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Season 2 - Episode 296 - Checking in on the ‘ME’ culture · Good Morning From The Chicken Coop!

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  Welcome to the Good Morning From the Chicken Coop Podcast with
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  Kim Johnson, your creative strategist and master mindset
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  coach. Filled with inspiration,
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  distinctions, perspectives, and possibilities, we help you to
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  cultivate a mindset that leads you to create the best version
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  of yourself you could ever imagine.
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  Join Kim every morning from one of her favorite happy places,
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  her chicken coop along with all her chickens.
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  Hey, everybody, good morning from the chicken coop.
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  So today we are talking about the challenges with the Me First
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  culture that we live in right now.
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  You know, we all know it and we all hear it and we, you know,
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  it's touted constantly. Take care of yourself first.
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  You're the most important thing. And while there is a lot of
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  truth in this, in a lot of ways it's kind of counterintuitive to
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  how our brains and souls are programmed, because we are.
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  Creatures that need to be together.
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  We are group creatures. We have this need to be
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  connected, and we all talk about how we rise together with the
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  tide. We all have these needs for
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  human connection. Humans have a need for human
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  connection, yet we have become very selfcentered in a lot of
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  ways and. The debate is always going back
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  and forth. Well, is this me culture of
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  instant gratification and constantly focusing on yourself?
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  Is it a good thing? So I was asked that question
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  this week. So I thought, I'm going to talk
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  to you guys about it because I think it's an interesting thing.
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  It has its benefits. Let let's be very clear about
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  it. It has its benefits because we
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  stop just constantly pouring into others.
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  But like everything else in nature, there's a balance.
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  There's a balance between it. And if you are doing it at the
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  detriment of your family, if you're doing it at the detriment
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  of understanding what it means to care for other people and
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  other things, whether it's chickens, dogs, birds.
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  I don't care what it is. It doesn't make a difference.
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  It's There is something primal, there's something innate in us
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  as human beings to care for things.
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  I get massive joy out of caring for my chickens, my gardens, my
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  flowers. I think about them, I focus on
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  them because there's such a level of joy in it.
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  So the point that you have to kind of jump off from what this
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  is, is my me stuff getting in the way of the US stuff.
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  Interesting question, right? And for me, I take this very
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  personally because I want to be able to.
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  Do it all and people will say you can't do it all.
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  And I'm like, well, that's bullshit.
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  Yes, you can do it all. You just have to figure out how
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  it works and you have to be okay with where you're you're setting
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  your perimeters. So do I work a lot of hours?
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  Yes. But I don't consider them work.
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  I consider coaching. I don't consider coaching work.
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  I consider coaching something that I absolutely am meant to
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  do. That is the work of my soul and
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  I don't have. I don't feel exhausted doing it.
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  I want to be able to make my son pancakes in the morning because
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  he likes pancakes for breakfast. He's not the best eater and I
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  like to be able to do that for him, So I make sure I get up
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  with the time to be able to do that.
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  I enjoy doing chores that better My family.
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  I enjoy those things. Like, I actually like doing the
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  laundry. And I like folding the laundry,
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  and I like putting it away and feeling organized with it.
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  So I do that and I do that because it is a part of me that
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  fills me back up at and it takes care of them.
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  At the same time, do I need time for myself?
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  Absolutely. Do I enjoy time to myself, Yes.
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  And only child. For crying out loud, me time is
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  a is a thing that's a real, real important part of my hardwire.
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  But I don't do it at the detriment of my greater self,
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  which is that of giving back to everybody.
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  Like, you know, OK, every morning I come out and I shoot a
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  podcast because that is time that I look at.
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  I can give back. It's my give back project to
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  everybody. It's something that I can pour
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  into. Is it something that takes time
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  out of my morning? Yes.
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  Is every 5 minutes important in the day?
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  Yes, Yes, absolutely. But I do it anyway because it
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  fills me back up. So you have to balance this me
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  time, this me culture piece out with how much are you robbing
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  yourself from the contribution that you give to other people.
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  Because if it this, I wouldn't give this up for anything doing
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  this because it makes me feel amazing coming out and doing
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  this, First of all it sets me in the right tone for the day.
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  It puts my head in the right space and it gives everybody
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  else something. That they can jump onto and feel
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  good about. So that connection, that human
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  connection is way better than the meantime I would have if I
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  was using that to paint right now or using it to read.
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  So I say, oh, OK well, I just have to find another time to
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  paint and read and do I do that? Absolutely I do it and I make
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  sure it happens. So you have to find the balance
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  between always focusing on yourself and giving back to
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  those around you because the gifts and.
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  Giving are just as big as the gifts in taking care of
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  yourself. As long as you rewire your head
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  and you have the the right thought process around it, it
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  can be some of the most joyous things ever.
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  But you have to do that work and this is a great way to start.
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  All right my friends, I hope you have a blessed day and I will
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  see you tomorrow. Bye.