1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,360 Hello and welcome to the Cosmic Nomad. 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,040 I'm your host, Bailey Rushlow, and this is a space for the 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:12,920 curious and the heartland where we explore the human experience 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,400 through travel, nature, spirituality and real life 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,800 transformation through beautiful conversations. 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:24,320 As I discover my way of living what I call an inspired life, I 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,040 share the practices, stories, and perspectives that have 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:31,720 helped guide me back to myself. Hello everyone and welcome back 9 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:37,040 to the Cosmic Nomad. Today I am trying something new, 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:42,320 which is I don't have any notes and I'm not going to script this 11 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,920 out normally. I really like to take my time 12 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,800 making sure that all of my words are very intentional and 13 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,160 everything that I'm saying is something that could potentially 14 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:54,520 change someone's life. And I, I love that. 15 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:58,120 I love creating episodes with that kind of authenticity. 16 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,880 And today I'm going to be showing up in a whole new way, 17 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:07,240 which is just flowing. I'm going to tell you what 18 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,880 inspired this episode. OK so I've been having a couple 19 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:16,280 of dreams lately and I'm very big into my dreamscape. 20 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:19,440 I'm very big into writing down my dreams. 21 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,520 I've been documenting my dreams since I was, I don't know, 1617 22 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:25,840 even. I even have some dreams written 23 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,560 down from when I was a kid. I think that our dreams are ways 24 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:34,640 for our body to process subconsciously what's going on 25 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:41,080 to as well travel in the astral realm to experience new things 26 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,680 and or things that we've experienced before in the past, 27 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:49,040 maybe even past life experiences, future experiences. 28 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,760 I don't think time is linear. So I think there's so much to be 29 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:58,520 said for what we can tap into in the quantum and subconscious 30 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,840 realms. That said, I've been having some 31 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:07,600 dreams lately about having something that I'm preparing 32 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,440 for, Usually some kind of a performance musical theater 33 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,400 show. I was a theater kid, so 34 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,680 throwback to those days. Something that I'm getting ready 35 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,720 for and then something happens and I'm thrown off script or 36 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,120 something changes or I'm not prepared for something. 37 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:29,480 And I'm in this like flustered dream state and I wake up and 38 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,280 I'm like, what in the world? Why do I feel that I'm not 39 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,680 prepared? Why do I feel that I have to be 40 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:40,680 prepared as well that, you know, something it's so important 41 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:48,040 hinges on my ability to perform. And I realized that I think 42 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,080 there's a part of my subconscious that really just 43 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:57,680 wants to be so free that the idea of not being prepared is, 44 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,880 is actually really scary. Because freedom for me looks 45 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,400 like or has looked like, or I should say, one element of 46 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:09,320 freedom of how I've experienced freedom has looked like being 47 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:16,440 really prepared, showing up, well-being, perceived well and 48 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,680 leaving feeling like I did a good job and I'm proud of 49 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,960 myself. And I actually love that about 50 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:24,160 myself. I don't, I'm not saying that's a 51 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,840 bad thing. I am saying though, that I think 52 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:32,200 there's more that I want to experience in just improving. 53 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:38,800 And so that leads me into today's episode topic, which I 54 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:43,440 discovered with by sitting with a few of my friends today on my 55 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,960 couch and having a conversation about the podcast actually. 56 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,760 And I was like, guys, I need some new topics. 57 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,640 What is something new that I could record in today's episode? 58 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:58,440 So my friends were like, what if you talk about trying something 59 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,720 new, trying new things as an adult? 60 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:07,200 And I thought, wow, that's a great episode title and concept 61 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,000 to riff on. So thank you to my friends for 62 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,520 suggesting this great idea. It's interesting because as an 63 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,880 adult, we often think that we've done everything for the first 64 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,680 time. You know, think back on on the 65 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,560 things that you you've done for the first time, first time you 66 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:27,400 tried certain foods or smoked weed or had sex or traveled to 67 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,160 another country, right? Those are all big first time 68 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,760 things that maybe you experienced in your teens or or 69 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:38,240 early 20s or you know, you're still uncovering those things 70 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,320 now into your 30s, forties, 50s, whatever. 71 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,560 And I think that's incredible. And there are always so many new 72 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:49,040 things to experience, but oftentimes we just kind of do 73 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:53,760 the same thing in our lives over and over and over. 74 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,480 And I think there's a point where every day starts to look 75 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,520 very similar, if not the same. And I don't think that's bad, 76 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,080 but I do think that there's so much more that we can be 77 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,400 experiencing that could bring us a lot of joy that we might not 78 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:16,080 even know exists on the other side of being willing to try 79 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:21,520 something and being willing to be a beginner at something and 80 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:27,040 being willing to not be good at something that you might try for 81 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:28,760 the first time and not be perfect. 