October 16, 2025 • 14 mins
Ever felt that irresistible pull towards a brand new notebook or journal? Maybe starting over with a fresh, blank page feels like the missing piece to finally get organised, creative, or productive. But what if these shiny new things are actually keeping you stuck?Today we dive into the sneaky ways the allure of novelty ... new planners, journals, and all those untouched pages ... can actually hinder real progress and growth. It’s a video for anyone who’s ever chased the thrill of a fresh start but found themselves repeating the same old patterns.In this video, we'll explore:
- Why the excitement of new tools can mask procrastination
- How perfectionism and the urge to "start over" can interrupt genuine growth
- The difference between mindful progress and the illusion of productivity
- Practical tips to break the cycle and appreciate the value of what you’ve already started
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Trying to find my tea, the pitfall of shiny things
and the promise of when you buy and you look,
we've all been there, right when you buy a new notebook,
a new diary, a new pen, something new even in
new cleaning products, something new that brings with it, the
promise of productivity, the promise of this time, we're.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Going to nail this, We're going to get it done.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
In last week's episode, we spoke about habits making them stick,
and I said something that I know that a lot
of you found very poignant, which was, imagine, in every
single habit that you'd ever set out wanting to achieve,
you'd stuck to, and how very different all of our
lives would look right now. And I know, obviously we
don't live in the perfect world, so obviously there's some
(00:46):
things that are going to fall off. But how many
others I am totally including me, have thought that a
new pen, a new book, a new journal, something was
the missing ingredients. It was the fault of us not
having that new shiny thing that meant we were not
achieving our goals. Because there is something almost magical about
(01:08):
a brand new notebook or planner, like the crisp in
blank white pages that are yet to be filled in.
They bring with them a sense of possibility that is
extremely alluring and that can spark excitement, and it gives
us that elusive motivation. We speak all the time, don't
we about the difference between motivation and momentum.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Motivation is very fleeting.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
It's like the spark that ignites the action, but it
doesn't really ever hang.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Around for very long.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
If we're looky, it can hang around for a little bit,
but more oft than not, it falls off and it's fickle,
and it goes and finds someone else to inspire. It
is the momentum that sticks around and does daily grind,
the hard work to get the stuff done. So on
these new things, they bring with them that spark of motivation,
that spark of excitement, and that I can get this done.
(01:58):
Feeling butts and there's always a butt, isn't There? Underneath
that spark of newness and motivation, there also lies this
darker underbelli a geica paradox in that it can actually
keep us stuck, It can hold us captive in the
cycle of new beginnings. I want to start again. How
(02:20):
many of us have been stuck in that. I'm just
going to start again. I'm going to throw all this out.
I'm going to throw this system out. I'm going to
throw this routine out. I'm going to start again. The
problems the routine, not the lack of momentum. Spoiler is
usually the lack of momentum. Instead of propelling us forward,
these shiny things, whether it's nucleanan products and new notebook
or whatever it is, can sometimes hold us back. So
(02:43):
as humans, we are naturally drawn I think, sometimes to novelty,
to let that oh feeling new notebooks, empty canvases, they
smell fresh, and that hope that with this one new tool,
that the one thing that you've been waiting to come
into your life will finally able to feel organized, calm,
productive and in control. But sometimes that hopium can be
(03:06):
a trap, and we become addicted to that hope, and
when that newness, that novelty, and that first initial shine
dolls away, it can leave us feeling a little bit flat,
and then we go in search of that next hit
of opium, of that next hit of newness, and there
we are going off to buy a brand new journal.
I feel like I'm picking on journals a little bit.
(03:27):
But I'm picking that because a universal thing that I
think a lot of us can identify with. But this
can apply to anything like a way of eating, exercise routine.
