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WHEN LIFE OVERWHELMS: RECOGNIZE THE DREAM HIDDEN IN YOUR DAILY GRIND
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In this episode of Mental Monday on Unlocking with Adam Pike, I dive into the reality of the everyday hustle. If you’re juggling multiple projects, feeling buried under endless to-dos, or questioning if the grind is worth it, you’re in the right place.
I share personal insights and relatable stories about the times when the pressure of daily life almost overwhelmed him—and how a simple shift in perspective revealed that he was already living the dream he once longed for.
Forget the idea that success is reserved for a lucky few. In this episode, you’ll discover that every small win, every moment of chaos, and every hard day is part of your unique journey toward fulfillment. Whether you’re grinding away in a job that’s not your passion or hustling to build your creative dream, learn how to find gratitude and clarity amidst the chaos.
Tune in for an honest conversation about turning struggles into stepping stones and unlocking the hidden blessings in your everyday routine. It’s time to see that your hustle isn’t just hard work—it’s the foundation of your future success.
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Transcript
Welcome and Motivation of Mental Monday
00:00:00
Adam Pike
Welcome back to Mental Monday. I appreciate you being here. This is where we kick off the week with a little bit of motivation. It's been a minute since I done one of these, but someone sent me an email last night that really got a fire right up in my ass. It made me realize why I started doing these episodes. And before we dive into that, um I just want to say welcome to the Unlocking with Adam Pike podcast. It's been a minute. It's been a minute. I've been busy.
00:00:27
Adam Pike
but it's not even the fact that I've been busy. I haven't been making time. That's the truth. Yes, I've been busy. Yes, I've got a lot of things going on, but there's no reason why I can't sit down for 20 to 30 minutes a week to make one of these episodes, right? So I just wanna apologize for not being present over the last couple of weeks, but this email that I got last night really just kinda made me realize why I even started doing motivational content.
Personal Struggles and Listener Impact
00:00:53
Adam Pike
Now, before I jump into that,
00:00:56
Adam Pike
I started doing motivational type content, you know started talking about my my own personal struggles and experiences in life and things like that, because I realized that there's a lot of other people that's going through the exact same thing that I'm going through that probably needs to hear these types of things. And maybe this person don't like sharing um their own struggles, but you know when they listen to someone else talk about it, they can relate to it. And that's why I start doing this, right? Now,
00:01:25
Adam Pike
This email made me realize you never know who's actually watching and listening. You never really know. Now, I'm not gonna say no names, but this person basically said that they battled cancer. They battled it. It's done. They looked cancer in the face and said, fuck you.
00:01:51
Adam Pike
And, but they said that during their, you know, their, their journey of battling this, my content was really uplifting and motivating and inspiring to them. And it kept them in good spirits, which is crazy to me. Right. You know, like you never really know who's watching your, your stuff. And that's why I'm sitting here right now. Shout out to you who, who, you know, who sent me this email because.
00:02:18
Adam Pike
It's just that like to me that's wild, to me that's wild. I just wanna give a big, big, big, big shout out to this person.
Validation of Challenges and Kindness
00:02:24
Adam Pike
So guys, life is not always gonna be easy, you know? um It's not always gonna be smooth. Things are not just gonna be handed to you, right? But I'm here right now because I know what it means to face challenges that could honestly break you.
00:02:44
Adam Pike
Now, my challenges, you know, is a lot different from the challenges of the person who sent me that email. Now, I wanna say something. Everybody is going through their own challenges. And just because somebody is bigger than yours, it doesn't take away or make yours any less, okay? Even if yours is just a little bit small, it's still something that you are struggling with. You get what I'm saying? So that's why we gotta be kind, because you just never know
00:03:15
Adam Pike
what people are going through, right? So I know what it means to face challenges head on, and I know what it means to keep going and keep working on yourself. So if you're listening to this right now, you've definitely gone to something yourself too, right? Now today I just want us to take a moment and appreciate where we are in our life right now, to remember that sometimes we might already be living in the midst of what we dream for. I made a post about this the other day, because I was literally sitting down filming content,
00:03:45
Adam Pike
and you know I was like, oh my God, I'm so busy, got so many things to do. Oh my gosh, poor me. But then I'm like, Jesus, this is what I fucking asked for. This is what I asked for. And like I get so wrapped up in like what I'm doing and where I'm going and to to to stop and appreciate.