82 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:35,080 So I've decided that I am done being good at everything. 83 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,320 Not that I am or think that I am, but I, I want to find things 84 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:43,000 that I can actually be a beginner at again. 85 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,360 And there's so many reasons for for why, and I'm going to dive 86 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,920 into that. But yeah, so that's, that's 87 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:51,920 where we're at today. Welcome. 88 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,880 I hope that today finds you well. 89 00:05:55,880 --> 00:06:00,880 I hope this episode finds you in a place where you're able to tap 90 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,600 into this info and receive it with an open heart and an open 91 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:08,920 mind. Curiously, and maybe we just 92 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:14,360 take a deep breath together and sync up our intention with just 93 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,480 being present. And I hope that something in 94 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:21,480 here will inspire you and spark you to do something this week 95 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,200 the for the first time. All right, so let's just take a 96 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,840 deep breath together. Inhale with me, hold it at the 97 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:31,480 top of the breath and exhale slowly. 98 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:45,710 Ready, beautiful. 99 00:06:46,430 --> 00:06:48,750 Let's do a quick little body scan with me too. 100 00:06:49,230 --> 00:06:51,390 Just the top of your head. Put your energy and your 101 00:06:51,390 --> 00:06:57,830 intention there and just kind of scan down past your eyes, your 102 00:06:57,830 --> 00:07:07,000 nose, your mouth, your neck, your chest, back, belly, soften 103 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:13,960 your belly, down through your pelvic bowl, your thighs, knees, 104 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:20,240 calves, feet. Just so much gratitude for the 105 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:25,800 body and all that it does for us to keep us alive, to keep us 106 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:31,080 moving, to keep us active, to keep us able to be here. 107 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:35,480 Someone was told me that the the body is the soul's opportunity 108 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:41,000 to be here and I love that and it's made me so grateful for my 109 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,360 body. And on that note, I'm going to 110 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:49,520 jump into something that really inspired me in the last couple 111 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,920 of weeks. Was going to the physiotherapist 112 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:56,680 for the first time. When we moved house, which we 113 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:00,120 moved a few weeks ago, I was doing a lot of bending and 114 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,840 squatting and lifting and carrying upstairs, downstairs, 115 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:09,480 and I kind of hurt my knee in that process and I dealt with it 116 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,120 for a couple of days. I iced it. 117 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,080 I ate an anti-inflammatory diet. I was doing the best that I 118 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,800 could to take care of it. It still was just really swollen 119 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,600 and hurt when I walked and clicked when I went upstairs. 120 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,440 Like I have this voice note on my phone. 121 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:29,200 It's literally making like a kind of sound when I walk. 122 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,440 And I was like, OK, we're going to have to do something about 123 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,679 this. And so a friend of mine 124 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,880 recommended a really great physiotherapist here in the 125 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:39,640 area. And I've never gone to anyone 126 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,960 like that. I've, I've been like, I guess 127 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,960 really lucky in my, in my body. I've never broken a bone. 128 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,720 I've never tore anything. I've, I've just been really 129 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,160 healthy and strong. And I'm so grateful for how well 130 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,600 my body is, has done in life. But, you know, came to a point 131 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,880 where I needed some support. And I'm so grateful that I was 132 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,160 able to book with someone and get in the next day. 133 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:09,600 And he evaluated my my knee, my leg, my body, my back, my neck. 134 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,760 Like, he wasn't just focused on my knee. 135 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,000 And all of my intention had been on my knee. 136 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,280 There's a problem with my knee. I need to get my knee fixed. 137 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,280 All the stuff. And he was looking at me 138 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:22,360 holistically through the view of someone who sees, you know, the 139 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,000 whole body. And he was such a great doctor 140 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,640 that he was actually teaching me what he was doing while he was 141 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:31,480 doing it. And through a series of 142 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:37,200 modalities from chiropractic to acupuncture to fascia release, 143 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:42,520 on top of just his knowledge as a physiotherapist overall, he 144 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,600 was able to tell me exactly what needed to happen with my knee, 145 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:48,560 my legs, my body, my muscle groups. 146 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,760 And it kind of blew my mind. So before I was struggling and 147 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:54,320 thinking, I can fix this by myself. 148 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:57,840 And then I was put into kind of a vulnerable situation of like, 149 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,800 I can't fix this by myself. I need support. 150 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,560 And I did something new for the first time, which was take 151 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:05,240 myself to a doctor's appointment. 152 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,440 Like I've been to dentist appointments alone, but I've 153 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,120 never actually been to the doctor by myself. 154 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,720 I've always gone with somebody. So this was this was this was a 155 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:17,120 cool and new experience for me as an adult to feel like 156 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:21,200 supported in this. And I'm actually going back 157 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,320 tomorrow that he can check some other things out in my body and, 158 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,760 and bring even deeper healing and awareness. 159 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:32,120 So that's an example, small, small example, not as fun and as 160 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,200 some of my other examples, but very interesting and very, very 161 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,120 honest. You know, another first time 162 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:44,040 thing that I did this week was I made yogurt Crazy, crazy. 