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35: Monday Moment: Be Where Your Feet Are · Banish the Lies: Outsmart Your Inner Critic

• 0:00
  Speaker: Happy Monday.
• 0:01
  Speaker: I came across a quote I can't stop thinking about.
• 0:06
  Speaker: It's super simple, only five words.
• 0:09
  Speaker: Be where your feet are.
• 0:11
  Speaker: Honestly, I kind of marvel at this one because it's so short and it says so much.
• 0:18
  Speaker: Be where your feet are.
• 0:19
  Speaker: And it kind of cracks me up at the same time.
• 0:22
  Speaker: But also, if I'm honest, I'm rarely where my feet are, especially on a Monday morning.
• 0:30
  Speaker: My mind is already somewhere else, usually in the future.
• 0:34
  Speaker: Even this morning, I was thinking about a project that I have no idea when I'm going to make time for, paperwork that I keep avoiding, a medical appointment that's coming up for someone I love, and all the worry that my brain somehow labels as preparation.
• 0:51
  Speaker: It's as if thinking about these things more is somehow going to make me more ready or make it easier when really it just pulls me out of the moment I'm actually living.
• 1:04
  Speaker: So my mind was everywhere except here.
• 1:09
  Speaker: And I also love this expression because I can actually visualize it.
• 1:15
  Speaker: Where are my feet?
• 1:17
  Speaker: And where's the rest of me right now?
• 1:20
  Speaker: Meaning, where is my mind living?
• 1:22
  Speaker: Because this moment right here, it's the only place we actually have any real power.
• 1:28
  Speaker: Now, it doesn't mean we never think about the future and it doesn't mean that we don't plan.
• 1:34
  Speaker: Planning can be super useful.
• 1:37
  Speaker: But for me, most of that future thinking really isn't constructive planning, it's anxiety in disguise.
• 1:45
  Speaker: So this weekend, I tried something different.
• 1:48
  Speaker: I tried being where my feet were.
• 1:51
  Speaker: I had a very long to- do list and my body was tired, like really tired.
• 1:58
  Speaker: And the idea of resting with that list sitting there felt, I don't know, incredibly irresponsible, I would say.
• 2:07
  Speaker: But I decided to just be present with what was actually true.
• 2:13
  Speaker: And what was true was that I needed rest.
• 2:17
  Speaker: And so that's what I did.
• 2:19
  Speaker: I stayed there for a few hours, and by there I mean on my sofa, just resting.
• 2:26
  Speaker: And I trusted that what needed to get done would get done.
• 2:31
  Speaker: Now, I'm not gonna tell you that I suddenly got everything done after that.
• 2:36
  Speaker: That would be a lie and, well, you know how I feel about lies, so.
• 2:41
  Speaker: Um, however, I can say something shifted.
• 2:46
  Speaker: The anxiety I was feeling before, it definitely decreased and that noise in my head got quieter.
• 2:55
  Speaker: And I was actually able to take care of a few things that were critical for me to get done that day and do it without that constant pressure running in the background.
• 3:08
  Speaker: So I don't know what this looks like for you today, but maybe just for today, you can treat this as an experiment.
• 3:18
  Speaker: Come back to where your feet are.
• 3:21
  Speaker: Focus on what's actually in front of you and trust that taking care of this moment creates space for the next one.
• 3:30
  Speaker: That's my wish for you today.
• 3:33
  Speaker: Cheers.