We break the myth of the clean slate and show how quiet depletion drains motivation, clarity, and joy. Through a real-life travel fiasco, we teach soft restarts, minimum baselines, and the next-right-choice script to replace shame-driven resets with steady, humane progress.

• why new year energy fades when you carry last year’s stress
• how quiet depletion hides as busyness, comparison and “I’m fine”
• why “starting over” exhausts your brain and identity
• the missed flight story and the science behind lower brain chatter
• the soft restart: pause, breathe, choose the next right step
• minimum baselines for food, movement and sleep on low-capacity days
• the next-right-choice script to stop spirals and binges
• shifting to quarterly goals for faster wins and pivots
• comparison boundaries that conserve emotional energy
• the seven-day no-restart challenge with simple daily actions

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