315: The Importance of Firsts (Plus My Favorite Firsts of 2022)
School of Self-Image
Tonya Leigh
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
You only live once!
Welcome to today's episode of the 'School of Self-Image' Podcast with host and self-image coach, Tonya Leigh, where personal development meets style. This a go-to podcast for women who desire to transform their self-image so that they can create mind-blowing results in their lives.
Living in the now could be easy for some, but for others is not. So, let me ask you a question ~ When was the last time you try something new? There can be a lot of different ways to answer this. One thing that stands out is if you'll answer it based on what you think or what you feel.
I know, sometimes life could be good or not-so-good. This can either drive you to stop or keep moving forward. But this can also affect how you are living today. Life is simply life itself for you, for us to live.
As 2022 is nearly bidding goodbye, I'd like to share some of my favorite firsts of the year. I thought of sharing this topic because it might help you get inspired to do further beyond your own limits (or probably what your mind thinks so.)
So, let me challenge you to do more things for the first time in 2023. If you're up for this challenge, time to listen to today's episode! And don't forget to connect with me on Instagram so we can talk more about this!
What I Cover In This Episode:
1:38 - How life is built with your first
3:27 - Why you should NOT stop having first
5:10 - Understanding the fear of the unknown
7:22 - Is it normal to be scared the first time?
9:44 - Never good as the first time
13:02 - How death will be your last first
13:29 - 2023 challenge to have more first
19:19 - How the universe works
31:37 - Defining the future with first
35:26 - The power of first
Quotes:
"Our firsts are what make life so incredible and amazing. It's what grows our character. It's how we learn about the world, it's how we learn about ourselves."
"Everything ~ your first breath, your first steps, or your first day at school are a collection of your first."
"You have to be willing to be bitten by life to enjoy the delights of life."
"... you are never too old for a first."
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| 0:00.0 | As we approach a new year, I want you to think about trying new things. I want |
| 0:08.2 | you to think about intentionally creating new first. Reminds me of a quote by |
| 0:14.2 | Neil Gaiman where he says, I hope that in this year to come you make mistakes |
| 0:19.6 | because if you're making mistakes then you are making new things, trying new |
| 0:24.8 | things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your |
| 0:31.2 | world. You're doing things you've never done before and more importantly, you're |
| 0:36.2 | doing something. In this episode I'm going to talk about the importance of |
| 0:42.0 | having first and I'm sharing some of my favorite first of 2022. So let's dive in. |
| 0:50.1 | Welcome to the School of Self-Image where personal development meets style. |
| 0:54.9 | Here's your hostess, master life coach, Tonya Lee. Hello my gorgeous friends. How's |
| 1:03.1 | it going? How are you feeling? What? Are you excited about? What are you afraid |
| 1:10.0 | of? Some deep questions and they are such good questions. We need to check in |
| 1:17.2 | with ourselves my friends and see how we're doing. Most of the time when I'm |
| 1:23.1 | asked these kinds of questions I'm feeling a mixture of excitement and |
| 1:27.1 | elation and also terrified and I realize why that is and it's what today's |
| 1:34.9 | episode is all about. My life is filled with a lot of first the first time |
| 1:43.7 | doing something and first are magical and they are also extremely scary but |
| 1:53.2 | without them your life becomes mundane. You feel like you're stuck in a rut and |
| 2:01.5 | one of the best ways to get out of a rut my friends is to commit to having more |
| 2:07.4 | first in your life. We remember our first. First are magical and sometimes they're |
| 2:14.2 | not so great. If you think about your first day of school your first kiss. Maybe |
| 2:21.6 | you look back at that and realize my god that was awkward trying to figure out |
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