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Someone would come to me with something they were struggling with and my brain was already 3 solutions deep before they’d finished talking. And it’s not just coaching. A friend calls because they’re going through something and I go straight into what worked for me, what I’d do, what I read. If I’m being honest, I tend to love talking about myself…. and I have a whole newsletter about it, in case you hadn’t noticed. It comes from a good place, I swear! Ok maybe with a dash of self-centeredness. But coaching made me realise something uncomfortable: my clients don’t actually want to be told whatto do. That’sthe whole point. And you probably don’t either. If being told what to do worked, we’d all be super fit, sleeping 8 hours a night, and running wildly successful businesses by now. That urge to fix, the one where you hear a problem and immediately go for the solution, has a name. And psychologists have been studying it for over 40 years. 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Last day. I know it's been a lot of emails this week. Thank you for reading them. If you listened to yesterday's podcast and did the Bullshit Audit, you already know whether this is for you. You've seen the gap between what's draining you and what you're actually getting from it. That exercise is the foundation of everything else in the course. If you haven't listened yet, there's still time. The full first lesson is free: 🎧 Listen here → ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/gkuvn697pluwudoqwzrfrh8err6w4imho4kk5/3oh0o402hkh3mogmvdsr/aHR0cHM6Ly9vcGVuLnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbS9wdWIvdW53cml0dGVucG90ZW50aWFsL3AvdGhlLWJ1bGxzaGl0LWF1ZGl0P3I9NHE3YXF5JnNob3dXZWxjb21lT25TaGFyZT10cnVlJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1wb3N0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09d2Vi )​ The MAKE SPACE Method™ is eight lessons, a workbook, and a framework you keep for life. $97. Designed for a weekend. And if it's not for you, you get your money back. Cart closes tonight at 11:59pm EST. ​Get the MAKE SPACE Method™ → ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/gkuvn697pluwudoqwzrfrh8err6w4imho4kk5/8gh7wvdziohod0ndkguk/aHR0cHM6Ly91bndyaXR0ZW4ucG9kaWEuY29tL3RoZS1tYWtlLXNwYWNlLW1ldGhvZA== )​ P.S. If you did the Bullshit Audit and something surprised you, the next seven lessons are about what to do with that. That's the whole point. ​Unsubscribe ( https://fa6f84f0.unsubscribe.kit-mail3.com/gkuvn697pluwudoqwzrfrh8err6w4imho4kk5 ) | Update your profile ( https://preferences.kit-mail3.com/gkuvn697pluwudoqwzrfrh8err6w4imho4kk5 ) | 60 Paya Lebar Road, Singapore, Singapore 409051

Hey, I did something I haven't done before. This week’s podcast episode ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/qdug85lm2os8u72kp6dhlh8d6mddkh4h83ww0/25hp0g74foh39v8077t3/aHR0cHM6Ly9vcGVuLnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbS9wdWIvdW53cml0dGVucG90ZW50aWFsL3AvdGhlLWJ1bGxzaGl0LWF1ZGl0P3I9NHE3YXF5JnNob3dXZWxjb21lT25TaGFyZT10cnVlJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1wb3N0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09d2Vi ) is the full first lesson of the MAKE SPACE Method™. Not a teaser, not a preview. The whole thing. Module 1, Lesson 1: The Bullshit Audit. You rate eight areas of your life on two scales: how satisfied you are, and how much energy it’s draining. Those are different numbers. That’s the whole point. Grab the free worksheet, press play, and do the exercise. It takes about 20 minutes. ​Listen to the free lesson → ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/qdug85lm2os8u72kp6dhlh8d6mddkh4h83ww0/x0hwkgevu6he2rpdnwb5/aHR0cHM6Ly9vcGVuLnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbS9wdWIvdW53cml0dGVucG90ZW50aWFsL3AvdGhlLWJ1bGxzaGl0LWF1ZGl0P3I9NHE3YXF5JnNob3dXZWxjb21lT25TaGFyZT10cnVlJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1wb3N0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09d2Vi )​ Now. If you’ve been reading these emails all week and you’re still on the fence, that’s completely fine. I’m not going to guilt