00:04:07
Adam Pike
what I'm actually doing. you know like I just get so caught up in chasing the next goal, the next the next big break, or even just creating the next video that I just forget to stop and look around.
00:04:20
Adam Pike
So like I said, like sometimes we're literally in the midst of what we prayed for. And that really got me thinking, because for for a long time, I was always wishing for a better job, more freedom, a life that that that I really loved living. I always knew that I liked creating videos, but I didn't really believe I could make a living out of it. you know I didn't really know how.
Living the Dream vs. Financial Security
00:04:37
Adam Pike
I knew people were doing it. I didn't know how to do it. um I'd always say, like oh someday, someday I'll do that. ah one One day, I'll get that big break, right?
00:04:47
Adam Pike
and And you know, it's just like, as I was filming and a piece of content the other day, I just realized this is it. This is what this is it right now. I have the opportunity to excel and continue what I'm doing and like grow and get even better at what I'm doing. Um, but I'm doing what I wanted to do. Right. And.
00:05:13
Adam Pike
You know, here here I was in in the middle of my dream, hustling. Oh my God, I'm so busy. but I don't even have time to breathe.
00:05:23
Adam Pike
Relax, Adam. You're doing what you want to do. Appreciate the journey. You know, it's funny how that works. It's funny how that works. We said all we set our on the future.
00:05:35
Adam Pike
We get wrapped up so much in the hustle that we literally forget that we're doing what we wanted to do. you know i and like Maybe for you, um you had a job that you didn't like, and you wanted a a better job, and you wanted more time off. You wanted more money, and you got it. But now you've been working that job for two years, and now you're not liking it again, and now you're just it's just another stupid job.
00:06:02
Adam Pike
right But like you asked for that and you got it. And now you're just not appreciating it. It's all about our mindset, man. It's really all about her mindset. So like, let me let me just share a little bit but about where I'm coming from. Like ah a lot of you might know me just from from content and stuff like that. But like before I dove deep into this um like content world,
00:06:28
Adam Pike
um ah the the job that i was The jobs that I were working, was was I was making six figures. It was 100 grand or more. And you know that comes with a price, because I was always away. I was always on the road. I was never home. I missed a lot of things all the time. Money was good, but I was just missing out on my life. you know And then things happened in my life, and I decided to, you know this is this is the time to take the leap. like I might not get an another shot at this.
00:06:58
Adam Pike
So I left that high secure paying job and started doing content creation. It was very uncertain. I went from 100K, 100K, very secure, getting a good paycheck every single week, no problem to literally making like not even a thousand dollars a month. Yo, it was scary, scary, trust me. It was very scary.
00:07:26
Adam Pike
um But I tried to just navigate my way through um to where I am right now. And I'm here, I'm here, I'm here right now. But like in in those first few months, you know, things were tight. I had to learn how to live with less, how to spend less. And but then I started to realize, well, it's Jesus, I'm not spending money on fuel going to work.
00:07:50
Adam Pike
I'm not spending money like like being away from home, like getting things that I need because I'm home. I feel like I was saving money. I was like, well, this this is kinda crazy. But like, so here's here's the thing. um It just took a long time for me to get to where I am right now. But I had to try things, right? If I never took that leap, I would still be at that full-time job, making 100K a year, yeah, great. like Life would be great.
00:08:18
Adam Pike
but literally just trading my my time for money and not really enjoying doing it, which is kind of shit. So I took the leap. you know I don't know if you guys know this or not, but like I was really into to online fitness. you know I was doing like meal plans and and fitness plans and I had my own fitness page. I was selling resistant bands and like workout, at-home workout gear and doing at-home workouts and all these things. I was doing that for a while.
