Why restarting over and over is what’s keeping you stuck Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Kaja Kadlecova on Unsplash There’s a pattern a lot of people fall into without realizing it. Things are going well for a bit, you’re consistent, you’re making progress, and then something slips. You miss a day, fall behind, lose focus, or just don’t follow through the way you planned. And instead of continuing, you restart. You tell yourself you’ll begin again on Monday, next week, next month, or when things feel more organized. It feels logical. Starting fresh feels clean. It feels like a reset. Like you can do it properly this time without the mistakes from before. But that reset is what keeps breaking your progress. Because every time you restart, you throw away momentum. Momentum is fragile. It builds slowly through repetition, through showing up even when things aren’t perfect. But when you stop completely and wait to start again, you reset that process back to zero.…