you into anything. But I do want to be honest about the three things I think might be holding you back. ------------------------------------------- “I can probably figure this out on my own.” ------------------------------------------- Go listen to the podcast. Seriously. Do the Bullshit Audit. See what comes up. That’s one lesson out of eight. If it shifts something for you (and my coaching clients say it does), imagine what happens when you keep going: the Energy Map, the Should Test, the IF/THEN Formula, the Three Gears framework, and a system for when everything falls apart. The course is all of that, structured, in a workbook, designed for a weekend. --------------------------------------- “What if I buy it and don’t finish it?” --------------------------------------- This is a weekend reset, not a 6-week programme. Eight short lessons. A workbook that asks you to make decisions, not write essays. You can do the whole thing in a Saturday afternoon. And if life gets in the way, it doesn’t expire. Come back in a week, a month, whenever. It’ll be there. ------------------ “Is it worth $97?” ------------------ A single 1:1 coaching session with me costs $297. This course walks you through the exact same framework I use with clients. The same tools, the same questions, the same method. Just at your own pace instead of on a call. You keep it forever. Every time life shifts, you can come back to the relevant module and recalibrate. It’s not a one-time thing. It’s a system you reuse. Start with the podcast. If the Bullshit Audit does what I think it will, you’ll want the rest. Cart closes tomorrow, Sunday 15 March at midnight EST. With love, Noemie x -->Get the MAKE SPACE Method™ → ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/qdug85lm2os8u72kp6dhlh8d6mddkh4h83ww0/p8hp25n2s9h4632594tq/aHR0cHM6Ly91bndyaXR0ZW4ucG9kaWEuY29tL3RoZS1tYWtlLXNwYWNlLW1ldGhvZA== ) Get the MAKE SPACE Method™ → ( https://unwritten.podia.com/the-make-space-method )​ P.S. The free worksheet for the podcast exercise is at unwritten.coach/audit ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/qdug85lm2os8u72kp6dhlh8d6mddkh4h83ww0/6qhdk7m2t8hlrk56pnuo/aHR0cDovL3Vud3JpdHRlbi5jb2FjaC9hdWRpdA== ). Do the lesson first. Then decide. P.P.S. Still have a question I haven’t answered? Hit reply. I’m around this weekend and I’ll give you a straight answer. ​Unsubscribe ( https://fa6f84f0.unsubscribe.kit-mail3.com/qdug85lm2os8u72kp6dhlh8d6mddkh4h83ww0 ) | Update your profile ( https://preferences.kit-mail3.com/qdug85lm2os8u72kp6dhlh8d6mddkh4h83ww0 ) | 60 Paya Lebar Road, Singapore, Singapore 409051

Hey, In the first 20 minutes of the MAKE SPACE Method™ ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/wvuk2m8gwxu6u5v063dc7hnz5qxn7f8h4d88r/08he57vlu9h2e028gltl/aHR0cHM6Ly91bndyaXR0ZW4ucG9kaWEuY29tL3RoZS1tYWtlLXNwYWNlLW1ldGhvZA== ), most people realise they've been fixing the wrong problem. You do an exercise called the Energy Map. You take 8 areas of your life (work, health, relationships, finances, all of them) and rate each one on two things: how satisfied you are, and how much energy it drains. Those are different numbers. That's the whole point. You might be perfectly satisfied with your job but it's draining you dry. You might be dissatisfied with your fitness, but it's costing you almost no energy. It's just sitting there quietly making you feel guilty. Now here's where it gets interesting. Most people realise they've been pouring all their effort into the area that bothers them most. The one they feel guilty about. The one that shows up in every New Year's resolution. But the Energy Map often tells a different story. The thing that's actually destroying your capacity isn't the thing you feel worst about. It's the thing that's draining the most energy while giving the least back. Sometimes it's a commitment you agreed to years ago and never revisited. Sometimes it's a relationship dynamic you've been working around instead of addressing. Sometimes it's a job that looks fine on paper but is quietly eating you alive. You can't see that pattern when it's all swirling around in your head. You see it when it's on paper, in two columns, with numbers next to each one. ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/wvuk2m8gwxu6u5v063dc7hnz5qxn7f8h4d88r/l2h9l6m9umhl25lg6xb6/aHR0cHM6Ly91bndyaXR0ZW4ucG9kaWEuY29tL3RoZS1tYWtlLXNwYWNlLW1ldGhvZA== )​ And once you see it, you can't unsee it. That's the first 20 minutes. And it's only the first lesson. By the end of the weekend, you've gone from "I need to be healthier" to knowing exactly what needs to leave, what was never yours to carry, and what one small experiment to run first. Not because I told you what to do, but because you mapped it yourself. The cart is open until Sunday at midnight EST. It's $97, and you keep the framework for life. ​ -->Get the MAKE SPACE Method™ → ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/wvuk2m8gwxu6u5v063dc7hnz5qxn7f8h4d88r/7qhr4e9zi8h9lv9gwnbz/aHR0cHM6Ly91bndyaXR0ZW4ucG9kaWEuY29tL3RoZS1tYWtlLXNwYWNlLW1ldGhvZA== ) Get the MAKE SPACE Method™ → ( https://unwritten.podia.com/the-make-space-method )With love, Noemie x P.S. The workbook is decision-based, not journalling. Clean choices, not essays. If you've ever abandoned a course because the exercises felt like homework, this one's built differently ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/wvuk2m8gwxu6u5v063dc7hnz5qxn7f8h4d88r/rehlxd75fohmd9m8w6a2/aHR0cHM6Ly91bndyaXR0ZW4ucG9kaWEuY29tL3RoZS1tYWtlLXNwYWNlLW1ldGhvZA== ). ​Unsubscribe ( https://fa6f84f0.unsubscribe.kit-mail3.com/wvuk2m8gwxu6u5v063dc7hnz5qxn7f8h4d88r ) | Update your profile ( https://preferences.kit-mail3.com/wvuk2m8gwxu6u5v063dc7hnz5qxn7f8h4d88r ) | 60 Paya Lebar Road, Singapore, Singapore 409051

Hey friend, Here's something I noticed about myself that took an embarrassingly long time to figure out. My calm, well-rested self would sit down on a Sunday and design a beautiful plan. Wake up at 6. Meditate. Journal. Gym before work. Meal prep on Sundays. It looked so reasonable on paper. Then my actual self, the one who'd had three meetings run over and hadn't eaten since noon, would look at that plan at 6pm on a Tuesday and think: absolutely not. I spent years assuming the problem was discipline. That if I just wanted it enough, tried harder, found the right app or the right system, I'd finally close the gap between the plan and the execution. I didn't. Because they were being made by two completely different people. I call them Planner Brain and Survivor Brain ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/75uz70vp4wu2ukpn5mrhzhwr2g9ovhnh54pp9/kkh52gkdb6hnr7mnrqcl/aHR0cHM6Ly91bndyaXR0ZW4ucG9kaWEuY29tL3RoZS1tYWtlLXNwYWNlLW1ldGhvZA== ). Planner Brain is calm, optimistic, and full of good intentions. She designs your ideal week. She signs up for the 5am run club. She buys the ingredients for the meal plan. Survivor Brain is the one who actually has to execute all of this at 6pm on a rainy Tuesday when three things have gone sideways and the kids need feeding and there's still an inbox full of things that didn't get done. Every habit I'd ever built had been designed by the Planner and quietly abandoned by the Survivor. Not because I lacked willpower. Because the design was wrong. And the design was wrong because I kept asking the wrong question. I kept asking: what's the right habit? When the real question was: what needs to leave my life before any new habit has a chance of surviving in it? That question changed everything. It's the question at the centre of the MAKE SPACE Method™. Not "try harder." Not "want it more." Just: stop designing your life for a version of you that doesn't exist, and start designing for the one who does. The cart is open until Sunday at midnight EST. It's $97, and you keep the framework for life. ​Get the MAKE SPACE Method™ → ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/75uz70vp4wu2ukpn5mrhzhwr2g9ovhnh54pp9/6qhdnr00s8hlzqolzgio/aHR0cHM6Ly91bndyaXR0ZW4ucG9kaWEuY29tL3RoZS1tYWtlLXNwYWNlLW1ldGhvZA== )​ With love, Noemie x P.S. Tomorrow I'll show you what it actually looks like from the inside ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/75uz70vp4wu2ukpn5mrhzhwr2g9ovhnh54pp9/8gh7wvdvfohoz49ozvik/aHR0cHM6Ly91bndyaXR0ZW4ucG9kaWEuY29tL3RoZS1tYWtlLXNwYWNlLW1ldGhvZA== ). ​Unsubscribe ( https://fa6f84f0.unsubscribe.kit-mail3.com/75uz70vp4wu2ukpn5mrhzhwr2g9ovhnh54pp9 ) | Update your profile ( https://preferences.kit-mail3.com/75uz70vp4wu2ukpn5mrhzhwr2g9ovhnh54pp9 ) | 60 Paya Lebar Road, Singapore, Singapore 409051