163 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,560 I know, I know. But yo, I don't think I'm ever 164 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:47,800 going to have to buy yogurt again. 165 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,640 I learned how to do it from a tick tock video thought you know 166 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,040 what I'm going to try and if it fails, that's okay. 167 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,960 And if it does great, then I have yogurt and I have yogurt. 168 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,840 I've been eating my own yogurt all week because I may love to 169 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:03,440 make like yogurt bowls in the morning. 170 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,680 I was surprised how easy it was. So if you're interested in 171 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:10,480 making yogurt, seriously, check out some some videos on how to 172 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:11,840 do that because it's very simple. 173 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,440 And I felt like I was a kid again. 174 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,640 I felt so excited. Another thing that I've been 175 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,360 trying is sculpting. I've been going to ceramics 176 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:24,640 classes and I found this place here through a friend of mine 177 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:30,040 that is having classes once a week and it's 2 hours of free 178 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,520 sculpting time. Oh no, it's not free. 179 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,520 You do pay for it, but it's a free sculpt. 180 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,000 You sculpt whatever you want and there's teachers there that can 181 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,680 walk you through the process if you feel like you need support 182 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:45,320 or help on figuring out how to make something. 183 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:48,880 But I had no idea how it would go because I'm used to working 184 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,160 with clay, but like polymer clay or air dry clay. 185 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,600 I've never done ceramics that like go into a kiln and are 186 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,640 fired and you place them and like all that stuff. 187 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:01,040 So that was really awesome. And I definitely felt like a 188 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:05,040 total beginner and I had a great time and I found a few people 189 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,440 that like all wanted to go. So we all went together and 190 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:14,120 honestly it was amazing. And I felt like I was playing on 191 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,440 a play date and I wasn't amazing at it. 192 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,400 I definitely made some mistakes and one of my pieces actually 193 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:24,800 cracked in the kiln, so I need to do that different next time. 194 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,360 But it was so much fun that I didn't even mind that it has a 195 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,800 crack in it, you know? And that's, I think that's when 196 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:35,760 you know you really enjoyed doing something is when it 197 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,480 didn't even matter that that something went wrong. 198 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,560 In fact, it made it even better or like the imperfection 199 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:45,760 actually made it even more endearing in some way. 200 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:52,000 So that leads me to 2 days ago, 2 days ago I did something that 201 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:57,120 I never thought that I would do, which is Kung Fu. 202 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,640 I don't know if that's what you thought I was going to say. 203 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,680 If you watch my Instagram stories then maybe you already 204 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:09,280 knew, but wow. So a friend of mine in my town 205 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:11,880 said, hey, there's a Kung Fu master that's coming from Mexico 206 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,920 City. He wants to start teaching 207 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,640 classes here. If you want to take some classes 208 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,160 with me, let me know and I'll set it up. 209 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:23,000 And I was like Kung Fu, like I don't know why. 210 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,640 Why would I do? Why would I do that? 211 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,840 That was my first thought was like, why would I do that? 212 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,840 And then I thought, well, why wouldn't I? 213 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:32,960 I was like, it's Kung Fu. Like what? 214 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,080 I don't know, it's just some martial art. 215 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,200 Kung Fu Panda. Everybody loves Kung Fu 216 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,680 fighting. Hoo ha, you know, I don't know, 217 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:43,880 like it just it didn't spark me, but I didn't really know why it 218 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:45,640 didn't spark me. It just didn't spark me because 219 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:49,800 I didn't know much about it didn't spark me because I don't 220 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:51,680 know. I've just, I've never done a 221 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:55,240 martial arts and my, my, my instinct is to say no to 222 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:59,200 something like that because what, what am I going to do with 223 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,400 that in knowledge that information like I'm just going 224 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,320 to be probably be bad at it and then have to learn how to be 225 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:07,800 good at it. And it's going to be this whole 226 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,320 thing. It's just easier for me to not 227 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:12,840 do that. It sounds ridiculous. 228 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,160 I know how it sounds. OK, but I'm walking you through 229 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:20,240 my process because unashamedly, I hope that you can relate in 230 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,960 some capacity and I hope that you feel called out just a tiny 231 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,960 bit because I'm calling myself out right now for my process of 232 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,280 not being willing to try something new. 233 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:32,680 Like what? What, what, what are we doing 234 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,440 out here if you're not willing to try something new? 235 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,440 So I said, you know what? I'm going to try it for a month, 236 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,400 see what I think. It's two classes a week, 2 hours 237 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:47,640 per class outside in this palapa area and we'll see how it goes. 238 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:53,880 So 2 days ago I showed up for my first ever Kung Fu class, me and 239 00:14:53,880 --> 00:15:00,120 four other adult women and our male teacher and we actually had 240 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,680 an amazing time. The one thing that I wish I'd 241 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:07,240 done differently was not eat like 30 minutes before. 