Can We Go Back To Doing Things For The Plot?

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You would think, however, this weather is not summer ring anymore. She's in the sixties before what was it last week or the week before? I don't even remember for sure. It was in the eighties. It was humid. I was not having it, but I was having it, you know what I mean. I wasn't having it with the humidity, but I'm like, I'm here for the sun being out and all that stuff. But it's in the sixties right now. And on top of that, it's not even June yet by the time I'm recording this episode, So well, you know what, Honestly, summer is a mindset at this point. It's the do it for the plot mindset. Funny thing. I literally said that to my mom the other day, and I think I was I don't even remember what the conversation was for sure, but I was like, yeah, just trying to do stuff for the plot, and she was like, do who for the what? Yes, exact words. But I think that that was just a brutal reminder that not everyone is going to know exactly what do it for the plot or for the plot actually means. So to explain a little just in case you didn't know, doing it for the plot is like doing it for the vibes, but on steroids. Oh my gosh, that sounded so dumb. I can't believe this is happening right now. It sounded so dumb and way better in my head. Okay, doing it for the vibes is like, you know, watching the sunset with your friend, or taking yourself out on a date, or I don't know, like acting like a tourist in your own city and just like touring your city. It's just it's for the giggles. It's for a good time. For the plot. That's like main character energy, Like you have the power to completely change the plot of your larger narrative, which is your life. So wearing seven and cheels when you're already six feet tall for the plot, talking to strangers in fake accents for the plot. Traveling to the other side of the world with only seven dollars and twenty four cents in your bank account for the plot. Okay, why was that last one? Add the specific anyways, but for the plot is kind of like Yolo but on drugs. I remember the days of Yoo. Yolo was like for the plot, but in the early two thousands. Because I'm not gonna lie to y'all, I used to say Yolo kind of cringe now, but let me stop, because I know somewhere down the line many years down the line, probably when I'm in my thirties, I'm gonna look back and I'm gonna be like, why would I say for the plot out loud that that's gonna end up curtaining somewhere down the line. So honestly, I'm I'm not even gonna think too much about the Yolo era. But for the plot is like Yolo but on drugs, because Yolow is kind of like, yeah, I don't know. I just feel like Yolo is less aggressive, less intense than for the plot because it's like it's kind of like peace love type of thing, like, yeah, we're doing it to change our lives, but change the world too, because Yolo but for the plot is like, you know, there's that potential to ruin other people's lives or ruin our own lives. That sounds so bad, Like the example that I just gave traveling to the other side of the planet with only seven dollars and twenty four cents to your bank account. Yeah, Like for the plot, obviously it's we don't know how we're gonna we don't know what's gonna happen this other planet with that much in our bank account. But we're just doing it just to see, like you never know what's gonna happen, just to see what's what? What what can you learn in that experience? What can like shake things up in your life? But is that a smart thing to do? Not really? I like how I thought about that for a while too. Maybe I was contempletely doing it. You know, you never you never know what can happen, like I said before, But I'm not saying to go jump off a bridge or hit someone with the car for the plot, because saying for the plot in court does not get you out of jail. You can't just be like here, honor, I actually did it for the plot. What that is ridiculous. That may even get you more time in jails. Everyone's gonna look like, what is going on with this person? So I'm not saying to do anything illegal or do anything stupid, like please don't jump off a bridge for the plot, or don't hit someone with a tractor. I think I said car. I don't know why tractor came out, But don't hit someone with a car or a tractor for the plot, Like, please don't do that. But if someone out there somewhere is watching your life, right now through a movie screen. What would you do to keep them watching, to keep them entertained. That does sound a little creepy and a little stalker ish. Maybe it's just me just a little bit. I don't know. I'm just I've been watching TV shows lately where there are cameras and people's houses and bedrooms, and when like a parent or a spouse like goes away for the weekend for like a business trip or whatever, they're like watching the people in the house. It's like, oh my god, that's just so weird. Like, I know, people have it for security purposes, Like I know it's for security. I mean usually maybe it's different here. I don't know. I'm used to being on the outside rather than the inside, you know, just watching people. You know, you never know what they're gonna do. They could be walk around naked, they could be taking a shower, they could be having a full on dance party. That would be so ombrasing. But I just think I need to slow down and watching those shows that there's cameras in people's rooms and houses and stuff like that. That's why I thought it sounded a little creepy. But just think of doing it for the plot as doing just do the most unapologetic, mind boggling, life changing thing that adds much needed spice in your life. And