returns. So where you can, take the pressure off. And if you want a really, really good, warm, wholehearted, wholesome, but also sassy boost of confidence to end the year, my fuck off 2024 workshop is happening next Wednesday. It is honestly amazing how we turn the year around within a space of 2 hours. I would love, love, love to see you there, and you can find out more by going to the rebelrousers./ fuck off 2024. And I've put the link in the show notes as well. So here's to remembering that you don't know what you don't know, and that's not something to beat yourself up about. And alongside the things that you didn't do, look at all the things that you have done that weren't even on the list.
I hope you have a cosy start to your week. If you need to, just do the bare minimum and remember that everything changes when you believe you matter.
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