A quiet revolution against the hustle.

You know what. I'm done with being force fed excellence and striving. I wanna NORMALISE MEDIOCRITY.

Let me explain.

How often is perfectionism getting in the way of you starting the thing or progressing your idea, leaving you in chronic overthink mode or making you feel less about yourself?

I am honestly over it.

I wanna reclaim the joy of doing stuff without having to ace it. Instead of glorifying the hustle, I want to celebrate clocking off work early and laying in a field. Rather than pushing to the point of collapse, how about we do less?

When did this stuff become provocative, radical even?

On Being Pitta

Having lots of Pitta energy in my constitution (Fire + Water) I know how it feels to sit in my masculine, ambitious, proactive, driven energy. And what I can tell you is that there is a definite lifespan.

Maybe its something to do with being in my mid 30s and that mad twenty-something energy just isn't serving, but talking from experience, living this way for too long will lead to burn out, exhaustion and complete apathy… (And honestly I think apathy is one of the most subtly destructive modes of living, for ourselves but also the planet at large.)

This Isn’t About Shaming Excellence

Let me be clear, this isn't me putting down ambition or mastery or shaming excellence, what I am asking for is more space, more acceptance and more celebration of the middle ground.

If I'm really going deep - let's take a look at schooling for a very real example. How early are we pushing our kids to excel and prove themselves with grades and exams? Where did the fun, the play and the curiosity go?

The Magic Is In the Middle

Adults too. When did we stop being silly? How many times have you stopped a hobby you enjoyed because you just weren't that great? Think about how many of us have avoided an exercise class because we thought we would be the worst one, or didn't take a painting class because we don't see ourselves as creative.

Life is for embracing a spectrum of experiences and being totally, imperfectly human about it. I want to see more of us giving stuff a go, I want to celebrate the messy action, the unpolished creations. I'm here for you being rubbish at singing but joining a choir. Going for a run but being hella slow. I want to cheer you on when you take pottery classes and make the ugliest pot you've ever seen.

Yes talent is wonderful, progression and drive is great. But the magic is also found in the experience, the trying, the failures, the action without result.

So this week I challenge you to start the quiet revolution of NORMALISING MEDIOCRITY and feeling totally proud of yourself for all of the things you do, not just the stuff you excel at.

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