Hey friend, It usually starts the same way. You get inspired. Maybe it’s a conversation, maybe it’s something you read. You feel that spark. You think: this time. So you make a plan. A good plan. You download the app, set the alarm, block out the time. And for a few days, maybe even a couple of weeks, it works. You feel like yourself again. Like you’ve finally cracked it. Then something happens. A bad week at work. A family thing. You get sick. You travel. You’re just… tired. You miss a day. Then two. Then a week. And by the time you think about getting back to it, the guilt has already set in. So instead of starting again, you start over. New plan. New system. New app. New promise that this time will be different. Same result. The worst part isn’t the falling off. It’s the bit where you convince yourself it happened because you didn’t try hard enough. Because you weren’t disciplined enough. Because something about you is fundamentally incompatible with the life you keep designing on Sunday nights. It’s not. The problem was never your effort. It was what you were putting that effort into… and what was already taking up all the room. If you’re tired of needing a brand new plan every time life gets messy, I built something for exactly this. ​See how it works → ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/e5ulp48o72f0upwroevh8h8ovv86nhlhv9ooe/m2hgp359s5h3vx22wzam/aHR0cHM6Ly91bndyaXR0ZW4ucG9kaWEuY29tL3RoZS1tYWtlLXNwYWNlLW1ldGhvZA== )​ Noemie x P.S. You’ll be hearing from me a few more times this week. The cart closes Sunday. After that, I’ll stop talking about it and get back to normal newsletters. Promise. ​Unsubscribe ( https://fa6f84f0.unsubscribe.kit-mail3.com/e5ulp48o72f0upwroevh8h8ovv86nhlhv9ooe ) | Update your profile ( https://preferences.kit-mail3.com/e5ulp48o72f0upwroevh8h8ovv86nhlhv9ooe ) | 60 Paya Lebar Road, Singapore, Singapore 409051

​ I'm going to be honest: I'm a little emotional writing this. I built something. From scratch, across six countries, in between bus rides and Airbnb check-ins and more Descript exports than I care to count. I've been a coach for 2 years now, and this is the very first time I've taken everything I've learned and put it somewhere people can actually use it, at their own pace, without needing me in the room. It opens today. Here's why I built it. A few years ago, I was running on red wine, caffeine, and cortisol. Smoking 20 cigarettes a day while downloading meditation apps. Making the same promises every Sunday night and breaking them by Wednesday. Every time something didn't work, I added something new. A new app. A new routine. A fresh-start Monday. I never once thought to ask: what if the problem isn't that I'm not doing enough? What if I'm doing too much of the wrong stuff? Then I burned out. Spectacularly. And instead of rebuilding with more habits, more rules, more discipline, I started subtracting. One thing at a time. Quietly. Boringly. The biggest thing I removed was alcohol (1,000+ days ago now). But that wasn't the start. The start was the moment I stopped trying to shove good habits into a life with zero room for them. And here's what I didn't expect: the habits I'd been forcing for years started showing up on their own. Because there was finally room. If you've ever made a plan on Sunday night and watched it quietly collapse by Wednesday, you know exactly what I'm talking about. That's what the MAKE SPACE Method™ is. The framework I built from everything I learned. It starts where nothing else does: by clearing space before you try to fill it. ​See what’s inside the MAKE SPACE Method™ → ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/n4u3odm4r5bvhxqkedwf6h6wr6dv4ulhg499z/wnh2hghqnlmmo2h7/aHR0cHM6Ly91bndyaXR0ZW4ucG9kaWEuY29tL3RoZS1tYWtlLXNwYWNlLW1ldGhvZA== )​ $97. Designed for a weekend. Yours for life. Cart closes