242 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:13,240 So I ended up feeling pretty nauseous about an hour in, which 243 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:18,320 was totally on me. Absolutely my fault, but Oh my 244 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:22,120 gosh, I was doing things that I didn't even know I could do. 245 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,560 I was doing stretches and movements and motions and flow 246 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,920 that I have never done in my adult life. 247 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:32,840 Probably haven't done that kind of movement since I was a kid. 248 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,080 Not that I did Kung Fu as a kid, but you know, Kung Fu is. 249 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:40,680 So there's a lot of obviously intensity and intention and 250 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,440 you're very aware of the energy, but as a kid you have that same 251 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:48,680 kind of flow and movement and patterns and dance. 252 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:52,080 And I don't know, I, I really felt like I was almost tapped 253 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,840 into my inner child essence in a way, which was really cool to 254 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:57,480 experience. I did not expect that. 255 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,680 And I, I really enjoyed it. I also woke up the next day 256 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:09,680 incredibly, incredibly sore. So today, it's been 2 days. 257 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:13,720 So today I woke up even more sore than I did yesterday. 258 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:18,400 Like I have parts of my body aching that I, I don't even 259 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,600 think about. Like like certain muscles in my 260 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,080 back that I'm like, I don't even know if I've ever moved that 261 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,120 muscle before intentionally, you know what I mean? 262 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,400 And yeah, I don't know where this is going to lead me. 263 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:35,440 I don't know that I'm going to become a Kung Fu master, but 264 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,680 that's not the point. The point is that I tried 265 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:43,640 something new and I wasn't incredible at it, but I had a 266 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,240 fucking good time. I had fun, I enjoyed myself, I 267 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:52,000 laughed with my friends. I was sweating head to toe and 268 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:57,200 I've been drinking so many fluids the last two days to make 269 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:58,840 sure that I'm staying extra hydrated. 270 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,680 So it made me even more aware of my body. 271 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:05,359 It brought awareness to joints and muscles that I'm usually 272 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,640 unaware of. I mean, that's really cool. 273 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:11,560 I'm really grateful for that. So these are just a couple of 274 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:15,000 examples of some things that I've tried in the last couple of 275 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:19,480 weeks that are totally new for me, like I've never done them 276 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,680 before. And I look forward to seeing 277 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,880 what else I can do for the first time. 278 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:29,240 And that's a big part of something I'm excited about in 279 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,960 my 30th year. So I haven't talked about this 280 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:35,640 yet, I think, but in January, I am turning 30. 281 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:39,760 I'm entering my next decade. I am leaving my 20s behind me 282 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:44,360 with so much left of and stepping into my 30s and a new 283 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:48,080 decade, a new, a new era. And I'm really feeling called 284 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:52,360 toward new experiences and things that I've never done 285 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:55,360 before and things that I might not be good at and things that 286 00:17:55,360 --> 00:18:00,440 I'm not prepared for. And I'm I'm starting to realize 287 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:05,760 that that is so cool. It's very liberating. 288 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:13,200 I want joy to be the pinnacle of these experiences, over mastery 289 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:18,600 and over perfectionism. And I don't know, I think that 290 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:22,200 it doesn't need to be impressive, it just needs to be 291 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,960 liberating. And I think that perfectionism, 292 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:30,240 it really blocks us from learning new things. 293 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,720 A friend of mine has a baby and she's the only baby that's in my 294 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,400 life currently. And I, I love her. 295 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,520 We spend time, time together and whenever she comes over, 296 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:45,800 whenever I'm around her, she's she is always evolving and 297 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,680 learning something new. Like from one week to the next, 298 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:55,320 she's not crawling and then she's crawling and she's like 299 00:18:55,360 --> 00:18:58,680 unable to, you know, track people with her eyes. 300 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,600 For example, when she was a little baby, you know, babies 301 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:05,080 can't really track your eyes. And then weeks later, she's 302 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,040 tracking my eyes with her eyes. And I'm thinking, wow, your 303 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,600 development is so visceral. It's so beautiful. 304 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,400 And it's a mirror of what I went through as a baby, what you went 305 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,000 through as a baby, Right? I was holding her in my house 306 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,480 the other day and my cat came in and I was like, Oh my gosh, have 307 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,520 you ever met a cat? Would you like to meet a cat? 308 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:26,400 So we introduced the baby to the cat, the cat to the baby. 309 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,520 Then the whole introduction was really cute and I thought, wow, 310 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,840 this might be your first time meeting a cat or even an animal. 311 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,560 And that's might just seem silly to someone else. 312 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:42,720 But to me, that was really intriguing to consider how often 313 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:48,920 we are so celebratory of babies and kids and even even young 314 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,240 adults and teenagers and trying new things. 315 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:57,480 And then when you're an adult, we kind of get like shamed for 316 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:01,120 it in some way. I don't know, I feel like our 317 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:04,520 culture kind of shames beginners. 318 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:09,640 And I think that's really sad. And in order to break that 319 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:14,600 stigma, we have to be willing to try new things and to not be 320 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:18,400 good at it. And I don't know, I I met an 321 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:22,640 adult that was learning to ride a bike for the first time and. 322 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,000 For some people, their first thought might be, Oh my God, 323 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,560 you've never ridden a bike before. 