Perfection Is Overrated | Ep 26

In today's episode, I talk more about how I'm removing the pressure from myself to get things done and going with the attitude of done is better than perfect. 

After all, perfect doesn't exist! 

My invitation to you as always is to move in whatever way feels good to you 

I would love to know your thoughts and if there is anything you would like me to discuss!

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Transcript

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Hello! So this episode is going out a little bit later than planned. Um, I normally try and schedule them to go out in the morning and I didn't have it ready. But actually, in this kind of coming back following moving, I have taken the pressure off of myself for being perfect and for doing how you should. Um hate that word. Um, how you should do things. So, yes, my episodes will always go out on a Friday. Will they always go out at six o'clock in the morning? Not always, because I won't always get them done in advance, and it's kind of a topic for another day, but I don't always know what I want to say, and the podcast guris will tell you to batch create and da da da da da. But that just doesn't work for me because I want to be able to bring you along in my thought processes, and I can't always think in advance. Like, even recording this episode, I'm not even sure what's gonna come out of my mouth. Just because I mean if you've listened to back episode, you'll know that my brain just goes on a tangent, and there may be some I don't know. There could be, there couldn't be. People say I am, I'm not sure. ADHD, who knows? I am definitely dyslexic, there is definitely elements of dyslexia, and I know that has an effect, and that's a story for another day. Um so yeah, it's not when it should have been, but it's going out, and that's what's key for me now is that a do the do when it happens, it is irrelevant. So today's episode, let's get into it, because let's face it, your time is precious, and you don't need to listen to me just ramble away for the sake of it. Um, today's episode is all about movement and taking that pressure off it being perfect. So the other day was International Dance Day, and I shared a video that wasn't perfect. I had got a tiny little space in my house from where I'd done some moving of boxes and things, and I was like, Oh, I've got a perfect little dance space. And I set up my phone, just propped up against the wall, and filmed with whatever came out. There was no planning to it, it was completely improvised. I tried to do a jump and didn't have enough space to do a jump. That's how improvised it was. Um, and I get very fixated on the camera when I record my dances, but I don't get so fixated on the camera when I do my poll moves, which is interesting, and I think it's because in my head there's an expectation that my dance is gonna be this magical, beautiful thing, which to an untrained person probably is. Whereas my pole, everyone knows I'm not a pole expert. I don't know, there's something going on there, but I get very frict, and when I watched it back, I was like, actually, I think I preferred this, the one that I shared, because it wasn't controlled and fluid and all of that, it was literally me responding to the music, and that is everything that I am doing now with my business. I am responding to how I feel, to things that people say to me, like I'm still having conversations with people about the transition phase that I'm going through because I'm still not 100% on what the service is actually going to look like. Um, but the response has just been heartwarming, and I shared it in today's email. So if you're not on my email list, why? Um, but I shared that it's been heartwarming that people are like, oh my god, I love it, I can't wait to see more. Um like it's just I'm excited and I'm playing with a couple of ideas, one of which is a journal. So, and it's kind of a movement journal because I struggle with journaling, I need a prompt, and sometimes I just need to get out of my head, and the easiest way I find to get out of my head is to move. So, yes, it's gonna be a prompt to get you to write, but it's also gonna be a prompt to get you to move. So, there are gonna be movement videos in there, and I don't think there's anything that exists, that's how exciting it is. So, it's kind of more of a move. So, rather than just um a YouTube playlist of videos that you can tap into, blah blah blah, they're gonna be guided, they're gonna be guided. Um, like I said, there's gonna be a prompt with it, so there's gonna be energy boosters, there's gonna be stretch and release, there's gonna be let's just move. There might be a little dance routine, so I'm still playing with it, but that is one of the ideas that I am playing with, and that will obviously be a kind of semi-passive income stream for me. Um, I will be bringing my pop-up sessions back, they won't necessarily be themed this time. We will see how the how the brain goes. Um, still doing some moving things around in the house to work out how I can actually do a movement session in the house with the layout of kind of our lounge goes into our kind of dining area and into the kitchen. Um so I've just got to work out a few kind of furniture moves. Where does the furniture move to to enable me to utilise the the space that is here to run some online sessions? So they may be themed, they may just be see what happens kind of sessions. Um, but I'll do kind of a few tasters before committing into a paid thing. Um, and yeah, I'm just seeing what happens, and I'm kind of experimenting and playing and finding the fun and then bringing you along with me. Um so that was my point. It doesn't have to be perfect, it doesn't have to be polished, and actually, I think that's what Paul has taught me that it doesn't have to be perfect, it's finding your way um and getting there your way. So, like there's a move that we do, and if you're following me on socials, you'll see it within some of my videos. Um, I don't get out of it very gracefully because I don't know how to get out of it gracefully. I kind of I'm like, right, I'm in this move, how do I now get out of it? And my body just kind of finds the floor and I get there. But to get into the move, you're technically supposed to hook your leg around the pole and kind of just fall forward and your other leg come off the floor. So you kind of like you fall into the motion of the spin. I really struggle with that because my brain tells me I'm gonna fall flat on my face. I don't trust my body enough to do it. So I found a cheat by having my other leg lent against the pole, so like my knee is lent against the pole, because then I can just go into the motion and my butt come off the floor. I'm not having to fall as much, and I'm kind of semi-in where I need to end up, but I still get in the move, so it's finding your way around things, like I say, it doesn't have to be perfect, and this podcast isn't perfect. There are definitely gonna be people that listen to this and go, I wish you'd get to the point. But that's the point, there is no point, really, necessarily. It's not scripted, it is literally whatever comes into my head is what's gonna come out of my mouth, and that's me. Um, it's not perfect, it's not polished, and it's never gonna be. So if you're listening to this wishing that I would be more scripted and polished, and giving you some key tips, sorry this isn't the podcast for you. Um, and my emails aren't like that either. So yeah, that's today's um episode on Obviously. We've had International Dance Day, I think there was a movement day, so the Ispank holiday weekend. I really encourage you to go and move, whatever that means for you, whether that's going for a walk, whether it's dancing around the house, even if it's just doing a little bit of a stretch, just move in whatever way feels good for you. And I will catch you on next week's episode with um some more ramblings, um, but a bit more of a connection to me and why these are so rambly. Um so yeah, I will see you next time.