Teddi Talks: Reset, Reboot

By Teddi the Drag Queen.

Teddi is a local drag artist with her hand and mouth firmly on the pulse. She is never one to shy away from the limelight and always has her opinions ready and raring to go! Find her on instagram @teddi957

Another 2 months have flown by and what a two months it has been! ‘Corona’ aside, we have experienced the hottest day on record and then torrential downpours. However, this is now the perfect time to think about how to RESET yourself...

Imagine me, mid 20s, a plucky young person in London wanting the whole world, trying to open doors when they were being shut in my face. I wanted to act, sing, be someone and leave a mark on this world.

For the longest time I had wanted to be on stage - whether it was for adoration or the fact that I was good at it - I don’t really know, but I had started my journey. It was a hard time, but I had to persevere. I had left home and had a group of friends who expected me to succeed where they had not; I was their beacon of hope.

I was not to know that I couldn’t sustain this, the amount of pressure I had placed on myself was absolutely insane. I’d given myself a goal: I have to ‘make it’ by 26. Three years I had given myself in order to ‘make it’ but instead I had to deal with rejection.

Everything was incredibly hard and on top of that, being subjected to critiques of too fat/not fat enough, too feminine/ not feminine enough, “we thought you were spectacular but just couldn’t see you in the role…” it was exhausting and I tumbled into a depressive state.

At this point I knew I needed to reset myself, let go and dive into something new. And I did. I started writing, got a job, made new goals, new friends and surrounded myself with people who wanted to support me and I them.

But without this ‘reset’ none of this could have been possible. Some people are in your life for a season, some are in your life forever. If you look closely, they all teach you something… you’ve just got to find the lesson.

Resetting yourself and changing your mindset can really help you elevate yourself to the next level, push yourself to new horizons, or even re-valuate your boundaries, even if you did not realise you needed to.

So, see what happens when you do reset goals, aspirations, relationships, it may take you on a journey you never thought you needed.

Check our the QueenBee Talks Podcast with Teddi at https://bit.ly/pQueenBeeTalksPodcast or search 'QueenBee Talks' wherever you find your podcast.