A new attempt should begin with what is true now, including what you learned reluctantly.

REFLECTION

WHAT THIS MEANS

Starting again works best from an honest inventory rather than from the version of yourself you intended to be. That inventory has to include the unwelcome discoveries: what you do not enjoy, what you are slower at than you hoped, what conditions you actually need to work well. Those facts are usually known and quietly left out of planning, because admitting them feels like conceding something; a plan built on the person you wish you were fails in the same place each time.

Before the next attempt, write down three things you learned last time that you would rather not have. Build the plan so each is already accounted for.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What did your last attempt teach you that you resist admitting?

MORE IN TRUTH, ACCOUNTABILITY & SELF-AWARENESS

Free, with nothing to buy inside it.