Sunday 15 March at midnight EST. With love, Noemie x P.S. Questions? Hit reply. I read everything. -->Get the MAKE SPACE Method™ → ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/n4u3odm4r5bvhxqkedwf6h6wr6dv4ulhg499z/25hpqxo0aoh36qlloph3/aHR0cHM6Ly91bndyaXR0ZW4ucG9kaWEuY29tL3RoZS1tYWtlLXNwYWNlLW1ldGhvZA== ) Get the MAKE SPACE Method™ → ( https://unwritten.podia.com/the-make-space-method )​ ​Unsubscribe ( https://fa6f84f0.unsubscribe.kit-mail3.com/n4u3odm4r5bvhxqkedwf6h6wr6dv4ulhg499z ) | Update your profile ( https://preferences.kit-mail3.com/n4u3odm4r5bvhxqkedwf6h6wr6dv4ulhg499z ) | 60 Paya Lebar Road, Singapore, Singapore 409051

( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/mvue79k2pnu5hq5kgekhmhr265wers3h5xgg0/x0hph6heo0w7wmi5/aHR0cHM6Ly9vcGVuLnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbS9wdWIvdW53cml0dGVucG90ZW50aWFsL3AvZXZlcnlvbmVzLXNlbGxpbmcteW91LW1vcmUtd2hhdC1pZj9yPTRxN2FxeSZzaG93V2VsY29tZU9uU2hhcmU9dHJ1ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249cG9zdCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPXdlYg== )​ **************************************************************** Everyone’s Selling You More. What If The Answer Was Always Less? **************************************************************** I want you to think about the last time something in your life wasn’t working. Maybe you weren’t sleeping well. Or you’d stopped exercising. Or your stress was through the roof and your eating had gone to shit. Or you were drinking too much. What was the first thing you did? I’ll guess: you tried to add something. An app. A new routine. A supplement. A 30-day challenge. A habit tracker. A course. A podcast. A cleanse. A book. Because that’s what we all do, right? Every single time. Something’s not working, so we add. More structure. More tools. More effort. More systems. More discipline. Nobody’s first instinct is to remove something. Nobody looks at their busy life and thinks, “You know what would help? Less.” There’s actually a name for this: additive bias. Researchers at the University of Virginia found that when people solve problems, they default to adding rather than subtracting, even when removing something would be simpler, cheaper, and more effective (reference ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/mvue79k2pnu5hq5kgekhmhr265wers3h5xgg0/58hvh7hgq2m9gva6/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmF0dXJlLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy9zNDE1ODYtMDIxLTAzMzgwLXk= )). We’re literally wired to add. Which explains why you have 10 wellness apps on your phone and still feel like shit. Why your morning routine has 8 steps but you can’t get through step 3. Why you’ve bought the supplements, the journal, the running shoes, the meditation app, the meal prep containers, and yet here you are, googling “how to build better habits” at 11pm on a Tuesday. It’s not that you’re not trying hard enough. You’re trying too much. Of the wrong things. ​ -->Continue Reading ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/mvue79k2pnu5hq5kgekhmhr265wers3h5xgg0/x0hph6heo0w7wmi5/aHR0cHM6Ly9vcGVuLnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbS9wdWIvdW53cml0dGVucG90ZW50aWFsL3AvZXZlcnlvbmVzLXNlbGxpbmcteW91LW1vcmUtd2hhdC1pZj9yPTRxN2FxeSZzaG93V2VsY29tZU9uU2hhcmU9dHJ1ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249cG9zdCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPXdlYg== ) Continue Reading ( https://open.substack.com/pub/unwrittenpotential/p/everyones-selling-you-more-what-if?r=4q7aqy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true ) --> --------------- Hey! I'm Noemie --------------- Wellbeing by Design for burned-out overachievers allergic to self-help BS. Evidence-based habits, mindset shifts and real talk from a Former Queen of Bad Habits. No toxic trends or wellness hustle, just science, soul, and a little bit of chaos ⚡️ Did someone forward you this email? ​ ​Subscribe here ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/mvue79k2pnu5hq5kgekhmhr265wers3h5xgg0/g3hnh5hmrw3zmohr/aHR0cHM6Ly9ub2VtaWVtb29uZXkua2l0LmNvbS8= )​ ​ ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/mvue79k2pnu5hq5kgekhmhr265wers3h5xgg0/n2hohvhvm03ovna6/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudW53cml0dGVucG90ZW50aWFsLmNvbQ== ) ​ ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/mvue79k2pnu5hq5kgekhmhr265wers3h5xgg0/reh8hohm4z05mwi2/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS91bndyaXR0ZW4uY29hY2gv ) ​ ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/mvue79k2pnu5hq5kgekhmhr265wers3h5xgg0/08hwh9h2vrd72zbl/aHR0cHM6Ly9wb2RjYXN0cy5hcHBsZS5jb20vdXMvcG9kY2FzdC91bndyaXR0ZW4tcG90ZW50aWFsL2lkMTgwOTA1NTQwNA== ) ​ ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/mvue79k2pnu5hq5kgekhmhr265wers3h5xgg0/8ghqhohoznl5okhk/aHR0cHM6Ly9vcGVuLnNwb3RpZnkuY29tL3Nob3cvMFVsWE5kWVNSY1pjdEFIQVNsZXNnRj9kbHNpPWQ0NmUwNTYwOGVlZTQ2Y2EmbmQ9MSZzaT02ZGEwMTQ4YjY5NDk0NTE3 ) ​ ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/mvue79k2pnu5hq5kgekhmhr265wers3h5xgg0/vqh3hrholrpkomug/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGlua2VkaW4uY29tL2luL25vZW1pZWFsaW50aXNzYXIv ) ​ ( https://fa6f84f0.click.kit-mail3.com/mvue79k2pnu5hq5kgekhmhr265wers3h5xgg0/dpheh0hevn07enim/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vQFVud3JpdHRlblBvdGVudGlhbA== ) ​Unsubscribe ( https://fa6f84f0.unsubscribe.kit-mail3.com/mvue79k2pnu5hq5kgekhmhr265wers3h5xgg0 ) · Preferences ( https://preferences.kit-mail3.com/mvue79k2pnu5hq5kgekhmhr265wers3h5xgg0 )​

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Because the party is over and I finally have a nice quiet room and a good wifi connection, so obviously THIS was going to be the week I got on top of EVERYTHING. You know how this ends...right? I’ve done maybe 20% of that list and I’m not really sure what happened to the other 80%. So why am I telling you this? Because you probably do the same thing, just with different scenery. Maybe yours is Sunday evening, planning a beautiful week that falls apart by Wednesday. Maybe it’s the 1st of January, buying a gym membership and a juicer and genuinely believing you’ll actually use both. Maybe it’s the first Monday back from holiday, convinced you’ll keep that rested, relaxed energy going (narrator: they did not keep that energy going). Same move every time. You feel calm, rested, optimistic, and you make plans from that place. Then real life shows up and the person who actually has to execute those plans is tired, stressed, and one minor inconvenience away from a meltdown. 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Obviously, that person was me. And the worst part wasn’t the failing, it was what came after. The way I spoke to myself would have 100% ended ANY friendship. What is wrong with you? You KNOW what to do. Why can’t you just DO it? You’re 35, for fuck’s sake. Does this sound familiar? We’ve been taught that this is how change works, right? Be hard on yourself. Hold yourself accountable. Discipline yourself into the person you’re supposed to be. And if that doesn’t work, try harder. Want it more. Wake up earlier. Hustle harder. Cool, and how’s that going for you? Because when you bully yourself into better habits, your brain registers the self-criticism as a threat. Cortisol floods your system. Your prefrontal cortex (the part that makes good decisions) goes offline. And you reach for the exact thing you were trying to quit, because your nervous system is in survival mode and needs comfort. For me it was wine and cigarettes. And this is why you eat the whole packet of biscuits after telling yourself you’d only have one. Because guilt literally hijacks the part of your brain that regulates decisions. There’s a lot of research that shows, for example, that dieters who beat themselves up after a “slip” don’t recover. They eat more. And the ones who shrugged it off and gave themselves a break and a dose of self-compassion got back “on track” almost immediately. Same behaviour, same slip, but completely different outcome. Based entirely on how they spoke to themselves after the so-called fuck-up. Every time you’re unkind to yourself for skipping a workout, or procrastinating, or having too much fast food, you’re not motivating yourself. Actually, you’re making it harder to try again tomorrow. All that self-punishment isn’t keeping you in line, it’s the thing keeping you stuck. (Side note: this is also why the “I’ll start fresh on Monday!” cycle exists. You’re not resetting. 