Ep. 1 : Just Do The Damn Thing
Okay, here it goes. I've been talking about making a podcast for a while, but then I didn't have, you know, I didn't have time. I didn't have the right device. I didn't have the right microphone. I wasn't sure if what I had to say was going to be interesting. All these reasons I put in the way from getting started, isn't that just like life?
How many things do you have that you keep putting off because you're just not ready yet? You haven't prepared enough. You haven't done enough research. You don't have the right equipment..
Guess what? We're never gonna have everything in order. Don't get stuck with analysis paralysis. Do you know what that means? Really, it's just fear. Fear that stands in the way of me doing the next thing that I want to do. What do you want to do? I want to make this podcast. I don't know what the hell is going to come out of my mouth. But I think it'll be good for me. And maybe it'll be good for you.
So I'm just going to start. I'm just going to do the damn thing. I don't have a microphone. I'm recording this on my device. My portable mobile phone. My phone device. I'm just going to record here and I'm going to share my thoughts with you. And maybe it'll suck. And maybe it'll be exactly right.
You know, I was thinking about, um, Pump Up the Volume. Did you see that movie? I think it came out in. 1990, 1989 Christian Slater. He starts a pirate radio show. And it's his way of just expressing his feelings. And it turns out that other teenagers, because he's supposed to be a teenager, other teenagers hear his voice in the night and it resonates with them. They hear his passion. They hear his frustration. They relate to his anger and powerlessness. I kind of feel like Christian Slater. The voice. That you get to hear me. Being raw and vulnerable. Unpolished. Unscripted. Unapologetic. I'm just going to do the damn thing.
What's a thing? That you want to do. Do you want to? Take a painting class. Do you want to fly to Greece. Do you want to come out as gay? Do you want to leave your husband? Do you want to change your job? Maybe you just want to take some time for yourself. You can put it off and put other people first and make a list and read a book about it. But really, it doesn't happen until you take action. Some small thing. Some small thing to move in that direction.
This right here. This is my small thing. Recording this very short episode. This is how I'm going to get started. Maybe you don't even know what you want. That is common. I've talked to a lot of people who don't even know where to go, what direction to head in.
So here's what I started doing years ago. I made a list. I called it 101 things. 101 things that You want. Write them down. It can be anything, really.
Don't let your negative self-talk say, “Oh, you can't write that down. That's silly. What if somebody sees?” Just write it. Whatever you want.
101 things and I am certain that a little ways in, for me it was about 35 things, you'll get stuck. I did. I got stuck. I didn't know what else to write down and I pushed through. If you just keep writing, give yourself permission to keep writing stream of consciousness until you get to 101, your creative mind will take over at some point. You may write down things that you never imagined to be true. I actually got to 101 and kept writing because the floodgates were open. More and more came to me. And then when you have that list of 101 wants, you may want to share it with someone.
You can share it with me.
And then something happens. Something happens when you write it down. When you claim it. When you admit what you want something happens. And you can start moving in that direction. That's like a first step.
Do the damn thing. Make a list of 101 wants. Acknowledge that you want. It's okay.
Okay. That's it. I did the damn thing. I recorded my first episode. Now you. You do the damn thing. Let me know what it is. Let
me know what you're working towards. I'm interested.
Follow me on Instagram @dawndaviscoaching or on Facebook. And I really do want to know.