rest is resistance

The podcast episode discusses the concept of inspiration overload and whether it is a good thing or if it reminds people of what they can't do. It explores the idea of pivoting and allowing oneself to make choices without regret. The podcast also mentions a book called "Rest is Resistance" by Tricia Hersey, which discusses how rest is a form of resistance and how America, under capitalism, is lacking rest, particularly for black and brown women. It highlights the impact of grind culture and the spiritual deficiency that occurs when white supremacist thinking is uplifted. The podcast also touches on the struggle to balance dreams with the realities of bills and societal pressures. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of finding one's dream space and the role of art in achieving that state. The book is recommended as a must-read. Hello everybody and welcome back to my podcast. Today I kind of wanted to talk about inspiration, rather inspiration overload. Is too much inspiration a good thing or reminding you of all the things you can't do? Not that one can't apply oneself and manifest what they reap if whatever you're chasing is your passion, but What happens if it isn't or if you're not able to physically chase the thing that inspired you in the first place? Are you able to pivot? Allow yourself the permission to pivot without regretting the choices you made along the way. And if you have a smudge of regret, allow yourself the permission to unfold the layers of your remorse and work through it. It is okay to be inspired by things you have no desire at all to do. So, and with that being said, I'm kind of going to segue, perfect, perfect segue into this book that I'm reading right now. Currently, it's called Rest is Resistance, a manifesto by Tricia Hersey. So, thus far, what I'm gathering from everything, and it's a lot to take in because she, in her book, she basically sums up why rest is a form of resistance and why America, under the form of capitalism, is in a rest deficit and how black and brown women are in the forefront of lacking the rest. Black and brown women are the largest group of laborers in the United States. And grind culture is an indoctrination of slavery, she says. You should not be as good as you can produce. You're not a machine. How can we begin to explain the spiritual deficiency that occurs when you follow and uplift white supremacy or white supremacist thinking was one of the questions that she asked. Wow, like, I can't even begin to explain the spiritual deficiency. No one, I think, intentionally, all of us that are in the know, none of us intentionally uplift white supremacist thinking. I think, honestly, it just happens. Because the lack of rest, along with the bills that you have to pay, kind of takes the forefront. And thus far, I don't want to say she doesn't mention it within her writing. Gosh, I am not even, oh, I just made it to half of the book. So, these are definitely points to think about. And she also states, obsession to always be in a state of productivity leads to the path of exhaustion, guilt, and shame. How many of us that originally started doing something, and let's just say life happened and we never got to finish. Or if we had to pivot from what we originally wanted to do, when we were in, for lack of better words, and in Ms. Tricia words, what if it's hard for us to function in our dream space? I can only go off of the experience of the people that are around me, and my own. It's not that I don't want to center myself in that dream space. It's just because of white supremacy, capitalism, patriarchy, it has me in a limbo. Because I'm trying to finish what I've started, finish my passion, but bills, once again, take the forefront. So, you know, these are things to definitely think about. As I finish reading this book, I can only think of placing myself in that dream space. And the closest I get to that dream space is when I am painting. It has me in a full imaginative state where nothing around me matters, but the brush hitting the canvas. And as an artist, we're always looking for the next best thing to paint. Or we're also, can be looking for the next ride that we're going to, the next wave that we're going to rise. Whether we're in an emotional state, passionate state, but sometimes life gets in the way and we don't finish what we started. And I can only speak from that from experience. So thank you for tuning in to this episode, very short podcast. I will definitely keep you updated on this book. Once again, it's called Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey. Oh my gosh, definitely it's a must read. You should pick it up today. Take care. Bye.