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New timezone. New hotel or AirBnB every few days. Gyms aren’t always great. No familiar coffee spots. The structure that made consistency easy? Gonezo. I preach this constantly. But I’d forgotten what it actually feels like: I wasn’t more disciplined in Singapore. And neither are the people you admire. They’re just living in environments that do more of the work. Discipline Isn’t the Problem ---------------------------- A study by researchers at the University of Chicago. tracked people’s daily temptations and self-control and here’s what they found: People with high self-control don’t actually resist more temptations than the rest of us. ​ They encounter fewer of them. They’ve set up their lives so discipline isn’t required as often. The decision is already made. The friction is already removed. The environment does the work. That’s not willpower. That’s design. The five things working for you (or against you) ------------------------------------------------ When I say environment, I don’t just mean your physical space (though that matters). Your environment is everything that shapes what you do without thinking * Physical space: Where things are. What you see first. What’s easy to reach. * Time structure: When you do things. What’s protected. What gets squeezed. * Tools and systems: What’s automated. What requires decisions. What creates friction. * People: Who you’re around. What’s normalised. What’s expected. * Energy patterns: When you’re sharp. When you’re depleted. What you’re asking of yourself and when. My Singapore routine worked because every part of my environment supported it. The terrace made deep work inviting. The 10am gym slot meant I went when I had energy, not when I was depleted. The evening walk was easy because the weather was cooler at that time and the route was familiar. I wasn’t resisting temptation. I’d designed temptation out. Now, in Brazil, I’m rebuilding from scratch. And it’s humbling AF. Because health coach or not, without the environmental support, I’m just a person with good intentions and average willpower. Like everyone else. Meanwhile, in gyms everywhere... -------------------------------- Right now, millions of people are trying to be more disciplined. More gym sessions. Better sleep habits. Less scrolling. More reading. And most of them are relying on willpower to make it happen. Last Friday was Quitter’s Day. The second Friday in January. Strava coined the term after their data showed 80% of people have abandoned their resolutions by this point. 80%! And that’s not because 80% of people are lazy. When you’re stressed or tired, your brain deprioritises long-term thinking. It shifts into “let’s just get through today” mode, chasing quick rewards and avoiding effort. That’s not a ‘mindset issue’. That’s a stressed nervous system doing its job. Discipline is a backup generator. ​ It’s not meant to power the whole house. Flip the question ----------------- Instead of asking “How can I be more disciplined?”, ask: “What would make this easier?” What’s creating friction? What decision could be made in advance? What’s in my environment that pulls me off track? What’s missing that would make the right choice obvious? When I had my Singapore routine, I didn’t decide to write in the morning. The terrace was already there. The coffee machine always ready. The birds singing anyway. Writing at that time was the path of least resistance. Now I need to rebuild that. Find the equivalent. Design the conditions where consistency becomes the easy option, not the hard one. That’s the work. Not more discipline. Better design. Your experiment this week: -------------------------- Pick one habit you want to build. Now ask yourself: What’s one thing in my environment making this harder than it needs to be? Not your motivation. 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