00:08:43
Adam Pike
And then I kind of got into the micro dosing and the mushrooms and like, kind of was very like helping me and it was helping people. And like, I really liked that. But then I started to realize, I was like, well, you know, I just, I wanted to switch things up. I wanted to make my page more light and fun. And that's, that's where we are right now. The cooking videos, the fun, the excitement.
00:09:03
Adam Pike
I love it yeah and I love you guys for actually showing up and liking this stuff too. because it and Now I'm here with with this, now I'm here with this podcast. like i Like I said, I made this podcast a long time ago and I thought about it for a long time. I thought about making it, wanted to do it, would never do it. Just say it all, I'm gonna do it one day, right?
00:09:25
Adam Pike
But then I just did it and you know, it wasn't great. I didn't know what I was doing. Even so now, I'm just talking in my ass. I'm just talking, but like some of you guys might actually relate to what I'm saying, you know. So let's let's just let's just talk about mindset for a minute, you know, because There are those days where, you know, you might look at your schedule, you might feel overwhelmed. Maybe you're working a job that isn't really fulfilling. You're feeling, you're just stuck in a cycle of complaining because you're not where you thought you'd be in life. And I get it because I've definitely been there too, you know? But when you sign up for something, sometimes you end up stuck in a mindset where you're constantly fighting against what you have. Now I remember when I was on the road, I was always flying,
00:10:14
Adam Pike
from one place to another, I come home exhausted, wishing for a slower pace, you know a bit more connection with my life, but here's the truth, every decision we make has its trade-offs. I chose that high paying job because you know I thought that's what I needed financially, but it it literally came at a cost of my time, my personal freedom, and here I am now,
00:10:40
Adam Pike
you know, i'm busy again, creating videos every day, so sometimes so busy that, you know, i my mind is just, you know, it's just in ah in a so in a scramble, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Taking Leaps and Overcoming Challenges
00:10:55
Adam Pike
I keep doing this and I want to get more busy and more busy because I don't want to go back to that life. I want to be able to sit down here with you on a Monday morning and hash it out and and and talk about these things, right? Because I know that there's a lot of us that are thinking about you know something that we could be doing, but like when are you going to do it is the question. you know ah Trust me, trust me from my own experience, I spent years, years of my life being like, man, they gotta to be something more than this. Can't just work all the time. And I get it.
00:11:28
Adam Pike
Some people don't have, like they just don't know what to do and you got your job and then that's it and that's totally fine. Maybe you like your job, whatever, I don't know. I'm just saying, for I'm just talking to the people who are thinking about this. Because I know when I was working I was always thinking about what what else could i could I be doing? that's That's more chill. What else could I be doing that I like more? you know And I know this is some of you that that maybe you're good at I don't know, sewing. um the That just came to mind because ah my girlfriend sews and she's actually really good at it. And if you're listening to me, Becky, you should be doing that more. I'm calling you out, I'm calling you out. But yeah, honestly, I wouldn't trade her for anything. um it's it's It's a reminder that, you know,
00:12:17
Adam Pike
We often complain about what we have, forgetting that it's what we actually chose. you know And sometimes so that the key is not to get stuck in that mindset of this isn't enough. Instead, we need to appreciate the fact that we have the power to choose to switch gears to constantly evolve. Sure, I've had i've had moments where you know I thought, oh man, fuck.
