90. Best Foot Forward

Bringing Your Best Self Forward

In this episode of the Curate Your Life podcast, Temetria discusses the importance of presenting your best self in all aspects of life. Addressing the trend of sloppiness, she encourages listeners to make an effort in their appearance and day-to-day actions. Temetria emphasizes that bringing your best self is not about conforming to societal norms but about self-respect and confidence. She suggests evaluating daily efforts and striving for continuous personal growth. She invites listeners to reflect on whether they are truly giving their best and offers consultations to help them achieve their highest potential.

00:00 Introduction to Curate Your Life
00:17 The Importance of Putting Your Best Foot Forward
01:16 Effort and Grooming: The Basics
03:12 Living Your Best Life: Daily Reflections
06:34 The Impact of Energy and Appearance
08:43 Continuous Growth and Self-Improvement
09:11 Conclusion and Next Steps

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Episode Transcript

(00:00):
Welcome to the Curate Your Lifepodcast with Temetria where we
focus on curating the lifeyou've been dreaming of one goal
at a time.
So that you can make the rest ofyour life the best of your life.
Hey y'all.
Okay, so today we're going totalk about putting your best

(00:22):
foot forward.
And I don't know if this isgoing to be long or short; I
didn't really plan anything out.
I just wanted to come talk aboutsome of the things that I've
been seeing.
And I've been seeing sloppiness.
And you know what, I'm not goingto sugarcoat it.
We're just going to talk.
I think people are looking alittle sloppy.

(00:48):
And I think we could just dobetter.
Like when you're out in publicdon't you want to put your best
foot forward?
Wouldn't you feel better if youwent out in public looking
decent, respectable?
And now I'm just thinking aboutthat meme going around and I

(01:09):
have not even actually seen.
The actual thing about demureand something.
And so let me just say this.
I don't, I'm not here to saythat you need to look a certain
way.
I'm here to say make an effort.
Put forth a little effort.

(01:30):
And I think it is as much foryou as it is for the other
person.
Because I feel like when you cango out into the world and you've
put some effort into yourappearance, I'm not saying you
have to wear designer clothes,I'm not saying you have to be
made up or, you know, quaffed tothe hilt.

(01:53):
I'm saying be groomed.
Let's let that can be thebaseline.
Grooming.
You will feel better.
You'll feel more confident.
You won't feel the need to runinto the grocery store and duck
and dodge and try and get thethings that you need and get out
before running into somebody youknow.

(02:14):
You will be able to carryyourself confidently and look
people in the eye and smile.
So.
I think we've kind of lostsomething lately.
And I know there's a differencebetween societal norms that are
trying to put people in a box ofright and wrong made up by the
powers that be, versus lettingpeople be who they are and

(02:38):
letting their unique gifts shinethrough.
I know there's that line, andwhat I am proposing is that you
shine through at your brightestat your best, whatever your
style is, whoever you are,whatever you're bringing; bring
your best.

(02:59):
And I just feel like a lot ofpeople are kind of dialing it in
and going through the motionsand being the embodiment of it
is what it is, which is not aphrase that I love.
So, what I want to talk abouttoday is bringing your best.
And you decide what your bestis.

(03:22):
But I don't think that peopletoday right now, from what I've
seen lately, I don't thinkthey're bringing their best.
And it takes some effort.
Right.
And I'm not here to say what thelevel of effort is, or what it
should be, and maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe the people out there thatI'm seeing are doing their best.

(03:45):
Maybe some people are, but Ifeel like a lot of people are
just really phoning it in andthey have a little bit given up.
What I want to propose is thatyou ask yourself one question.
Is this my best?
And if it's not ask yourselfwhy.

(04:06):
Why am I not bringing my bestself to my life every day?
What's in the way?
And then go to work on onething, one thing that you can
improve.
And if you are bringing yourbest, if that's your best self
Bravo, and thank you forbringing your best.

(04:29):
And I also know that your bestcan change on a daily basis.
But when you're living your lifefully and thriving at whatever
level, because that can lookdifferent on a daily basis too.
But if you had a day where youlived your life the way.

(04:51):
That you wanted to, like, youfelt like you did all you could.
You'd left it all on the table.
And you showed up and you playedfull out.
The end of the day, when you layyour head on the pillow there's
a different story playing inyour mind.

(05:12):
It's the wow.
I, I impressed myself today.
I did some stuff today.
I'm happy with what I did; how Ishowed up.
I'm happy with that conversationthat I had with a friend.
I'm happy with the work that Idid.
I'm happy with the way I treatedmyself.

(05:34):
That's a different narrativegoing on in your head when you
hit the pillow.
Than when you have a day whereyou just kind of went through
the motions and nothing wasgreat and you were not your best
self, then that narrative, whenyou lay down, you hit the

(05:54):
pillow, it's the I shouldacoulda, woulda.
And that is a thing that willexhaust us; that will wear us
down.
It's a different tired when youhave done something with all
your heart and all your soul andyou know why you're doing it.

(06:18):
And it was hard work.
Versus when you didn't hit themark because you didn't really
try, you were just dialing itin.
You were just going through themotions and your heart wasn't in
it.
That's a different tired at theend of the day.
And so this is, just a littlebit different right than how you

(06:39):
show up physically; yourphysical appearance.
It's the energy; it's the, you,all of you that you were either
bringing or not bringing to thetable.
But I do think how you show upphysically your appearance, how
you're put together, contributesto your energy and the heart and

(07:03):
the soul that you're bringing toyour everyday life.
And I know that at the time,there could be a time when you
just need milk and you just needto go to the store and get that
one thing.
And I'm not asking you again, tolike throw on heels and get your
best bag.
But what I'm saying is 99% ofthe time.

(07:25):
How are you showing up?
What are you bringing?
Are you bringing your best self?
And if not, why?
What is missing?
And I hope that you get that.
I mean, that, it's more thanjust your physical appearance,
and that it's all of it thatmatters and that it all ties
together.
And I'm not suggesting that yoube perfect.

(07:47):
Or that you conform to anyspecific idea.
I'm just suggesting that whenyou bring your best self it's
best for you, because it's areflection of how you feel about
yourself.
About how you feel about whatyou have to offer to the world.

(08:08):
Let me know if this resonates.
If it makes sense.
If you have objections oroffended by part of it.
I did not in any way mean tooffend anyone.
But I just think collectively wecan do better.
I think when we do better, whenwe're showing up as our best

(08:30):
selves, we see what's best inothers.
And if you want to bringing yourbest great.
That's fantastic.
I would say, check in on aregular basis.
I think even when we are at ourbest and doing our best, there's
another level that we can decidethat we want to go to.

(08:51):
And that's called growth.
And I think we continue to growand change and evolve as we live
our lives.
So checking in and saying, yeah,I'm doing my best.
I'm doing great.
Am I ready to go to the nextlevel?
And what does that look like?
Is living; is really living yourlife.

(09:14):
And if anything struck a chordwith you today, and you want to
explore it more contact meschedule a consultation.
I would love to help you figureout what your best is or what
your next level is and how toreach it.
Until next time.