then saying that phrase, oh it's for the plot. I did it for the plot, I'm gonna do it for the plot kind of makes the entire situation less overwhelming or less scary, like it kind of helps you release that unhealthy attachment from the outcome of what you're going to do, so instead of overthinking the situation or feeling bad about it afterwards, you just say, oh, it's for the plot, and then it's like, yeah, okay, yeah added spice. There was a plot twist in there somewhere it entertained that person that's watching me on that movie screen. Oh that still sounds so creepy. I'm gonna stop saying that, but it kind of helps you just release that stress that you have about what could happen, what should happen, what would happen, and it's kind of like, oh, yeah, onto the next plot. Because, let's face it, one of the main reasons that we talk ourselves out of doing things is because we overthink the situation. There's all this what ifs, like what if I look stupid? Or what if I sound dumb or I don't know, what if they don't like me back or all that stuff. There's always what if what's gonna happen? I don't know, Yetta, yetta ya. And but the truth is you never really know what's going to happen unless you actually do the thing that's going to cause the outcome to happen. And I get it, I kinda, I kind of. It's scary, but just saying doing it for the plot, as dumb as it sound at this point, it just gets you to the point of actually doing the thing that you're scared of doing, or being somebody or doing something that like it just helps you not second yes yourself, your abilities, the situation as a whole. And it doesn't have to be something drastic. It doesn't have to be insane, like I don't know, like sneak into a red carpet for the po Okay, I don't even think that's smart to do either. But it doesn't have to be something drastic. That was a terrible example. It doesn't have to be something drastic. It could be like giving a ten minute speech in front of a class, or eating at a restaurant by yourself, or dressing up to go to the grocery store, anything that kind of just brings us out of our comfort zone. It can be the smallest things. It doesn't have to be crazy, insane, out of this world, like backpacking to the other side of the country for a concert and you're going by yourself, like that is definitely for the plot. And would I do something like that? Probably, honestly, that's not my bucket list for next summer. But does it have to be something like that. It could be the simplest things, like where like if you're scared, like prime example, if you're tall and you're scared of wearing heels, you still got to wear the heels anyways for the plot. But it's just it could be the smallest things that could take you out of your comfort zone. And we never know what's gonna happen, and that's why we tend to get afraid of doing those things, and we just don't do it because it's unknown. And because it's unknown, we're like, oh, like what if it turns out bad? And trust me, I understand, but what if it turns out good? Sometimes we just I feel like we take things too seriously and that is not at all bad to take things seriously. Actually, you should be taking things seriously, because what are you doing if you're not taking some things in your life seriously. Like you have work, you have your career, you have serious relationships like you have a spouse or a significant other, or you have like this long friendship even like work relationships as well. Or you're in school like your high school, college, graduate school, like those are all great things to take seriously. I'm not saying to not take things seriously, but it also doesn't hurt to live a little because when we start taking things too seriously, we just get so caught up in the madness. Oh my goodness, that was me. This intent will not the entire semester. I feel like the semester was pretty good, but towards the end of the semester, oh my gosh, it was so much. There was so much frustration and stress and for what, Because I'm taking a lot of these things a little bit too seriously. Yes, I want to succeed, Yes I want the best for myself, but also I'm a human being. I cannot just do everything at once. Some things are going to have to take priority over others. Yes, and even if certain things fall down lower on the quote unquote prioritization list or whatever, like, yes, still take those things seriously, but also if it doesn't happen, it just doesn't happen, and then making that time to just not be so safe, even if it's for twenty minutes, like watching a Netflix show, or I don't know, having like we were talking about dance parties earlier, having a dance party in your kitchen, or I don't know, like taking a walk and just talking to a random person at the park for like fifteen minutes. Or playing with the birds. Actually I don't like birds like that. But if you like birds, play with the birds something that is just not so serious or doesn't have you like caught up in all the studying and the working and the planning and the prepping and the budgeting and this and that and the other. Just fifteen minutes out of the day for the plots. Play with the birdies for the plot. Maybe you'll get a bird friend, Okay, a bird friend like a person who another person who also likes playing with the birds, or a bird friend like you're actually a friend with a bird. You never know, maybe you could take one of the birds home. That could be your new pet to cry out here, But oh my gosh, how did I even get to the point of birds? We're talking about being super serious all the time, but it's it doesn't have to be as serious or as intense or as frustrating and stressful as you are making