1071: A messy pep talk!
Today we're all about embracing our wonderful, messy, inconsistent selves!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers. And a very happy Tuesday to you. So I don't know about you, but one thing I'm really good at is having an existential crisis. I can have a really good idea that I love one day, and the next day I can be absolutely tearing it to shreds. And rather than think about the different stuff I've got going on in my life and how that might be influencing that, I just buy into that thought hook, line, and then sinker. The fact that I might not have slept very well and I don't really have energy for the idea doesn't come into it. The fact that there's something going on in my personal life and maybe I'm a bit frustrated, that doesn't come into it either. I just assume that the idea is shit, and I just go by whatever I'm feeling that day.
Now I'm a huge fan of compassionate productivity and being led by what feels good to us. But I think we also need to be a little bit discerning of how we feel about something scary, a project we're doing, a decision we're making on a day to day basis. Because as humans, we are fabulously inconsistent beings. Some days things feel amazing, some days they feel utter shite and it might not actually be to do with the situation itself. That might not have changed, but different external factors might have. What I'm trying to say here is that just because you don't feel good about an idea or a project one day, doesn't mean that the project is just bullshit. Because you haven't got the energy to do something another day doesn't mean that you're not gonna do it. Give yourself grace for being the fabulous, imperfect, messy human that you are and that we all are.
The same way some people say don't go to bed in an argument. Don't believe your inner critic when you're tired because it is speaking more bullshit than normal and it also pokes even harder at the most tender spots because it spots an opportunity. So if you're making any big decisions, see what you feel like over the course of a week and take into account the other context of your life. See what patterns come up and remember that some shit days really are just a blip and treat them accordingly. So that is my messy pep talk for you today. Have a good Tuesday. I can't wait to see you tomorrow. And remember, my darlings, that everything changes when you believe you matter.
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1069: How to recognise your wins (and why it's so important!)
Our brains only ever tend to focus on what we HAVEN'T done, so no wonder it can feel hard to keep at it. Today I'm sharing a practice to help you acknowledge your wins, and the why behind it!
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1068: Is it you (or is it really your inner critic?)
If your inner critic is louder than normal, and you need a bit of a reminder - listen 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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1067: Have you plugged it in?
If your brain loves problem solving, and you’re also a bit of an overthinker (like me!), today we’re going back to basics.
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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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1066: Nooks and crannies
We all tend to do a spring clean of our physical environment, but not so much our mental environment. It’s time to spring clean our brains!
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1063: Take off your sh*t tinted glasses
We’re often the most reliable narrator when it comes to our own life, so today we’re taking off our sh*t tinted glasses, and putting on the honest ones instead!
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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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1060: You can't hate yourself into becoming someone you love
We’re kicking off this week with a sassy, but compassionate, reminder which while it might not be easy, it’s true.
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1059: A question to end the week
If you need a prod to be kinder to yourself, today’s question will help.
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1057: Let's talk about the paths we do travel
For today’s pep talk I’m sharing a story to remind you of the choices you do have, and to put yourself back into the equation!
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1056: Find your breadcrumbs
If you’re feeling lost, or need a reminder of who you are - today I’ve got just the thing for you!
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1054: What can you say no to?
To kick off this weekend, I’ve got a challenge to help you look after future you!
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1053: You can't be on top of everything
All of our to-do-lists and someday piles are fit to burst. Today we’re taking an unconventional, and slightly uncomfortable, approach to ALL the things we have to do.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Thursday to you. So today, I wanna bust a myth that I think all of us bite into. And that can really keep us stuck and trapped and from doing the things that we really want to do. And that's this idea of being on top of it all. For so many of us, we put so many things on the someday pile to be done or to have our attention when we feel on top of it all or when we've got everything sorted. And a lot of the time, it's almost like we live for that moment. It becomes a carrot that we are always chasing yet never quite reach. Now for each and every one of us, being on top of it is gonna look differently.
We all have wildly different lives, and we probably all have an image of ourselves that we hold in our head of some future version of us where we are on top of it all and we've got it sorted. But to burst our bubble, if we were to go to that version of ourselves, the amount of time that we would stay on top of it would probably be very, very limited because life simply goes on. There are always more things to be done. There's always another load of washing. And so many of the tasks and the things that we have to do aren't one and done, but they are cyclical and they are infinite. So now that we've burst that bubble, I wanna create another bubble. And it's this idea of the liberation and the freedom that can come with accepting that we're never gonna be on top of everything, and that is okay. There's this part in the book four thousand weeks by Oliver Burkeman where he talks about his ambition to reach inbox zero.
And what he found was the more he tried, the more he was in his inbox, and the more emails he actually received and the harder it became. And I think there is a point where we try to be on top of things to the point that it almost becomes counterproductive because we just end up with more shit and the someday pile gets even further away. And this is what gets me excited because I think if we can kind of come to accept that we're never gonna be on top of things or our to do list is never gonna be empty or we're never gonna be done with everything, then we get to take some of those someday things and do them now. We do not have to punitively hold them hostage until we become this idealized version of ourselves. And, yes, it's probably gonna be messy at times, but we can do some of those things now. The projects that we have and the things that we most want to do do not have to be things that we have to earn because as long as they are, chances are we will keep moving the goalposts because the goalposts always move, and we'll never get around to them. And that would just be really sad. And I wanna end this episode with the truth.
Nobody is on top of all their shit, no matter how it looks and no matter how hard they try to make it look otherwise. And I think if we try to be really completionist about life and we also operate in a way that something is wrong with us because everybody else is doing everything, then I think we're in for a long, grueling ride. And I don't think any of us want that. So here's to being messy, imperfect humans. Here's to not being on top of our shit. I can tell you right now, I am not on top of my shit. Yet I've tried so long and so hard to be. And the only thing I succeeded in doing is putting all my hopes and dreams last and making myself a bit miserable.
But when I try to not do everything, that's when I have fun. That's when life feels a lot more meaningful. And the last time I checked, the world didn't end. So play around with it, see how it feels for you, this idea of being okay with not being on top of everything. And I hope it lightens your load too. I'll see you tomorrow.
Podcast transcript produced by Castmagic.io
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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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1051: Do or ditch!
Our dreamsh*tter is a massive fan of highlighting all the little things we haven’t got done, so for today’s episode, we’re doing something radical.
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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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1050: Do something - just because!
We tend to be people that seriously get sh*t done around here, so for today’s episode we’re diving into what it might look like to do something, just for the sake of it!
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1049: Let's talk about bonus time
Today we’re diving into our complicated relationship with bonus time, and today’s episode is a permission slip not to squeeze every drop out of every minute.
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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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1048: You don't have to burn everything down
If you’re an overthinker, and you’ve ever been tempted to just burn it all to the ground and start again, this one’s for you!
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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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1045: Plotting, pantsing and plantsing!
Today we're turning to the world of writing to shake up how we go about our week!
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1044: Let's talk about the finish line
We all have this idea of what the finish line will like, and sometimes it simply doesn't match up to to the idea in our head! That's exactly what we're diving into in today's episode of The Daily Pep!
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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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1039: You CAN do it, and you ARE doing it
What would really surprise ‘10-Years-Ago-You’ about what you do right now? That’s what we’re diving into in today’s episode!
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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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1038: What if it's not a sign?
Today I’m revisiting an idea from the early days of The Daily Pep! because I think we could all do with the reminder
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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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