324 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:32,240 You're 30 years old, you know. But for me, I immediately 325 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:36,760 thought, I wonder if she ever had anyone in her life that was 326 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,640 able to teach her how to ride a bike. 327 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:40,960 Because for me, I had two parents. 328 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:44,440 They taught me how to ride a bike when I was, you know, 7 or 329 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:48,160 whatever. So I grew up knowing, but that's 330 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,600 assuming that someone has a support system or structure or 331 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,920 friends or community or grandparents or whoever that 332 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,600 would have taught them these things. 333 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,240 And for a lot of people, that's just not the case. 334 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:01,960 Someone that doesn't know how to cook, are we going to shame them 335 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,120 for not knowing how to cook? Are we going to encourage them 336 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,880 to take a class or to watch some TikTok videos and learn some 337 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:08,880 basic recipes or even teach them ourselves? 338 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,520 It's so beautiful. We're, we're, we're never too 339 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,680 old to learn how to do new things. 340 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,200 And I, you know, I think that actually being bad at something 341 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:24,440 is actually like a spiritual practice in a way, because you 342 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:30,280 have to confront all of your demons in your mind and in your, 343 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,520 in the, in the experiences that you've had in the past that are 344 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,360 screaming at you, saying you are going to be laughed at, you are 345 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:40,080 going to be made fun of. You are not good at this. 346 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:41,440 Why are you trying something new? 347 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,920 Go to something that's familiar, go to something that you already 348 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,760 know you're good at and get that, you know, boost and feel 349 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,880 like you're in your comfort zone and your safety lane. 350 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:58,520 But something cool is that, you know, trying new things actually 351 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:03,760 helps you break old patterns. And our minds are constantly 352 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:09,920 wired to seek novelty. And novelty actually boosts 353 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:15,520 dopamine and neuroplasticity, which keeps you young and your 354 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:21,320 mind agile. And it also shakes you out of 355 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:28,360 living your life in autopilot. And I think it's, it's, you 356 00:22:28,360 --> 00:22:30,360 know, it shows the nervous system. 357 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,320 And I have a whole episode about that, about living life on 358 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:39,600 autopilot and things you can do to create neuroplasticity in 359 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,440 your world, which essentially means you are changing your 360 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:49,000 brain chemistry to be more expansive to new experiences. 361 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,880 And through new experiences that you're able to build new neural 362 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:59,080 pathways in your mind. And this creates entire new 363 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:03,360 realities for you to experience, which is just so beautiful. 364 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:06,320 And it teaches the body that we are allowed to explore. 365 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:11,680 We are safe to explore. And I think there's something 366 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,320 also really beautiful about doing something because your 367 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:22,800 soul wants a new experience. That's what I'm feeling the call 368 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:29,160 toward in the pull toward as I get closer to my 30th birthday 369 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,840 is new experiences because my soul wants them. 370 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,400 And I've had so many new experiences in the last years, 371 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,800 from traveling the world, traveling to, I don't know, 1718 372 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,760 different countries, being in all kinds of different 373 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,440 circumstances. From being robbed and having my 374 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:54,360 van broken into, to being put in jail in Asia, van lifing across 375 00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:58,480 Europe to wild camping in Scotland, traveling with my 376 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,800 sister and meeting my best friends all around the world. 377 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,680 I mean, I, I've done some incredible things and, and I'm, 378 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:09,960 I feel that my soul is definitely one of a visionary, 379 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,280 one of something that I, I do, I crave new experiences, but I 380 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:19,200 also really do care about how I am perceived. 381 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:24,360 And it's something that I, I had to really adjust my relationship 382 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:28,680 to in the last years and something that, yeah, I, I 383 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,960 constantly have to work on, to be honest. 384 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,720 And something that really shifted it for me was leaving 385 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,520 my, the religion of my youth, religion of my life. 386 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:45,600 I was deep, deeply rooted in evangelical Christianity for 24 387 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,680 years. And I have other episodes about 388 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:48,640 that. I'm not going to go into that 389 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:50,640 right now. But one of the biggest changes 390 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,160 that I, that I made in that journey and, and was so 391 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:58,640 difficult for me with how I was perceived was because I knew 392 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:04,000 that the people who were still in this religion and this way of 393 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,760 life and this culture that I came from would not understand 394 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,320 me anymore. And that was really scary 395 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,200 because I felt like all of a sudden I was speaking a new 396 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,240 language and they didn't know that language. 397 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,160 And it made me feel very like isolated and, and, and a bit 398 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:26,560 scared, but also fully liberated for maybe the first time in my 399 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:32,360 life because I was following my soul's calling instead of what I 400 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:37,000 had just been conditioned to believe was true or not true 401 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,200 about the world and about myself. 