Pretty soon the newness will wear off, and at that
point you will always have a choice. Do I stick
and carry on and feed this momentum and actually finish
(03:49):
what I started, or do I go all the way
back to the beginning and find something else that is
going to give me that fresh hit of excitement so
that I feel like I can start again, Because I
think we want to abandon the messy, abandon the grind,
and just go back to a clean slate. It is
so appealing to so many of us, isn't it. I
(04:09):
think it's just like human nature. I think, if we
are really honest with ourselves, ask yourself this, right, ikey
question for me as well, Is that a lura starting
again just a nice convenient way of actually avoiding the
real work? Is it like, oh no, it's not me
put in in, it's not me not maintaining momentum. That's
(04:30):
not a problem here. The problem is the system. The
problem is the note. But the problem is that it
was ruled. It was lined, and I wanted those nice
little dots or they were blank pages, and what I
wanted was a grid alignment. Right. It just keeps us trapped,
and it's convenient because it's a nice little cop out,
isn't it.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
It's just like, oh, that was why it wasn't me.
It was a system because.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
It is really difficult. Consistency is hard work. It's so
easy to be like, just stay consistent. I say it
all the time in my job. Most important thing.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Here is consistency, not.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Beautiful laid out plans or anything like that. Consistency is
actually messy. Consistency requires dedication. It requires showing up when
you don't feel like it. It requires putting in the
work when you're angry, frustrated, tired. And I think, as humans,
if there's a way for us to get out of
that and blame the unwillingness to sit in that discomfort
(05:27):
and that frustration and the just sheer I don't want
to get this done today, If there's a way for
us to get.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Out of that, then our brains would choose the path
of least resistance and go I said, just need a.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
New notebook, and then you have this procrastination disguised.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
As a productivity.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And I recognize myself so much in this I fall
In fact, I have notes written in several places.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
I can fall into the trap so.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Often of falling into a new content strategy or a
new way to build my business, or this new shiny
routine that is going to cut five hours off your
content workflow. I can waste hours every single week if
I find myself falling into this procrastination productivity disguises procrastination trap,
(06:19):
I'll get nothing done. And I just say to my self, jem,
just pick a thing, Just pick a routine. So for you,
this could be that you've tried loads of different cleaning
routines over the years, you try to develop your own,
and you're always looking for that elusive one that is
going to feel easy. It's going to take no time
at all. It's going to keep your house looking like
a show home. That's not realistic unless you want to
(06:43):
spend hours doing that. So you abandon a routine and
you go and find another one, instead of sitting with
the fact and acknowledging, acknowledging the facts that in order
for you to achieve that goal of that house that
feels right for you that workflow that feel right for you.
The key ingredient is the work, and you are the
(07:06):
driver of the work. It's not how shiny your notepad is.
It's not consistently starting over again, because you will get
stuck in that loop and you'll never get anything done,
and then you will start to fall behind, which none
of us want to do. And then there's also that
icky thing. And I think this applies to me in
this journey in my fitness thing that I'm doing at
(07:26):
the moment, and I know I speak about it all
the time. I've got fitter, I've lost quite a lot
of weight, and that was the intention. I was going
through menopause and I thought I had to change something
here because I didn't like how I was feeling and
I was feeling really sluggish. And I've turned everything on
its head and I've been working with Chloe, who's an
amazing PT and if you follow me on my Instagram,
(07:48):
your lie I talk about it all the time.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
There are times when I do the same for.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Strength workouts every week that we've tweaked now and then,
but more often than not, it's the same one over
and over again because we're building strength, building consistency.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
We're building on what we've done.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
And it can get boring doing the same thing, but
that's where the progress comes.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
But also, I have not got long left.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Until I reach my goal weight, and I'm starting to
self sabotage myself because.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
I'm thinking, oh, well, how many times if we told
ourselves things will be better?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Or I will do that when X, Y Z, when
I have decluttered the living room, when I have lost
that weight, when I finally fit into those genes, that
will be the solution for my life.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
And then as you get closer and closer to that goal, you.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Start to realize that just really, you start to realize
that that's not necessarily true. When you get that goal,
it's quite scary because you've got nothing to hide behind anymore.
Because when you're hiding behind something, it can feel safe.
