1597: There’s no such thing as perfect timing
Sassy Meg is back this hump day with a friendly check-in around valid reasons and flimsy excuses!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Wednesday to you. So I am popping in today with a sassy one for Hump Day to share with you something that I know my brain often needs to hear and I think yours might too. And it's that there is no such thing thing as perfect timing. It can be so tempting to put off things that we really want to do or things that really scare us because things aren't quite lining up or they're not quite perfect. But sometimes we just have to say fuck it and go for it. I know for me, I can look back at my life with a certain sense of grief, of the things I didn't do because I was just too scared to do them, or I kept putting them off to the mythical someday where it might make sense or be less scary. And fucking hell, I wish I'd just done so many things. Now, to be clear, this isn't about just going for things for the sake of it, but rather giving ourselves a firm but compassionate push towards the scary things that we can always talk ourselves out of.
Because the truth is there will always be a reason not to do something. But there is a difference between a valid reason and a bit of a flimsy excuse. And we tend to know the difference. Now we know that there are just seasons in our life where it's not the time to do the thing. Sometimes life deals us a bit of a difficult or a different hand than we thought might happen and we have to put plans on the back burner because that is the most sensible and compassionate thing we can do for ourselves. But there are other times where, and I've definitely done it too, we will cling to the tiniest and sometimes most insignificant reason to just keep us from doing the scary thing. Now by doing the scary thing, it doesn't necessarily become less scary. But I know for me, I've learned it the hard way many years later where I found out that my definition of failure wasn't landing on my face, but it was just not going for it in the first place.
So this hump day, I invite you to have a shit ton of grace with yourself and have a bit of an honest think about valid reasons versus excuses. Make sure that you're not putting something off because you're waiting for the perfect moment. Remember that you are so much more resourced and so much more capable than you already think you are, and that we rarely feel truly ready. That is a complete myth and sometimes we just have to say fuck it and go for it. So here's to tuning in to yourself. Have a fabulous hump day, and I'll be back with you again bright and early tomorrow. Take care.
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