402 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:47,400 So trusting your own curiosity and letting your desire lead you 403 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:52,640 to that next version of yourself is something that I, I deeply 404 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:57,200 encourage anyone to do and to step into, even if it's scary. 405 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,600 And this, this could mean trying something physically new for the 406 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,560 first time. Like maybe this inspires you to 407 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:07,920 take a ceramics class or try Kung Fu or learn how to swim or 408 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,040 book a flight somewhere, or learn a new instrument. 409 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,560 It doesn't even have to be something that costs something 410 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,240 either. It can be something completely 411 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,560 free, like I'm going to learn how to meditate. 412 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,680 So I'm going to watch some YouTube videos that maybe give 413 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:25,120 me some instruction or some guidelines on how I can best do 414 00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:27,320 this and support myself in this new practice. 415 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:32,160 Or I, I literally, literally, I could go on such a a list here, 416 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:37,000 but I'm going to spare you and just encourage you to go to 417 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,240 YouTube and find something you want to learn how to do. 418 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:44,040 This is where I have learned how to do so many things, including 419 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:48,800 most of my music skills. I mean, I did take piano for 420 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:54,400 many years, but I also learned a bit of guitar, ukulele mixing, 421 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:59,080 how to record music in my interface that I have, how to 422 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:03,200 make certain things out of clay, how to crochet, how to sew 423 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:08,040 different things, how to make kombucha, how to make yogurt, 424 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,480 like you name it and you're going to find it. 425 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:13,880 So this is this is not mean. Oh my God, I'm going to have to 426 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:17,680 go, you know, break the bank by learning new things because 427 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,000 Bailey said I have to go expand my sold mission. 428 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,760 I'm not saying that if something calls to you and you want to 429 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:29,800 figure out how to find a teacher or a class, please do. 430 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:31,920 Please find a way of doing that. And, you know, there's also a 431 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:35,640 lot of creative ways that you can do this. 432 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:39,080 Maybe if you know someone that is really good at, you know, 433 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,560 sewing, for example, and you want to learn how to sew. 434 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,720 If you can't afford classes, that is OK. 435 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:49,400 If there's an opportunity for a barter and trade, ask for it. 436 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,520 If you don't know if there is, ask for it anyway. 437 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,640 I have literally asked people that I wanted to learn things 438 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,040 from that I didn't know how to do and couldn't afford. 439 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,520 Hey, I'm really interested in what you have to teach. 440 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,000 I am unable to afford it at this time. 441 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:10,120 I know how to do blank fill what what whatever that thing is that 442 00:28:10,120 --> 00:28:13,360 you are good at and ask if it might be interesting to the 443 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:17,600 other person if they'd be willing to trade skill knowledge 444 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,840 with you and you teach them how to do something they teach you. 445 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,160 Of course, this isn't going to work with everything and I 446 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,440 definitely do believe in paying people for their time and for 447 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:31,280 their skills that they are going to be teaching you, but you 448 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,640 never know, like get creative with it. 449 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,960 I would say that interning is also a really great way to learn 450 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,120 things like, hey, you know how to do, I don't know, teach this 451 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,480 language or cook this thing. Can I come and shadow you? 452 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,480 Can I come intern with you? Can I come clean all the dishes 453 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,440 and watch you cook every meal and learn for myself from you 454 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:53,040 how to do things? The mentorship model, having 455 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,600 elders in our life that we can learn things from, right? 456 00:28:56,120 --> 00:29:00,760 So there are so many opportunities waiting right 457 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:04,040 around the corner for whatever you are interested in and 458 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,200 intrigued by. So don't let money stop you if 459 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:14,720 it is a question, You know, I think that joy is really one of 460 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,160 the most important things in our life. 461 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:23,680 And not just happiness, not just being happy or appearing happy, 462 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:30,560 but true joy and doing something for the sake of doing it. 463 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:37,520 And you know, these tiny choices that prioritize our joy, they 464 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:42,000 really ripple into our whole identity. 465 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:50,760 And it reminds us that life is not just about work or healing 466 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:56,960 or self improvement, but play. You know, I don't think adults 467 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,040 play enough. Again, I have a whole episode 468 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:03,320 about this, about creativity and and tending to your inner child. 469 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:08,640 And play is how children learn. And I don't know why we think 470 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:12,640 that we are any different, but we are really just children in 471 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,040 big adult bodies that sometimes need to go to the 472 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,000 physiotherapist because we hurt our knees. 473 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:27,640 It brings us back to wonder and humility and, and humor and 474 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:32,120 softness. And I think we need to lose our 475 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:38,520 ego when it comes to being a beginner, being open to 476 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:43,080 instruction, being teachable, you know, because it pushes you 477 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:49,160 to meet the edge of your insecurity, your fear, your 478 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:54,880 identity. And I think it's, it's beautiful 479 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:59,600 to trust the process of showing up without knowing the outcome. 