It's your comfort zone. It's a really familiar pattern. So
breaking that pattern can feel uncomfortable. So someone just waves
(08:58):
a nice shiny routine, you know, a nice notebook. Is
you feel a little bit bored, is this getting a
little bit difficult, Let's start again. It's really tempting to
be like, yes, let's start again, and not acknowledging the
progress that you've already made.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Even if it has been icky, messy progress, it is
still progressed.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
So you're completely wiping the slate clean without having to
deal with sometimes the discomfort that comes with growth and
the discomfort that sometimes.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Comes with achieving your goals.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
So how can we break free then, of this pattern
that you might feel stuck in of consistently starting again.
So the first thing is to recognize what it is
you've already done. If you feel that pull, that temptation
to be like I am just going to start again now,
I just feel like I need to start afresh, recognize
how far you've actually come. What have you actually achieved
(09:52):
on the current system, whether it's my housework system, a
fitness joey, whatever it is, right, how much have you
actually cheet Because sometimes we can forget all of that
in the noise, We can forget how those little steps
that in the day, in the moment didn't feel like
a lot, but when they add up, they can actually
be quite a lot of progress. So sit down, work
that out first, you might surprise yourself, and then focus
(10:16):
on what you already have. We hear it all the time.
You don't need to buy something new, You're just going
to add to the clutter in your home. You're buying work.
That's how I look at it. You are buying work
for yourself.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Use what you have.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Do you have a half empty notebook. I've got two
notebooks in there where I fell for the trap. I've
got a blue one and I've got a gorgeous burgundy one,
which is the color of the season, and I was
trapped into buying that one, and they're half full. I
kind of do use them as a rolling by content
idea thing. One of the things that I like to
(10:55):
do is turn it back to front and upside down
and go from the back to the middle.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
It's a nice way using up paper.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
You're saving money, you're saving waste, and you are reducing
clutter from buying something and you you're not buying yourself work.
And then obviously, really come to peace, really get into
the nitty gritty of realizing that you have to accept
progress over perfection. You have to accept that this isn't
(11:22):
going to be a lovely linear upward line of progress.
It will look like this as long as the main
theme is progress and get into it. That's all that matters,
but there will be peeps and troughs. We talk about
this all the time, So realize that it's not going
to be opening this new notebook and it's tick every
day one hundred percent productivity. There might be days when
(11:44):
you don't fill in anything and it's just a blank day,
and that's fine. Just keep on going using what you have.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
And do what I do.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Recognize patterns so I know that when I'm getting frustrated
when things aren't moving as fast as I want them to,
when I'm falling into familiar patterns of that didn't work
quite the way I expected it to.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
I need a new system. Recognize that pattern.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Have a little word of yourself and be like no,
because that's going to take us back to square one,
isn't it. Things don't always go the way we want.
It might not have been as much progress as you
wanted it to be, but it will still progress. So
recognize our familiar patterns. Put little things in place that
are going to stop you falling into that starting all
over again trap. Maybe write somewhere in your notes app
(12:33):
somewhere that you go to and read a little note
for yourself that you'll appreciate when you're in that moment,
write one and go back and read it, just to
help you say the course. And of course there's a
time for everything, and new beginnings can be exciting. And
I think this particular time of year, as we've got
rid of the freshness, the newness of September and the
(12:55):
bats to school and the weather changing and summer's coming
to an, we'll kind of through that. We're into mid October,
and the shininess might be wearing off of September, and
you might be thinking, I need another new notebook, or
I need to start all over again. That can all
be very exciting. Starting all over again can be very exciting.
But I want you to remember this, lasting change does
(13:16):
not come from shiny new things being put in or
added in or bought regularly. Lasting change just comes from
putting the work in.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
So what you kind of need to do is find.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
A system or a notebook or a routine or a method,
whatever it is that fits realistically into your life, realistically
into your personality and how you like to do things.
Work with what you've got, keep on goo and just
keep putting one foot in front of the other. There
will be scribbles, there'll be crossed outness. There will be
(13:52):
messy pages, but how lovely to be able to look
back on all of that progress and see that as
part of its task, history of how you have achieved
that goal, rather than just pressing delete control old delete
and starting again, because you lose all of that history.
