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Before You Sit Down to Write, Stand Up to Live · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for riding success.
• 0:14
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• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: One of the most basic motifs of superhero stories is the importance of having a double life.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: When the hero puts on their costume, they are a courageous individual who rushes into battle to save lives.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: But in order to conceal their true identity, they adopt a mild-mannered persona that's the total opposite of their superhero personality.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_00: For example, Batman is secretly Bruce Wayne, an aloof billionaire playboy.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: Susan Storm of the Fantastic Four is secretly a scientist.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: Spider-Man is secretly Peter Parker, a nerdy newspaper reporter.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: Superman is secretly Clark Kent, yet another nerdy newspaper reporter.
• 1:05
  SPEAKER_00: And Wonder Woman is secretly Diana Prince, an ambassador to the United Nations.
• 1:10
  SPEAKER_00: But here's what's interesting: superheroes aren't the only ones who live double lives.
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_00: We writers can develop an alter ego also if we're not careful.
• 1:18
  SPEAKER_00: It's really easy to look bold and brave on the page, but how do you handle the challenges of real actual life?
• 1:26
  SPEAKER_00: Well, let me ask you a few tough questions, and I hope you won't be offended by these.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: These are just meant to get you to start thinking.
• 1:33
  SPEAKER_00: Are you dealing with your personal problems head on, or are you avoiding them?
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: Do you engage in conversations about hard things, or do you tend to shut down when somebody confronts you with a truth that you don't want to hear?
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: Would the people who know you best describe you as brave, focused, determined, disciplined?
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_00: Or would they maybe say that you're aloof, timid, or uncaring?
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_00: So those are just a few questions we could toss a lot more in here, but those are just a few to get your mind thinking about this.
• 2:05
  SPEAKER_00: You know, honestly, it's hard to face your real life problems instead of running away from them.
• 2:09
  SPEAKER_00: This is why a lot of us get stuck sometimes, is we don't want to face our actual real problems, and instead we just want to veg out or run away from those problems.
• 2:17
  SPEAKER_00: It's really easy also, if we want to get a little darker for a second, it's really easy to turn to substance abuse or other kinds of unhealthy patterns as we try to escape from reality.
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_00: Henry David Thoreau once said, how vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: You know, just because you're a writer, it doesn't give you the license to check out of real life.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: You've got to show up on the stage of life where the actual real action is happening.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: Nobody's perfect, of course, but your writing should reflect the person that you're trying to become.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: Somebody who's bold, somebody who's brave, and above all, somebody who is a true life superhero to the people you love the most.
• 3:00
  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's challenge.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_00: Think about the past 24 hours of your life.
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_00: What did you do that was brave, bold, or fearless?
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_00: Just something to think about.
• 3:11
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, as always, my friend, thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.