Wake Me Up: Morning Positivity - Be Your Favorite Self (Not Your Best Self) | Inspiration & Motivation
Episode Date: January 1, 2025Learn to be your best self by becoming your favorite self. Develop self love and positive thinking with this motivational and inspirational talk. #motivation #inspiration #motivationalspeech About ...Wake Me Up Wake Me Up is the # 1 guided morning routine podcast. Our guided morning wake ups offer affirmations, mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and motivation specifically designed to help you get out of bed and start your day with a positive mindset. Stop pressing the snooze button all morning long, and turn on an episode of Wake Me Up instead. You will be happier and more successful at everything in life because of it! Try out our different kinds of episodes to see what you like. And add it into your morning routine every day. Each day, you will be happier than the day before :) Listen to my Spotify playlists to keep the good vibes going this morning: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6nSXshDBPub8iigdyQJlWN?si=207f42f85dbc4b97 Check out my sleep meditation podcast, Sleep Escape on Apple Podcasts - Amazon Music - Spotify - Youtube Want to be more focused? Wish distractions would just melt away? Sign up for the WMU Focus Course! If you're interested in joining, all you need to do is sign up for the course here: https://wakemeuppod.gumroad.com/l/focus. Get ad-free access to the entire WMU catalog + bonus content + 25% discount on WMU courses by joining the WMU Premium Feed. Sign up and start your 7-day free trial at https://wakemeup.supercast.com/. Follow Wake Me Up on Youtube - Spotify - Apple Podcasts - Amazon - Podchaser Say hi or request an episode at www.wakemeuppodcast.com/contact. See visual guides for the yoga and stretches in WMU episodes at www.wakemeuppodcast.com/stretches. **Only partake in the physical movements suggested in Wake Me Up episodes if you are physically able and in safe surroundings. All movements are done at the individual's own risk. Be safe, and always consult a doctor if you have any questions or concerns.** Have a wonderful day 😃 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Be your favorite self.
Not your best or your highest self.
Be the self.
you like the most right now.
Let's consider something peculiar
about how we live our lives.
We're constantly bombarded with the idea of being better,
becoming the best, the highest,
the most optimized version of ourselves.
And it sounds noble, doesn't it?
It seems to suggest some ultimate pinnacle of existence.
Spending your life,
climbing to the top of this mountain, and finally, declaring, here I am, I've finally arrived,
but have you ever stopped to think where you're trying to arrive?
Who is this highest self you're chasing after?
And why must it always be some distant version of you?
Someone you're not yet, but could be someday.
It's a curious thing.
Because while there's virtue in trying to better yourself,
chasing the so-called best self
often leads us to overlook the great person we already are,
and here is a little secret.
Your most profound joy won't come from striving
for some imagined perfection.
It comes from embracing the you
that feels the most alive.
the most real, the most you in this moment.
If you spend your time focusing on being your favorite version of yourself,
then what's going to happen is you are going to become your best self.
Because by being your favorite,
you're expressing those unique qualities,
which are only yours,
and will allow you to become the best expression
of you. It's not about sculpting something that doesn't already exist. It's about noticing
the self you enjoy being, appreciating them, and trying to spend more time as them. Think about it
this way. You don't look at a tree and ask, why aren't you taller? Why aren't you stronger?
Why don't you fix that one branch that's gnarled and curved?
In fact, we do quite the opposite.
We admire that gnarled and curved branch the most,
because it is a unique expression of this tree's place in the universe.
This tree found a space that the rest of nature hadn't occupied
and made its place there.
Now that is a place.
is truly unique.
Nothing else can do it right now.
Just that tree.
So isn't that the best expression of that tree, after all?
The expression that allowed the tree to get more sunlight,
to be more well-fed, oh, more leaves.
And don't you think that would be this tree's favorite expression of itself,
the one who's getting the most light, the most cared for,
the most fulfilled in the life of a tree, that is.
And that's why I love this idea of spending more time as your favorite self.
It seems far more fun, far more liberating, doesn't it?
And there's all those elements of discipline, self-awareness, and virtue that come with
chasing the best self too.
Because the version of you that you like the moment.
most right now is most likely going to change over time. As you grow, as you experience new things,
the version of you that feels the most authentic isn't always going to be the same. Of course,
we all have threads in ourselves that seem to last across time. But consider that when you were a
kid, your favorite self might have been the version that ran around and danced and
screamed and shouted.
As an adult, you might appreciate a little more peace and quiet.
Though maybe not.
As it goes, that's up to you to decide.
So I encourage you.
Stop trying to be the best at everything.
Start being your favorite at everything.
If you do, I guarantee you're going to find joy.
I'm going to feel this.
lightness and energy in your being.
And you'll rediscover the art of simply existing
without all of the heavy burdens
trying to measure up to impossible standards,
trying to be like everyone else
who were just not that much like.
I'm not saying that growth isn't worthwhile.
Of course it is.
Life itself is change.
Allow this favorite self to constantly unfold because you're never static.
The beauty of that unfolding doesn't require you to reject who you are now.
You are not incomplete in this moment.
You're not some unfinished project.
In fact, you are exactly what was meant to be happening at this particular moment in time.
So be your favorite self.
After all, life isn't a test you pass or fail.
It's a dance that you get to perform.
And the character you choose to be in this great cosmic drama.
Well, that's entirely up to you.
So why not choose to be your favorite character?
For when you do, you'll find that you are not only happier,
but you are also more free.
And in that freedom, life becomes what it was always meant to be.
A grand, beautiful, and utterly delightful dance.