So next time, and it could be today, maybe this
has stopped you from buying your fifteenth notebook of the month.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Next time you feel that, just remember ask yourself the question,
do I really need this new, shiny thing, or is
this just another mechanism for me to start over again
because the real work is a little bit icky.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Just something to think about,
Trying to find my tea, the pitfall of shiny things
and the promise of when you buy and you look,
we've all been there, right when you buy a new notebook,
a new diary, a new pen, something new even in
new cleaning products, something new that brings with it, the
promise of productivity, the promise of this time, we're.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Going to nail this, We're going to get it done.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
In last week's episode, we spoke about habits making them stick,
and I said something that I know that a lot
of you found very poignant, which was, imagine, in every
single habit that you'd ever set out wanting to achieve,
you'd stuck to, and how very different all of our
lives would look right now. And I know, obviously we
don't live in the perfect world, so obviously there's some
(00:46):
things that are going to fall off. But how many
others I am totally including me, have thought that a
new pen, a new book, a new journal, something was
the missing ingredients. It was the fault of us not
having that new shiny thing that meant we were not
achieving our goals. Because there is something almost magical about
(01:08):
a brand new notebook or planner, like the crisp in
blank white pages that are yet to be filled in.
They bring with them a sense of possibility that is
extremely alluring and that can spark excitement, and it gives
us that elusive motivation. We speak all the time, don't
we about the difference between motivation and momentum.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Motivation is very fleeting.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
It's like the spark that ignites the action, but it
doesn't really ever hang.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Around for very long.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
If we're looky, it can hang around for a little bit,
but more oft than not, it falls off and it's fickle,
and it goes and finds someone else to inspire. It
is the momentum that sticks around and does daily grind,
the hard work to get the stuff done. So on
these new things, they bring with them that spark of motivation,
that spark of excitement, and that I can get this done.
(01:58):
Feeling butts and there's always a butt, isn't There? Underneath
that spark of newness and motivation, there also lies this
darker underbelli a geica paradox in that it can actually
keep us stuck, It can hold us captive in the
cycle of new beginnings. I want to start again. How
(02:20):
many of us have been stuck in that. I'm just
going to start again. I'm going to throw all this out.
I'm going to throw this system out. I'm going to
throw this routine out. I'm going to start again. The
problems the routine, not the lack of momentum. Spoiler is
usually the lack of momentum. Instead of propelling us forward,
these shiny things, whether it's nucleanan products and new notebook
or whatever it is, can sometimes hold us back. So
(02:43):
as humans, we are naturally drawn I think, sometimes to novelty,
to let that oh feeling new notebooks, empty canvases, they
smell fresh, and that hope that with this one new tool,
that the one thing that you've been waiting to come
into your life will finally able to feel organized, calm,
productive and in control. But sometimes that hopium can be
(03:06):
a trap, and we become addicted to that hope, and
when that newness, that novelty, and that first initial shine
dolls away, it can leave us feeling a little bit flat,
and then we go in search of that next hit
of opium, of that next hit of newness, and there
we are going off to buy a brand new journal.
I feel like I'm picking on journals a little bit.
(03:27):
But I'm picking that because a universal thing that I
think a lot of us can identify with. But this
can apply to anything like a way of eating, exercise routine.
Pretty soon the newness will wear off, and at that
point you will always have a choice. Do I stick
and carry on and feed this momentum and actually finish
(03:49):
what I started, or do I go all the way
back to the beginning and find something else that is
going to give me that fresh hit of excitement so
that I feel like I can start again, Because I
think we want to abandon the messy, abandon the grind,
and just go back to a clean slate. It is
so appealing to so many of us, isn't it. I
(04:09):
think it's just like human nature. I think, if we
are really honest with ourselves, ask yourself this, right, ikey
question for me as well, Is that a lura starting
again just a nice convenient way of actually avoiding the
real work? Is it like, oh no, it's not me
put in in, it's not me not maintaining momentum. That's
(04:30):
not a problem here. The problem is the system. The
problem is the note. But the problem is that it
was ruled. It was lined, and I wanted those nice
little dots or they were blank pages, and what I
wanted was a grid alignment. Right. It just keeps us trapped,
and it's convenient because it's a nice little cop out,
isn't it.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
It's just like, oh, that was why it wasn't me.
