091: Small maps + finding your path
So often we build ourselves up for creating things and it can feel overwhelming. But what if you could make something everyday? And what if you were doing it already?! That's what we're diving into for today's pick me up!
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Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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090: A helpful sandwich analogy
We all have things we don't want to do, things we wish we could put off or things we the doing. Today I'm sharing a helpful tool to help make doing these things a bit easier.
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you. Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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089: It's not just about the pivotal moments
Sometimes it can be hard to keep going and keep the momentum. So how do you capture your progress along the way, not just at pivotal moments? That's what we're diving into in today's episode of The Daily Pep!
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you. Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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088: Make your future self grateful
Today I'm sharing a question that helps you prioritise things, puts things in perspective and get you that bit closer to the person you'd love to be.
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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087: Be fabulously you
You don't have to make yourself smaller to make someone else feel bigger, or make yourself fit into a box to make someone else feel comfortable. Today we're embracing your fabulous self!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Thursday to you. You're listening to the daily pet, which is the only daily podcast, the creative and multi passionate women. Wanna get out of their own way and put Epic share into the world. Now when it comes to building a life you love and doing your own thing, let's not beat around the bush. It can be a bit lonely. There are some people who don't understand why we do what we do or why we want the life we want. And some people, it doesn't matter how many different ways we try and explain what we do. They just don't get it.
For me, I've lost count of the amount of conversations I've had where I meet someone and they asked me what I do. I tried to explain it, and they drop off before the end of the first sentence. Sometimes when you don't fit easily into a box or easily into a job title, it makes other people uncomfortable. and it can make you feel a bit shitty and just add to the loneliness. So for today's pep talk, I just want to tell you that it's not your job to make other people feel people. Here's the funny thing. As society, we root for the underdog. We really cheer on nonconformity We really hold up the people who are doing things differently.
But sometimes when it comes to meeting one of those people in real life that don't do things the way that they quote should do, It's another story altogether. So if you're in that boat and a lot of us are, I just want to encourage you that No matter how tempting it sometimes is. Never fit yourself into a box because it feels easier or because you get so sick of the bee knees faces. The truth is that those people are not your people. It can be so frustrating when other people don't get what you do. And sometimes it can feel like a battle. On the one hand, you want more than anything to fit in and belong. On the other hand, you want to stand out and be different.
And sometimes it feels like a constant struggle as to which one's gonna win, but sometimes you have to face up to the truth. that you can't fit in unless you're willing to compromise so much of what makes you you, and make yourself smaller to make other people feel comfortable. The irony is if you did try everything you could to fit in, you'd feel like a fraud anyway because that just wouldn't be what is authentic to you. You might think that it would solve all your problems, but I'm sorry, but it won't. It can be a really horrible feeling. -- feeling like you don't fit in or that no one is ever gonna get you, but your people are out there. And the world needs you exactly as you are, even though sometimes you don't feel welcome, you get those bemused faces. and you feel like you have to explain your life and your life choices to everyone.
You do not. You do not have to make anybody feel comfortable. Is not your job to explain your life choices or justify the reasons why you do the things you do? There is no one out there like you and no one who can bring to the world exactly what you do in the way you do it. Here's the thing that I often come back to. There are so many things I wouldn't have done if I felt like I fit in or I felt like everybody got me, from the word go. I would have never started the daily pap nor the code maker's podcast. I would never have sought out the things that make me happy, like laughter yoga, performance, poetry, and country music. I wouldn't have found Mr Meg, who I met in 2002, where we bonded over our feeling of not fitting in and, obviously, emo music, and I wouldn't have owned my skills and talents like I did. And the same is true for you. There are things and experiences you never would have had if you fit in. If you confirmed you would have had to give up so many of the things that make you you, and you wouldn't be 2 thirds of the person you are today. Your difference is what sets the world on fire. And you are so much stronger than you think because of it. You just can't get through years of feeling like nobody gets you or that you don't fit in, That being strong and standing up for yourself, even if that is just in your head. So here's to never making yourself smaller to make somebody else feel bigger.
Here's to not fit in into a box, and here's to finding your people. If you're wondering where all the like minded women are hanging out, Go and check out the Couragemaker's podcast, which is a daily pep's sister podcast, where there are so many women sharing their own journeys, have not fallen into a box, their dreams, their fears, and all the things they've learned along the way. I've put the link to The Couragemaker's Podcast in the show notes. Here's to being fabulously you, and I can't wait to be back with you here tomorrow.
