1236: Ripping off the band-aid

It’s time to take back our power against creative resistance!

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. Now, I know that I'm not the only one that really struggles doing the things that I want to do. For example, I wanna do a whole lot more writing and I wanna make some polymer clay earrings but I rarely make time for it. The creative resistance is real. I always manage to talk myself out of it, and then it becomes this thing that is really intimidating, and I've truly made a mountain out of a molehill. But today, I wanna give both of us a bit of a compassionate kick up the bum to do something we've wanted to do by the end of the year. And I'm suggesting this for two reasons. Number 1, it can be a really good way of taking the power back from our internal dream shitter so that instead of us telling ourselves, well, you want to do it all this time and you haven't done it and making that into a massive negative story about ourselves, we can say, no.

Actually, I did do it. And second, it makes going back to it easier. It is a bit like pulling the plaster or the Band Aid off. The first time probably will be a lot harder, but you might also remember why you want to do it in the 1st place. And that has definitely been the case for me this week. I've really wanted all year to really make time to sit down and write and also just get my polymer clay out, but I've barely done that this year. And this weekend was the first time I've got my polymer clay out for the entire year. And, yes, it was uncomfortable, but I also, for both of those things, realized just why I want to do them.

And it also makes it so much easier to go back to them. And I'll share with you something that I found incredibly helpful, and that is making the definition of success for both of those things simply the showing up. I didn't have to create anything wonderful. I wasn't defining my success based on my creation. It was just literally the making myself sit there and do it. So what is something that you'd be really grateful for just having done and ripped off the band aid for this year? How can we lower the resistance and sit with discomfort for a little while and move through the resistance? If you've been meaning to get back to yoga, maybe it's as simple as getting your mat out, sitting on it, and watching a YouTube video, not even doing any of the moves. If it is something more artistic like getting back to painting, maybe it's as simple as getting your paintbrushes out and testing the different colors you've got. We wanna really lower the bar here knowing that creative resistance can be incredibly confronting, making success achievable, and also allowing ourselves to feel proud when we've done it because it is something to feel proud of even if it feels really small.

So that's all from me today on the daily pet. I can't wait to be back with you as always bright and early tomorrow morning or with you in person ish on Zoom on Wednesday for our fuck off 2024 workshop. And if you've been meaning to get your ticket, now is the time. And you can do that by going to the rebel rousers.comforward/fuckoff2024, or click the handy link in the show notes. Have a fabulous rest of your Tuesday, and I really hope you find some unexpected joy today. Take care.

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