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The 'Fresh Start' Trap: Why Monday Never Comes and What Actually Kicks Off Change

Episode Summary

We've all done it — waited for January 1st, next Monday, or 'after this stressful period' to start the thing we know we should be doing. In this episode, we dig into the behavioral science of temporal landmarks, why the 'fresh start effect' is both real and deeply exploitable by your own brain, and how to stop outsourcing your momentum to the calendar. Fair warning: this one got uncomfortably personal.