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.
If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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086: Fear is along for the ride
Today we're debunking the myth of being fearless and diving into how to tune into the voice of your inner rebel-rouser.
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own dreamshitter, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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085: A realistic way to take things slower
We've all rolled our eyes at the expression 'take your foot off the pedal' because as nice as it would be, it's just not possible for everyone. Today I'm offering up a more realistic way to take things slower and be more gentle with yourself.
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A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!
The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you. Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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084: What if it's just a blip?
Today I'm sharing a question that has really help me during some hard times, and a reminder to you that sometimes the boat can feel a bit rocky without it sinking.
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083: Making goal-setting personal
Today I'm sharing a more compassionate way of setting goals and setting yourself up for success. It’s something we so often overlook but it can make all the difference!
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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082: Getting over the fear of the blank page
The idea of starting with a blank page can be pretty scary, so today I want to offer you an antidote to that, that you can come back to time and time again.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Thursday to you. You're listening to the Daily Pep, which is the only daily podcast for creative and multi passionate women. And today we're diving into something that we all struggle with, and that is the fear of the blank page. Now, this could be quite literal if you are a writer or an artist, or maybe it's starting a new project or starting some kind of new endeavor, which on one hand feels really exciting, but on the other hand feels pretty terrifying. Now, whether it's literally a blank page or not, it's fair to say it can be pretty overwhelming. The idea of starting with nothing can leave us feeling pretty much just stuck and it can take away any sense of progress and just stop us in our tracks and really put a dampener on our momentum. So today I want to offer you an antidote to that and I want to give you a question that I think will help the next time you're facing a blank page, the next time you have no ideas, or the next time you feel uninspired and need a bit of that momentum back. And the question is this.
What do you wish existed in the world? What is something you would love to see more of? What's something that isn't talked about enough? What is a story that you would love to see in the world? What is one thing that you just crave, that you just can't get enough of or that just simply doesn't exist? Because there will always be people who are after the very things you crave? So much of the time we think that we're facing our struggles alone, but the truth is that whatever you're struggling with or whatever you wish existed in the world, there are other people craving the exact same thing. So many of the things that you listen to, you watch, you read, or you look at, they're created with this very question in mind. I know I created the Daily Pet because it was the one thing that I craved and the one thing that I wish existed. I to help me keep going as a creative and multi passionate woman. The things you wish existed in the world often say a lot about you, and often they're things that only you can do. You get to make it as you as possible. You get to have fun. You get to inject your humor, your stories, your experiences, and the combination of all of those things and your skills and your strengths that combine in a way that means they are completely unique to you.
So the next time you get stuck, have a think about what you wish existed. And then whatever medium you create with. Go make something like we were talking about yesterday. Making things doesn't have to be this huge momentous thing, and the thing that you wish existed in the world doesn't have to be this huge purposeful thing that saves the planet. It can be something that you wish existed that would make you laugh. It doesn't have to be a masterpiece. It doesn't have to be the final thing you create. It can just be a great jumping off point.
It can be really simple and it can be really tiny. But use this as a starting off point and just see where it takes you. And I can't wait to see what you create. As always, you can reach me over on Instagram egkisak or you can email me@megathumbingbirdlife.com while sometimes it might take me a bit longer than I'd like to respond because I'm a one woman band, please know that you will get a response and I love hearing from you. Have a fabulous day, Daily Peppers, and I can't wait to see you back here tomorrow.
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ABOUT THE DAILY PEP! PODCAST
A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!
The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.
If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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081: Make something everyday
So often we build ourselves up for creating things and it can feel overwhelming. But what if you could make something everyday? And what if you were doing it already?! That's what we're diving into for today's pick me up!
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New episodes launch 6am GMT, Monday through Friday
A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!
The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own dreamshitter, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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080: Overcoming the fear of living outside the box
There is so much self-doubt, questioning and frustration that comes with doing your own thing. Today we're diving into how to overcome that fear and embracing living outside the box!
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A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!
A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!
The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you. Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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079: On trying your best
Today I'm sharing something that took me a long time to learn but changed a lot of things when I did learn it!
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you. Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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078: Not everyone will get what you do (and that's okay!)
Follow your curiosity, follow whichever path feels right to you, and dare to forge your own path, unapologetically. In today's episode, I'm sharing a question I used to bug my Dad about, and how I'd answer my own question all these years later.
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New episodes air every Monday - Friday 6AM GMT
A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!