it, because sometimes the situation is just not that deep. But we tend to make things deeper and it needs to be and it doesn't always I'm not saying to never make it deep, but it doesn't always have to be that deep and just a deep attaching ourselves from that oh my gosh. Like, for example, one of the things I'm stressing out about finals, Oh my gosh, Like I'm doing all this studying and I'm tired, but what if I'm not doing enough or what if I fail that exam after putting all of this work in and stuff like that. First of all, number one, that's stressful in and of itself. That's just making the situation more stressful, just thinking about what could potentially happen and all the bad things that could potentially happen. But if you're putting that work in, then it's like, what's the likelihood of that bad thing happening, you know, and you know, even if on that very rare occasion that it does turn out quote unquote bad, it was for the plot. Studying all this time but not getting the grade that I want it Okay, but it's still for the plot. I don't know why, because in all that time of studying, ay, I probably learned a lot of new things that I can apply to my life and be It builds on my discipline and my good habits. So even though I'm not motivated, I still do what I have to do, and I done what I had to do. So it was for my pot because down the line I could use that information, I could use those skills, you know. But I personally don't think that things actually turn out bad. Like it could seem bad in the moment, but overall, down the line it has helped you or will help you in some way. Just like if you're embarrassing yourself in front of the class during that ten minute speech, because I don't know what could happen now you accidentally burned or you accidentally I don't know, like you stuttered a lot, or you got super anish, anxious, YadA YadA ya. But down the line, you can think like, how can I make this better? So the next time I know what to do, And stuff like this happens like several times, Like it's not just a wild thing. Like let's say if you burn, but from the class, like that may not be the last time that you give a speech and you actually burp in front of people, So then next time you know how to handle yourself, maybe leaving like crack a little joke to get the people laughing and stuff like that. But the thing is with that, no one is thinking about it as much as you're thinking about it. No one is going to think about it as much as you're going to think about it. No one is really thinking about what you did or how you looked, or how loud that burp was or how you sounded. No one's thinking about it as much as you are because they are way too busy thinking about themselves to care that much. Yeah, maybe a little bit I'm barrassing in the moment and they may laugh or say something out Yeah, but like two days later people, how's the time? People don't even remember what they have for breakfast on this given day, you know. And this is because this is your plot. It's not theirs, so they're not gonna be thinking about your pause much thinking about their pot. So in conclusion, just to wrap up, because I don't even know what's going on at this point, do it, scared, do it. I'm prepared so that down the line you're not living in regret or to spare oh bars, gotta get that one trademarks before somebody steals it. But yeah, just releasing that attachment from the outcome and believing that no matter the outcome, it was meant to happen for you in your favorite will really so much stress and frustration because, after all, no matter what it is, no matter what situation, no matter what outcome, it was for the plot. And like I said before, this isn't you know, permission to do something stupid or illegal or things that will hurt you and or the people, but kind of just as a reminder to live a little do something fun, do something a little bit crazy, do something a little bit spicy, you know. And that's the mood for this summer. So hopefully you're going to be doing things for the plot as I'm doing things for the plot. There's a lot of things that I'm going to be doing for the plot. That's gonna start. Oh, next week. Can you believe that next week the whole plot line changes. There's gonna be several plot twists. Am I mentally preparing? No, I'm not mentally prepared for these plot twists coming up, these plot changes. This is crazy new season. This is a new season of my life, new characters, new broll. You know what. Like I said, it's for the plot, so I'm not gonna think too much about it. Got to take my own advice at this point. But hopefully you do things one or two things this summer for the plot as well, no matter what situation, no matter what circumstance. And yeah, let me know what things are gonna do for the plot. Hit me up at a talk growth podcast on Instagram, TikTok and pinterest. Let me know all of your plot twists. We just gotta inform each other. I know I'm gonna be posting about it on my social media. Is there's going to be a lot of changes to that as well, So stay tuned and stay update. What stay tuned and stay updated? Well, yeah, I'm gonna update you guys. Stayed stay tuned for those changes, and thank you so so much for listening up to this point in the episode and me just rhymbling about the plot. I think this entire episode was really just me convincing myself to just stop stressing and stop being scared. And just as for the plot, I need to stop saying that because I'm it's getting it's getting a little tired right now. But I appreciate you. You're awesome, you're amazing, and everything works out in your favor. Don't forget about that, so I'll catch you in the next one. Good Night and goodbye.