1380: A compassionate approach to trying your best
What if trying your best isn't a fixed point, and you met yourself where you are? That's what we're kicking off the week with on today's episode!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Monday to you. So one of my favorite sayings that I repeated a lot earlier on in The Daily Pep, but I feel like it would be a good one to come back to, is this idea that your best doesn't look the same every day. Think of it a bit like this. If you're packing for a holiday, you can have a good idea of what the climate's going to be, what the weather will be like, but you don't know it for sure. So you pack quite a few different variations. You might have different layers, you might have things that you suspect you won't need, but you'd rather take just in case. And that's all part of the process. You have hopes, but you also know that sometimes your expectations aren't met and you'd rather be a bit prepared. Yet how often do we do that with our own days? I know for me, if I have a really productive day, rather than savoring it for what it is, I immediately build the expectation on this being my new normal. And when I fall short, which I often do, I use it as another stick to beat myself with.
And I've got a feeling a lot of us might be pretty good at that around here. Using our successes and our wins as a way to push ourselves harder and putting the bar even higher. But the same way you'd pack a variety of clothes for holiday. There are so many different ways to have a day, both on your holiday and just in everyday life. Sometimes there's a storm that just comes out of nowhere other days it's just pleasantly nice and you're surprised, and other days you're just not really feeling it, regardless of what the weather is outside. And that's okay. So as we kick off a brand new week, I invite you to think about having different definitions of success for yourself on different days. For example, knowing that it's going to take a hell of a lot longer to get stuff done when you're burnt out than when you're not and just thinking about what it looks like to align your days a bit more with your energy levels and your own internal weather. Some days, your best days, look like thriving, sometimes they look like surviving. And I think one thing that could help all of us is trying to remove the moral judgment from them. We all have different days. We're not a better person because we get more shit done and our self worth is not reliant on our productivity.
So check in with your own internal weather today and dress accordingly. Plan accordingly and meet yourself where you are rather than where you think you should be. Have a good one, and I'll see you tomorrow.
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