480 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:03,640 My Kung Fu experience, for example, I am just showing up. 481 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:08,240 I, I have no idea what I'm doing, but I, I don't know the 482 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,320 outcome, you know, but I'm showing up and I'm letting my 483 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:16,120 body learn a new language, literally a new way of moving, a 484 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:23,200 new way of working with energy. And I'm, I'm intrigued. 485 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,280 I don't know if I'm going to stick with it for, for a long 486 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:27,280 time. I have no idea. 487 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,560 It could be a consistent part of my life, the rest of my life. 488 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:31,880 It also could be for this season. 489 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,680 As I say that I stretch my legs and I'm like, Oh my God, they're 490 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:40,280 so heavy and aching. Everything in me is aching. 491 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,160 But you know what? I've got a big smile slapped on 492 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,240 my face and I'm still here recording this podcast with my 493 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,000 turmeric tea next to me. So I don't know. 494 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:54,960 It teaches us to be, to be humble and to laugh, you know, 495 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,400 And even this example of the Kung Fu practice, it's kind of 496 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:05,280 woken me up to new muscles in my body and deeper awareness when 497 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,840 I'm cooking and I'm I'm fermenting things like I make 498 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:13,000 sauerkraut and kefir and kombucha. 499 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:19,080 This connects me to my ancestry and ancestral methods of 500 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:24,360 connecting to food and our ability to heal ourselves and 501 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:32,080 our gut by intuitively learning and being being available to 502 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,360 these simple ancestral ways of life. 503 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,640 And, you know, I've definitely messed up a few times where I 504 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,640 let the kombucha sit too long and it turns to vinegar and 505 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,320 you're like, OK, well, now I know not to do that. 506 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:49,080 Or I left my kombucha over the summer for a few months in a, in 507 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,360 a container, which you're allowed to do. 508 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,880 It's kind of like making a Scooby hotel. 509 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,280 If you're a kombucha maker, that's hilarious. 510 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,360 If you're not, never mind. It's a little bit gross, but it 511 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,960 got infested with these little tiny beetles. 512 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,600 So I came back from the summer and all of my kombucha making 513 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,720 things were ruined. I was like, Oh my gosh, this is 514 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,360 so disappointing. So I had to throw everything 515 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,760 away, but it's OK. I started over and now my 516 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:20,000 kombucha is better than ever and and it tastes great because I 517 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:25,200 I've learned through the process, you never know what 518 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,960 these things that we feel called to will connect us to in our 519 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:33,240 self. And I think that there's an 520 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:37,280 identity shift that happens when you start thinking, I am someone 521 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:45,640 who tries things like this just rewires yourself concept. 522 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:51,720 There is a confidence that grows from experimentation, I think. 523 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:57,120 And it supports your intuition and your creativity and maybe 524 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,280 even your business. And I don't know, I just think 525 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,400 it keeps life really interesting. 526 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:09,960 So I extend this query to you of what do you want to try next? 527 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,679 Whatever comes to mind, go for it. 528 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,920 Is it a new movement practice? Is it a martial arts? 529 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,639 Is it a type of dance? Is it singing? 530 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,239 Is it music? Is there an instrument that is 531 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:28,320 always called to you? I remember growing up in my 532 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,960 town, a lot of music stores do this. 533 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:34,800 They do music instrument rental periods. 534 00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:37,960 So for example, I really wanted to learn the cello, but I wasn't 535 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,880 going to go spend thousands of dollars and buy a cello. 536 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:44,920 Plus they're so big and I really wanted to make sure I liked it 537 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,440 first. So rather than just saying, oh, 538 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,080 wish I could play the cello, but I'm never going to buy one, blah 539 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,239 blah blah. My music store had the 540 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,679 opportunity to rent one for a couple of months and it was 541 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,160 really cheap. Like, I don't know, 30-40 bucks 542 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,400 a month or something to, to rent a whole instrument. 543 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:06,080 So I brought it home and I practiced it and I really liked 544 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,160 it, but I, I felt that it wasn't quite my instrument. 545 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,440 But I never would have known if I hadn't tried it. 546 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,040 And maybe I'll try it again sometime in the future, you 547 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,480 know, But there's so many opportunities. 548 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:21,560 Maybe you're interested in cooking, becoming a better, 549 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,720 better cook with, with even more recipes under your belt. 550 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,600 Maybe baking, maybe a type of sport. 551 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,320 What kind of sport are you into? Have you, do you know how to 552 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:32,960 swim? Have you ever wanted to learn? 553 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:38,240 So my partner Philip, he leads scuba diving trips around the 554 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:42,080 world. And if you're interested in any 555 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:45,000 trips, by the way, or scuba diving in general, check them 556 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,560 out. It's at dive instructor Phil on 557 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:51,440 Instagram. So Philip was leading these 558 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:54,680 trips and he got some messages from people that were like, Hey, 559 00:35:54,680 --> 00:36:00,800 we would love to come diving, but we are from India or China 560 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,360 and we, we don't know how to swim. 561 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,880 And I remember the first time he told me that and I was thinking, 562 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,160 they don't know how to swim. Like who? 563 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,840 How do you not know how to swim? Because I, I grew up swimming. 