1372: An important hump day reminder (Reprise!)

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Good morning, Daily Peppers. And a very happy Wednesday and a very happy hump day to you. For today's daily pep, I thought I would share a reminder that I think all of us need to hear, and something that I think is all too easy to forget. So the truth is, there exists no other person exactly like you on this planet. You have this wild, fabulous combination of skills, experiences, ways of seeing the world, tastes, and strengths that nobody else has. And all of those things combined make you absolutely, uniquely you. Now I totally get that there can come some pressure from that. You can end up thinking, well, am I doing what I'm supposed to be doing? Could I be making more of this? What the fuck should I be doing in the first place? And I think those are questions that all of us grapple with on the regular.

I think one of the biggest lies we've been sold is this idea that everybody has their shit figured out apart from you, and it is total bollocks. So if we put the pressure aside for a second, and I know that's not easy, let's look at some truths that come out of the fact that there is nobody like you. Because that means when you're comparing yourself to others, it's never a fair comparison because you are not the same and you're never gonna be the same. Everyone has their own different flavor of magic. And even if you can't describe what yours is, it is there every day, and it shows up whether you recognize it or not. I think so many of us get caught up with not being able to recognize and identify what sets us apart. And I think what can end up happening is we mistake that and end up believing that there's nothing particularly special about ourselves. And that, lovingly, is total bullshit.

You could have a 100 people given the same writing prompt with the same characters based in the same location with the same story arc, and you are gonna have a 100 wildly different stories. There may be overlaps, there may be similarities, but the motivations of the characters, the things that happen in the story are gonna be completely unique to you and your own experiences and your own way of seeing the world through your own unique lens. And that, for me, is where it gets really exciting. We can have fun with it knowing that even if we can't put our finger on what our magic is, it still exists. So whatever you're working on, whatever you're thinking of working on or heavily resisting because it matters so much to you, know that you are gonna infuse it with your own magic, whether or not you can see that for yourself. The world needs what you have to say. You do what you do in a way that nobody else can do it. And if you think about it, that can be pretty fucking inspiring.

So see if you can turn to yourself for inspiration and keep doing the thing even if it feels hard and scary. And it most likely will do because our inner dream chitter really likes to pop up loud and clear when we're doing something that matters to us. And in a way, we can sometimes take that as a good sign that we're maybe on the right track. So take a deep breath. You've got this. You've got things that nobody else in the world has. And you are pretty fucking spectacular. Go out there, do you and know the world is a brighter place for you being in it.