If not now, when? (Seriously)

Mental Makeover

Lauren Curtis

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 601 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

We're all in this habit of saying "one day" or, "I'd love to do that, but -" and we confine ourselves to the bounds of the 'safer' option, not realising what we're giving up in the process. It's so easy to get caught in the routine of wake up, eat, go to work, come home, eat, sleep, wake up, etc, not only because it's what everyone else is doing so it appears normal, but also because we keep ourselves so busy and stressed that we don't even allow ourselves the opportunity to think outside the box and to entertain the idea of a different way of life. With everything happening in the world right now, I've been reflecting on this myself almost daily. How much do I actually need? What do I actually need? What makes me happy? What am I only doing out of obligation and fear? What are my dreams? How do I get there? What's stopping me? Is pursuing them actually as risky and scary as I thought or have I just been conditioned to believe that? We've all got this little voice inside of us that presents us with the idea of an alternate way of life (whatever that might look like for each of us) that we shrug off and disregard because it seems unrealistic and far-fetched. We like the safety, security and false perception of certainty that our current life provides us, so even if we long for a deeper sense of fulfilment and joy, we always go back to the 'safer' option. If coronavirus has taught us anything, it's that absolutely nothing is guaranteed (namely our income and health), so why not listen to that little voice inside of you that wants you to be happy, and do that thing you've always wanted to do but haven't out of fear?

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to the Mental Makeover podcast. I'm Lauren Curtis. You've probably heard the phrase,
0:06.4	the grass is always greener on the other side, but I believe it's greener where you water it.
0:12.2	This podcast is here to provide you with meaningful advice from myself and others in order to give
0:18.2	your little patch of grass the best chance to grow and flourish.
0:24.4	Hey guys. Hey guys. Long time no speak. I have been a little busy. And I don't like to not
0:35.5	upload it weekly. I just yeah, life is just flown by, which is
0:41.0	strange. You'd think it would be the opposite, considering we're all in isolation and we're all
0:45.1	stuck at home and there's not much we can do. But I guess that's where this episode comes in.
0:50.4	I just want to talk with you about something that I've been thinking a lot about recently.
0:57.0	Isolation. Let's talk about it.
1:00.0	I have pretty much lived this way for quite a long time.
1:06.0	This is my lifestyle. I like to stay at home. I'm not a people person. I keep to myself. I'd rather be at home than go outside. I mean, not outside. I like to stay at home. I'm not a people person. I keep to myself. I'd rather be at home
1:12.7	than go outside. I mean, not outside. I love being outside, but, you know, socialising perhaps
1:18.6	with other human beings. So it wasn't really a shop for me. It hasn't really been a shop for me.
1:23.9	It's still not a shop for me. And pretty much the same with Reese. He's very similar. I mean, he misses going to the beach
1:30.2	and doing those kinds of things and the gym, but pretty much everything's still the same.
1:36.5	So I've been fine. In fact, it's kind of nice to be at home and to not feel like I have to make
1:43.8	excuses for why I'm at home, which I know is
1:45.7	my own. I shouldn't have to feel like I need to make excuses for loving to be a homebody. But
1:52.6	I guess those of you who are homebodies, you get it. Like people ask you on the weekend,
1:57.7	sorry, people ask you, what do you on the weekend? And you're like, oh, I did not do anything. And you feel guilty. You feel like you should say, oh, I went, like, I don't know, on a boat. And then I went to a friend's birthday party. And then I went exploring in the wilderness and went on a hike or something. But in reality, I did nothing and it was great.
2:18.8	But thanks for asking, so I could provide a more interesting answer.
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