564 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:15,240 I grew up on swim team. I was always, always in the 565 00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:17,840 water. So for me, an adult not knowing 566 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:22,360 how to swim is a bit odd. And I quickly corrected myself 567 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,640 when I realized that a lot of people in other countries, 568 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:31,360 especially places in in Asia, India, China, specifically 569 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,080 India, a lot of the rivers are not clean. 570 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:38,560 So you're unable to just learn how to swim like I would have. 571 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,840 And pool culture isn't really a thing. 572 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:46,400 And quickly realized, wow, not everyone has had the same 573 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,640 opportunities that I've had. Not everyone grew up in the same 574 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,440 culture or way of life that I had, right? 575 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,080 So do you want to learn how to swim? 576 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,960 It's not too late. Maybe there's another sport that 577 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:03,320 intrigues you, Volleyball or football, soccer. 578 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,160 I don't know, something that could inspire you. 579 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:07,720 Pickleball. That's really fun. 580 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:10,120 You should try pickleball. Maybe it's something more in the 581 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:16,560 creative field, maybe around videography, photography, art in 582 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:21,360 some way, painting, sculpting, creating with your hands. 583 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:27,200 Maybe it's a digital art, maybe it's a graphic designer media of 584 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,840 some sort, I don't know. Whatever it is, these are these 585 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,040 are these are just invitations for you. 586 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:36,800 Pick something that you've been curious about because if it 587 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:44,200 sparks you following that joy and that spark, it is a part of 588 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:47,240 the spiritual journey. It's beautiful. 589 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:52,640 It's a profound, it's exciting and it probably would have lit 590 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:56,760 you up as a kid. And I like to think that little 591 00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:00,320 me, little Bailey at like, I don't know, 7-8 years old. 592 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,800 If I told her, hey, guess what? We're going to try Kung Fu this 593 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,880 week, she'd be like, whoa, no way. 594 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:08,960 You're going to be like Kung Fu Panda. 595 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,200 I'm like, yeah, dude, I totally might be. 596 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,080 And she'd be like, yo, that's so cool. 597 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:16,040 You should totally do it. If I told her, hey, I think I'm 598 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,760 going to learn how to swim and I didn't already know as a kid, 599 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,600 she'd be like, whoa, swimming is so beautiful. 600 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,120 You're going to be mermaid, right? 601 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:27,080 Like imagine telling your inner child you're going to go do 602 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:30,320 something for the first time that is totally weird, totally 603 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,680 cool, totally unique and totally you. 604 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,120 I guarantee you they're not going to be like, that's so 605 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:37,480 weird. Why would you try that? 606 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:41,120 Like they're they're going to be stoked for you. 607 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,920 So that's really all that I have to share today. 608 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,320 I hope that something here was inspiring to you. 609 00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:55,000 I hope that you feel turned on by the ideas that I hope that 610 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:59,120 you feel turned on in your mind by the I. 611 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:04,680 I hope that you feel turned on by life and by the possibility 612 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:10,240 that you can still be and go and do whatever it is that's in your 613 00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:13,000 heart. It is never too late to try 614 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:17,040 something new, and if you're interested in taking this to the 615 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:20,520 next level, I would love to have you join me on the Cosmic Nomad 616 00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:23,920 Collective, which is my private online space on Patreon. 617 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,800 It's $8 a month. We've got guided monthly 618 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:31,440 meditations, gratitude practices, voice memos from my 619 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:36,080 kitchen. It's a behind the scenes way for 620 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:40,120 you to be more involved in my life and also to support the 621 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:44,080 podcast and my creative work. So I would love if you have have 622 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,480 learned anything from those podcasts and you would like to 623 00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,440 be a part of supporting me in some capacity. 624 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,000 That's an incredible way to do it. 625 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,760 Another way that you can support is also by listening to my 626 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,200 music. If you didn't know, I create 627 00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:02,080 music online, acoustic covers that become the soundtrack to 628 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,920 your memories. And to big moments in your life, 629 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,280 I hope. And yeah, you can find those all 630 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,440 available online under Bailey Rush Low, anywhere you listen to 631 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:14,080 music. I hope that they inspire you and 632 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:19,360 they make you feel deeper into yourself and guide you back to 633 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:22,520 your soul and back to your to your journey every time that you 634 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:23,960 listen. Thank you for joining me on 635 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,240 today's episode. I'm grateful that you've been 636 00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:29,640 here. If you have any episode requests 637 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:33,680 or ideas, please send them my way at the Cosmic Nomad Podcast 638 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:36,720 on Instagram. Shoot me a message and I will 639 00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:41,200 see you guys next Tuesday. As always, open heart, open 640 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,080 mind. Stay curious.