# Why You Keep Starting Over (And Why Willpower Was Never the Point)

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Podcast: [ReThink Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rethink-podcast-1369359)
Published: 2026-07-07T14:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail Have you ever started something — a habit, a routine, a project — meaning it completely, only to find yourself back at the beginning a few weeks later? If that's happened more times than you'd like to admit, this episode is for you. Today we're looking at why the restart cycle happens, and it isn't what most people assume. It isn't a discipline problem, and it isn't a willpower problem. It's an identity problem — and once you can see the pattern clearly, it stops feeling like...

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