[video available on spotify] how do you feel when you see an inspirational quote? let me guess: uninspired. they’re cringe, overplayed, pretentious, cliché. but i think we need inspirational quotes. today, i’m going to go on pinterest and analyze some inspirational quotes with fresh eyes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: Why have inspirational quotes become unpopular?
Now tell me, how do you feel when you see an inspirational quote? Let me guess, uninspired. Yeah, but that wasn't always the case. Think back to a decade ago. How did you feel when you saw an inspirational quote? I can tell you how you felt. You felt inspired. Yeah, you did. You felt inspired. A decade ago, we loved inspirational quotes. We slapped them on our t-shirts, on our notebooks.
We got tattoos of them all over our bodies. We loved inspirational quotes. And then all of a sudden one day, we all collectively woke up and decided we don't like inspirational quotes anymore. They're cringe. They're overplayed. They're pretentious. They're cliche. And it became this sort of guilty pleasure. If you liked inspirational quotes, you shouldn't tell people about that.
You know, it used to be posting an inspirational quote on your Instagram was cool, was, well, inspirational. And then it became cringe and choogy and out of touch. But for fuck's sake, I think we need inspirational quotes. I think the fact that we've written off inspirational quotes as cringe and pretentious and cliche is to me a sign of a declining society.
Like if we can find something negative about inspirational quotes, that is a bad sign. Because from what I can remember of inspirational quotes, I haven't paid any attention to an inspirational quote in years. From what I can remember... They were delightful. They inspired thought. There was nothing remotely bad about them. We've all become far too judgmental, cynical, and like cool.
Can we all just stop being fucking cool for a second and be nice again? We need to get back into inspirational quotes. I think it's about time that we get back into inspirational quotes. And honestly, there's a chance that inspirational quotes might become trendy again, just considering that 2010s are going to start coming back soon.
And we all know how we felt about an inspirational quote in 2010. We loved it. So I don't know, like maybe I'm just right on time and maybe inspirational quotes are going to come back into style, but they're definitely not yet. I briefly paused this episode to let you know that this episode is presented by Westin Hotels and Resorts. Westin Hotels is designed with your wellbeing in mind.
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I want to go on Pinterest, aka the home of the inspirational quote, and I want to analyze the inspirational quotes that come up with fresh eyes, okay? For the last few years, whenever an inspirational quote has come up on my Pinterest, I've, for the most part, ignored it.
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Chapter 2: Do we still need inspirational quotes in modern society?
treating other people with love and kindness and learning about other people and learning about, you know, and learning about the world around us. Like if anything, that's what we need more than ever. So I am not sure that this quote is almost saying like, look inward. It's in you. It's like, yeah, but we need to look around. I don't know.
But then at the same time, there is a lot of personal work that we have to do with ourselves that is in us, that is crucial for us to be able to, you know, enjoy the world around us and stuff like that. I don't know. I'm going to give this one probably a four out of 10. I don't love it. Wow, I really hate inspirational quotes. What is happening? I thought we were all going to get inspired today.
I guess I was wrong. Okay, next. Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself. I agree. Oh my God. Wait, I just saw in this book. Baby girl. Wait, this is actually the full quote. Excuse me. Can't believe I missed the small text on this. This is the full quote. Excuse me. Baby girl, just remember, life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself.
Find the power in that. Now that I've been called baby girl, I actually totally agree. It's actually like a better version of the last quote that we just read, which was, what you're looking for is not out there. It's in you. This is a better version of that. Life isn't about, you know, finding yourself in things. It's not about like finding yourself.
It's about creating your unique being as like a beautiful sort of combination of all of the things that you've experienced and all the things that you love, like creating yourself, yourself. It's kind of hurting my brain. I'm going to give it a 7 out of 10, or maybe even a 7.5 out of 10. I actually quite like it. Again, I can't explain it or put it into words, but yeah, like 7.5 out of 10.
It's pretty good. Moving on. The universe sends us exactly what we are ready for at the exact time we need it in our lives. Again, this one's a little bit too good to be true for me. Sometimes the universe sends us shit that really is just fucking unfair, painful, horrible. But you know what? Majority of the time, this is true. Majority of the time, I do agree with this. And I actually think
even if it isn't true, believing it is a net positive in my opinion, because I think we all know that inevitably bad shit's going to happen to us in our life. Unfortunate shit is going to happen to us in our lives. And there is something really comforting about believing that some sort of higher power, doesn't matter what religion you believe in. It doesn't matter if you are religious.
It doesn't matter. I mean, if you're an atheist, this one might not work for you. But other than that, If you're even a remotely spiritual person, there is value in being like, you know what? I'm going to trust that the universe is giving me exactly what I need when I need it. Even if it's the fucking worst possible thing that could happen.
If I'm not dead, for some reason, this is what's meant to happen right now. there is like beauty in that. There is, there is like, I think believing that even though it's a bit too good to be true. And sometimes the universe will hit you when you're down over and over and over again, and it will feel unfair and it is unfair and it doesn't make sense. And sometimes it's not exactly what you need.
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