It was a system because.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
It is really difficult. Consistency is hard work. It's so
easy to be like, just stay consistent. I say it
all the time in my job. Most important thing.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Here is consistency, not.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Beautiful laid out plans or anything like that. Consistency is
actually messy. Consistency requires dedication. It requires showing up when
you don't feel like it. It requires putting in the
work when you're angry, frustrated, tired. And I think, as humans,
if there's a way for us to get out of
that and blame the unwillingness to sit in that discomfort
(05:27):
and that frustration and the just sheer I don't want
to get this done today, If there's a way for
us to get.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Out of that, then our brains would choose the path
of least resistance and go I said, just need a.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
New notebook, and then you have this procrastination disguised.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
As a productivity.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And I recognize myself so much in this I fall
In fact, I have notes written in several places.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
I can fall into the trap so.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Often of falling into a new content strategy or a
new way to build my business, or this new shiny
routine that is going to cut five hours off your
content workflow. I can waste hours every single week if
I find myself falling into this procrastination productivity disguises procrastination trap,
(06:19):
I'll get nothing done. And I just say to my self, jem,
just pick a thing, Just pick a routine. So for you,
this could be that you've tried loads of different cleaning
routines over the years, you try to develop your own,
and you're always looking for that elusive one that is
going to feel easy. It's going to take no time
at all. It's going to keep your house looking like
a show home. That's not realistic unless you want to
(06:43):
spend hours doing that. So you abandon a routine and
you go and find another one, instead of sitting with
the fact and acknowledging, acknowledging the facts that in order
for you to achieve that goal of that house that
feels right for you that workflow that feel right for you.
The key ingredient is the work, and you are the
(07:06):
driver of the work. It's not how shiny your notepad is.
It's not consistently starting over again, because you will get
stuck in that loop and you'll never get anything done,
and then you will start to fall behind, which none
of us want to do. And then there's also that
icky thing. And I think this applies to me in
this journey in my fitness thing that I'm doing at
(07:26):
the moment, and I know I speak about it all
the time. I've got fitter, I've lost quite a lot
of weight, and that was the intention. I was going
through menopause and I thought I had to change something
here because I didn't like how I was feeling and
I was feeling really sluggish. And I've turned everything on
its head and I've been working with Chloe, who's an
amazing PT and if you follow me on my Instagram,
(07:48):
your lie I talk about it all the time.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
There are times when I do the same for.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Strength workouts every week that we've tweaked now and then,
but more often than not, it's the same one over
and over again because we're building strength, building consistency.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
We're building on what we've done.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
And it can get boring doing the same thing, but
that's where the progress comes.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
But also, I have not got long left.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Until I reach my goal weight, and I'm starting to
self sabotage myself because.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
I'm thinking, oh, well, how many times if we told
ourselves things will be better?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Or I will do that when X, Y Z, when
I have decluttered the living room, when I have lost
that weight, when I finally fit into those genes, that
will be the solution for my life.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
And then as you get closer and closer to that goal, you.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Start to realize that just really, you start to realize
that that's not necessarily true. When you get that goal,
it's quite scary because you've got nothing to hide behind anymore.
Because when you're hiding behind something, it can feel safe.
It's your comfort zone. It's a really familiar pattern. So
breaking that pattern can feel uncomfortable. So someone just waves
(08:58):
a nice shiny routine, you know, a nice notebook. Is
you feel a little bit bored, is this getting a
little bit difficult, Let's start again. It's really tempting to
be like, yes, let's start again, and not acknowledging the
progress that you've already made.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Even if it has been icky, messy progress, it is
still progressed.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
So you're completely wiping the slate clean without having to
deal with sometimes the discomfort that comes with growth and
the discomfort that sometimes.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Comes with achieving your goals.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
So how can we break free then, of this pattern
that you might feel stuck in of consistently starting again.