00:12:43
Adam Pike
I got too many videos to do. I'm tired. you know But I gotta remember, I gotta look around and remember like where I brought myself. right like There's so many times in life and my life when everything just seemed to set to break me. you know Moments where I could have just let those easy struggles like define me. right i've had I've had experience that on paper should have left me down and out and just brought me to a dark place but here's the thing I just kept choosing to push forward I chose to fight it to find a way to figure it out even when nothing else made sense and that's what I want you to remember today you know
00:13:31
Adam Pike
If you've made it through every obstacle life has thrown at you, this far in life, there's nothing that can truly stop you. right Every setback is something that's going to set you up for the comeback. you know whether It's leaving a comfortable job or, you know, uncertain future or juggling the chaos of a million videos, ah made a million videos a day, right? Each challenge is gonna teach you something in life. Everything is a lesson. I always say that too. Everything is a lesson in life. No matter what you're going through, good or bad, it's a lesson for you to just e evolve and get better and do better the next time. You know, I'm not saying that it's easy. I'm not saying that every day is gonna be filled with joy and ease and you know,
00:14:15
Adam Pike
Uh, but every day that you are here, every day that you are putting one foot in front of the other is a fricking victory. We woke up today. Some people didn't, you know, some people didn't. And it's in those moments of, of the struggle that you really build resilience to keep moving forward because the alternative. You stay stuck. You give up, you know,
00:14:43
Adam Pike
or you just let let life, all the difficulties just define who you are. And ah for me, that's just that's just not a freaking option. That's just not an option. So like, let's just take a step back for a moment. Think about all the challenges that we have faced, you know, the times when life nearly broke you. Maybe it was just a hard breakup. Maybe you lost your job. I don't know, maybe you went through through bankruptcy. I don't know what it is. But for me,
00:15:12
Adam Pike
it wasn't It wasn't just about surviving, like it was about learning how to thrive in my life. I've come to understand that every experience, every hardship, every step and so on was literally pushing me towards the person that I am today.
00:15:31
Adam Pike
and i and And the amount of messages that that I've got on Facebook saying, oh my God, you're so inspiring, you're you're you're you're so much light, you're so much fun, you're so much this, oh my God, we love you, Adam. I wasn't always like that. I wasn't always like that. Trust me. ive Like maybe you what you've seen was like that, but I had a lot of personal shit going on in my own life. And I wasn't the best person I could possibly be.
00:16:01
Adam Pike
And I struggled mentally. And there was definitely times where, you know, I don't i don't know if I was depressed or I don't know what it was, but like there was some times in my life where man, I was just how was just going through it. I was going through it. My relationship my relationships were not great, you know? I just had a lot of personal things going on. So I just want i just want to say what you guys are seeing right now took ah took a lot of time and effort and and just an investment into myself to get me to where I am right now, to be that guy that you guys are seeing in my videos, right? Because like I said before, what you see on social media, it might be all smoke and mirrors. And and and and there's definitely definitely ah been times in my life where i you know i i I post a picture where I'm smiling um im on my Instagram, but I ain't fucking happy.
00:16:54
Adam Pike
you know And that's that that's why I try to keep it a buck 50 with you guys now and keep it 100. Keep it real, keep it honest. you know If I'm going through something, I'm thinking about something, I wanna tell you guys. Because it's it's not all fun and highlights and and greatness on social media. So lately for me, yeah, it has been all fun, exciting, and and good times because I've just gotten to a place in my life where I'm fucking happy.
00:17:23
Adam Pike
And I wanna stay this way. But like I said, I did a lot of work on myself to get me here. And you guys got that option too, you know? So like, you know, sometimes we just get so caught up in the hustle. We just forget, we forget and appreciate what we already have. You know, ah look I look back on those early days when I was barely making,
00:17:48
Adam Pike
making any money in it and I just realized like how much I've grown since then. you know Yes, there was times where money was tight and the future was uncertain and I was scared and i you know I didn't know how I was gonna pay my bills, but like those moments taught me the value of hard work, resilience, and most importantly, the freedom that comes with following your passion.
00:18:12
Adam Pike
Now I didn't know I was gonna be passionate about making cooking videos, but like, I just feel like I've tried so many things on social media. Like I said, like the micro dosing and the mushrooms, you know, the podcasts, the fitness, ah the the the funny type videos. Like I've just been like trying to navigate my way through like what really works.
00:18:31
Adam Pike
and then I just got to the cooking. I posted cooking time to time, but like I wasn't really diving deep into it, and like what what this really taught me, because here's the here's the thing, ah my my social media, and now that I think about it,
00:18:46
Adam Pike
Everyone always say like you need an a niche, and I was like, nah, I don't need to do that, but like I post like a fitness video, then a motivational type video, then I post a cooking video, then I post a funny video, then I post a partying video, right? And I guess it could be very confusing.
