1407: Get back on the horse!

Today's Daily Pep! is your nudge to get back on the horse!

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday. And a very happy hump day to you. So at the beginning of the week, it had been around three weeks since I've recorded a new episode of the Daily Pep, and despite doing it for five years, I was still nervous to go back to it because I thought I might have completely forgotten what I was doing and maybe I just wouldn't be able to do it. And I know I am not alone in this. In terms of so many of us have taken a break from things and the idea of getting back to it feels so impossible and we wonder if we've just lost it when in reality we do the thing and it is just like riding a bike very often. I mean, not in all cases, but in a lot of cases, thinking about doing the thing is so much worse than actually doing it, especially if we've done it before. So many of us completely discount muscle memory and we also disregard our experiences because we focused on the times that we didn't do it versus the many times that we've shown up. And if you're listening to this, as somebody who's thinking of starting doing something for the very first time, I really encourage you to see it as an experiment.

And rather than thinking about whether you're going to be good at it, test it out and see if you enjoy it first. So much of the time, we completely leave joy out of the measures of our success. But actually enjoying what you do is pretty damn important. So if there's something that you haven't done for a while, whether that is because of circumstances or because of choice, and you want to get back to it, but it's feeling a bit scary. This is your sign to get back on the horse and remember that you don't have to come out swinging with some massive race. You can just trot around the stables a bit, get yourself familiar and see what it feels like. Our inner dream shitters can often have an absolute field day when it comes to returning to something. And as we know, our inner dream shitter is full of shit and will come up with so many reasons to stop you from doing the thing.

But our inner dream shitters are also full of horseshit. They will say whatever they need to to stop us from doing the thing. They are absolutely not afraid to go for the jugular. But that certainly doesn't mean that all of this is true. The reality is, when I went back to recording the Daily Pet this week with my dream shitter screaming at me that I didn't know what I was doing and it would be awful and I'd forgotten everything. Although I had to coax myself a little bit, as soon as I plugged the microphone in and opened the software and press record, I remembered that this is something I just do. Yes, I was a bit resty. Yes, it took a little bit of time to get back into the flow of things, but muscle memory kicked in and the doing was so much less scary than the thinking about doing had been.

So come join me in getting back on the horse. You can do it. Your inner dream shitter is a liar. And start with a stroll rather than a massive sprint and you might just remember the joy of why you do this in the first place. Go give it a go. And remember, as always, that everything changes when you believe you better.

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