So the first thing is to recognize what it is
you've already done. If you feel that pull, that temptation
to be like I am just going to start again now,
I just feel like I need to start afresh, recognize
how far you've actually come. What have you actually achieved
(09:52):
on the current system, whether it's my housework system, a
fitness joey, whatever it is, right, how much have you
actually cheet Because sometimes we can forget all of that
in the noise, We can forget how those little steps
that in the day, in the moment didn't feel like
a lot, but when they add up, they can actually
be quite a lot of progress. So sit down, work
that out first, you might surprise yourself, and then focus
(10:16):
on what you already have. We hear it all the time.
You don't need to buy something new, You're just going
to add to the clutter in your home. You're buying work.
That's how I look at it. You are buying work
for yourself.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Use what you have.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Do you have a half empty notebook. I've got two
notebooks in there where I fell for the trap. I've
got a blue one and I've got a gorgeous burgundy one,
which is the color of the season, and I was
trapped into buying that one, and they're half full. I
kind of do use them as a rolling by content
idea thing. One of the things that I like to
(10:55):
do is turn it back to front and upside down
and go from the back to the middle.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
It's a nice way using up paper.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
You're saving money, you're saving waste, and you are reducing
clutter from buying something and you you're not buying yourself work.
And then obviously, really come to peace, really get into
the nitty gritty of realizing that you have to accept
progress over perfection. You have to accept that this isn't
(11:22):
going to be a lovely linear upward line of progress.
It will look like this as long as the main
theme is progress and get into it. That's all that matters,
but there will be peeps and troughs. We talk about
this all the time, So realize that it's not going
to be opening this new notebook and it's tick every
day one hundred percent productivity. There might be days when
(11:44):
you don't fill in anything and it's just a blank day,
and that's fine. Just keep on going using what you have.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
And do what I do.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Recognize patterns so I know that when I'm getting frustrated
when things aren't moving as fast as I want them to,
when I'm falling into familiar patterns of that didn't work
quite the way I expected it to.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
I need a new system. Recognize that pattern.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Have a little word of yourself and be like no,
because that's going to take us back to square one,
isn't it. Things don't always go the way we want.
It might not have been as much progress as you
wanted it to be, but it will still progress. So
recognize our familiar patterns. Put little things in place that
are going to stop you falling into that starting all
over again trap. Maybe write somewhere in your notes app
(12:33):
somewhere that you go to and read a little note
for yourself that you'll appreciate when you're in that moment,
write one and go back and read it, just to
help you say the course. And of course there's a
time for everything, and new beginnings can be exciting. And
I think this particular time of year, as we've got
rid of the freshness, the newness of September and the
(12:55):
bats to school and the weather changing and summer's coming
to an, we'll kind of through that. We're into mid October,
and the shininess might be wearing off of September, and
you might be thinking, I need another new notebook, or
I need to start all over again. That can all
be very exciting. Starting all over again can be very exciting.
But I want you to remember this, lasting change does
(13:16):
not come from shiny new things being put in or
added in or bought regularly. Lasting change just comes from
putting the work in.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
So what you kind of need to do is find.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
A system or a notebook or a routine or a method,
whatever it is that fits realistically into your life, realistically
into your personality and how you like to do things.
Work with what you've got, keep on goo and just
keep putting one foot in front of the other. There
will be scribbles, there'll be crossed outness. There will be
(13:52):
messy pages, but how lovely to be able to look
back on all of that progress and see that as
part of its task, history of how you have achieved
that goal, rather than just pressing delete control old delete
and starting again, because you lose all of that history.
So next time, and it could be today, maybe this
has stopped you from buying your fifteenth notebook of the month.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Next time you feel that, just remember ask yourself the question,
do I really need this new, shiny thing, or is
this just another mechanism for me to start over again
because the real work is a little bit icky.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Just something to think about,
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