00:19:04
Adam Pike
so like When I started like really, I still post motivational type stuff, but like majority of it is all cooking,
Mindset and Life Trajectory
00:19:12
Adam Pike
right? I feel like a lot of you guys now, like ah um you're probably coming to my page because you're looking at the recipes, you know? And it's it's when I really doubled down on that. That's when I started seeing all this crazy growth, right? So.
00:19:26
Adam Pike
Crazy, crazy, crazy where the times have brought me. But for those of you stuck in the jobs that kind of drain you, just remember that, you know, you chose that job for a reason. Perhaps it was for like the stability or, you know, a promise for something more. But as soon as you get what you asked for, it can be very easy to slip back into that mindset of you're not satisfied. And that's why it's so important to kind of take a step back and acknowledge the progress that you've made, even if the situation isn't perfect, is part of the journey. And if you feel like you're not living, you know, the life that you dreamed of, just take your breath and just remind yourself, this is what I asked for. And if you need to change, then take the steps to make it happen. It all starts with just adjusting your mindset. But like, if the life that you're living is not what you asked for,
00:20:26
Adam Pike
then change it. We all have the option to change it. We all do. And I get it, some people are more busy than others, some people got kids, some people are going through this, going through that. But at the end of the day, everybody has the option to do whatever the fuck they want. And and i'm I'm just living proof of it, right? You know, there's that you know times in my life where I had two vehicles, like a bunch of bills and like, I just, I never had an option, I had to work.
00:20:56
Adam Pike
You know what I mean? But I didn't need two vehicles, two car payments. I didn't need to have a big rent bill. I didn't need those things. I just chose to buy it and then I needed that job to pay for it. You get what I'm saying? So we have the options. We have the options to change our life and do whatever we want with it. So the bottom line is life is exactly what you make it. Every single day,
00:21:27
Adam Pike
You got the choice, either push forward or stay stuck. And I know that sometimes, you know, that choice isn't easy. I know what it's like to just feel overwhelmed by the pressure of having to create, to hustle, to constantly perform. But remember, if you've overcome every obstacle that's come your way so far, there's nothing that's really gonna stop you now, is there? You know, whether it's just waking up a little bit earlier, just to work on a little project, something that you're passionate about.
00:21:56
Adam Pike
You know, take take a break to recharge or even just changing the game entirely and switching jobs or priorities. Every small decision counts. I learned that firsthand when I decided to leave a comfortable, high paying job to go do what I'm doing right now. There were moments when I doubted myself, when I was worried and i make that I made a huge mistake, it's not gonna work out and we're gonna fail, I'm gonna have to go back.
00:22:23
Adam Pike
But trust me, I wouldn't have it any other way. So as a wrap up today's episode, I want to leave you with this thought.
Resilience and Personal Growth
00:22:32
Adam Pike
Appreciate where you are right now, whether you are busy, hustling, feeling overwhelmed by the demands of your work, or even questioning if you made the right choice in life. Just take a moment.
00:22:47
Adam Pike
and reflect on the journey that brought you to where you are right now, every setback, every challenge, every late night, every early morning that's led you to this point. You're not defined by your hardships. You're defined by your resilience, the way that you've managed to turn every obstacle and into an opportunity for growth. And remember, as long as you are still here,
00:23:12
Adam Pike
You're not done yet. There's always another chance to push forward, to change your mindset and create the life that you want.
Conclusion and Continued Motivation
00:23:21
Adam Pike
So guys, that's it for today's Mental Monday. If this message resonated with you, share it with someone who might need to hear it, you know?
00:23:33
Adam Pike
You never know who it's going to impact. You never know if you just share your story, who that's going to impact. So let's create that ripple effect together. Stay locked in. Stay motivated, moving forwardly. And most importantly, remember that you got this. Thanks for joining me on my journey.
00:23:55
Adam Pike
I am me, Adam Pike. I'll catch you on an next ah guess you're the next time of unlocking with Adam Pike and you guys have a good week. Peace.