The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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077: You are enough
When you're feeling stress, the first thing you often focus on is how much more you have to do and push yourself harder. But sometimes the most kind AND effective thing you can do is take your foot off the pedal.
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A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!
The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.
If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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076: What would create if no one was judging?
Sometimes we get so stuck in worrying what about what other people might think about what we’re doing. So today I want to save you time in the future by sharing something that took me a long time to learn, but really helped me to turn a corner.
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own dreamshitter, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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075: Your creativity is never wasted
Whether you’re starting again or whether you’re choosing to pursue a different project, everything you learn and everything you put into your creativity is never wasted. Here’s why.
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you. Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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074: There is not just one path
If you’re struggling with your path, if you wonder if there is one true path, this episode is for you. Here’s to not having to be ONE thing.
145: Changing Paths & Giving Yourself Permission with Katie Sullivan
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you. Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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073: You can't do creativity wrong
So much of the reason we find to hard to start or carry on with creative projects is because we fear getting it wrong. But what if you knew that creativity by definition is impossible to do wrong?
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A short, snappy and sassy daily podcast to keep your internal - and external - dreamshitters at bay!
The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women. If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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072: You’re not in high school anymore
You get to choose who you spend time with and who you surround yourself with. That's what we're diving into in today's daily pep!
Resources:
The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck - Sarah Knight
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” - Alice Walker
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Thursday to you. I'm Meg Kissack and I am so excited to start the day with you and thank you for tuning in for the Daily Pep. So if you clicked on this episode thinking that I was going to tell you to grow up and get serious, then you are definitely listening to the wrong podcast. This is all about Rebel Rising over here, and today we are celebrating the fact that you're not in high school anymore and what that means for how you get to choose to live your life now. I don't know about you, but high school was not an amazing experience for me. If you are pretty much a creative weirdo and you are a deep thinker and an empath and you've got your own way of doing things and you want to blaze your own trail, it is not the easiest time. But all of that aside, there's something separate that I really want to focus on today. Back when we're in school, we are put in with a group of people that we have no control over.
Whether we get on with the people, whether they're good for us, whether they make us feel like shit, it is pretty much irrelevant and there's not much you can do about it. But you're not in high school anymore, and you get to choose who you spend your time with. And maybe more importantly, you get to choose who you don't spend your time with. What I really want to remind you today is that you've got so much more choice over your life than you think you do. And we get caught up in comparing our lives and looking at what other people are doing that we might as well be back in high school. But you are no longer there. You no longer have to spend time with with the people that don't make you feel great. You get to choose who to surround yourself with.
And you've got so many more tools to deal with stuff now. You've got every right to put down boundaries. You've got every right to cut people from your life, and you get to walk out the door and not look back if that's what you need to do. Life is way too short to be spending it with people who make you feel shitty, with people that don't care about what you do and people who don't support the path you're on. And it doesn't have to be that drastic. You also don't have to make time for people that you've grown apart from or people that you have naturally drifted away from. You are older, you are wiser and you get to stand up for yourself. This reminds me of the title of the book by Sarah Knight called the the Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck.
In particular, this bit, which I come back to time and time again. Stop spending time you don't have doing things you don't want to do with people you don't like. Now, I don't know about you, but that makes a lot of sense to me. You are not in high school anymore. You have way more control over who you spend time with. And for the people that are in your life that you'd rather not be, but maybe their co workers or family and it's a bit more complicated. You get to put down pretty fucking clear boundaries. You get to decide how much of an influence they're gonna have on you.
And you get to decide to say fuck it and realize that their opinion of you really, really doesn't matter. I want to end today's episode with this quote by the phenomenal Alice Walker. And it's this. You. No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow. Remember that. And remember that everything changes when you believe you matter. Have a great rest of your day, stand up for yourself, put boundaries in place, and I'll see you back here tomorrow.
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The Daily Pep! is the rebel-rousing, daily podcast for couragemakers, creative, multi-passionate and unconventional women.
If you’re surrounded by people who don’t get who you are or what you do, if you want reminders you’re on the right path (no matter how scary it feels), or you’re sick of being your very own worst enemy, this is the podcast for you.
Every weekday, your host - writer, coach and professional rebel-rouser - Meg Kissack helps you build a creative and wholehearted life, one day at a time. Through short and snappy insights, reminders and stories, The Daily Pep! is here to remind you you’re not alone, and that everything changes when you believe you matter. Each episode is short and snappy, designed to fit in with (or help you start) your habits and routines
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