The Not So Breakfast Show
Listen, laugh and learn as we share our latest thoughts about staying relevant, contemporary leadership and doing life right. Ish Cheyne is the Head of Fitness in New Zealand for global fitness juggernaut Les Mills. Sacha Coburn is the COO of Coffee Culture, a leading group of boutique coffee shops, and the co-founder of The Company You Keep.co.nz.
The Not So Breakfast Show
Episode 224: F8 Buttons, Failed Records, and Finding Gratitude
Episode 224: The Hour of Fails and the Power of Reflection
Join Ish and Sach for the discovery of the dreaded F8 button, and the ultimate podcast fail -doing an entire show without hitting record. But from this beautiful disaster comes a conversation about reflection, journaling, and learning from our daily experiences (including how to properly operate recording equipment).
Main Topics
- Matthew McConaughey's Journaling Renaissance -- How the "Alright, alright, alright" guy reintroduced journaling to mainstream culture beyond teenage "dear diary" entries, moving it into serious mental wellbeing territory
- The Three-Question Framework -- Ish's simple reflection system: What did you learn today? What's your one thing for tomorrow? What are you grateful for? (No blank page paralysis allowed)
- From Trauma to Triumph -- Childhood diary disasters that still haunt us: Sacha's epic swear-word note that boomeranged back to her mum, and why Norwegian seamen apparently have cleaner language than 11-year-olds
The Deeper Reflection
Journaling isn't about crafting publishable prose - it's about getting thoughts out of your head and onto paper, whether that's "f#@k, f#@k, f#@k, that was a crap day" or deeper insights about your patterns and triggers. The key is honest self-assessment without the pressure of literary perfection.
If your daily "one thing" is always urgent, you're living in constant firefighting mode. The goal is finding space for the "not urgent but important" stuff - learning, planning, self-care, family time. Your journal data will reveal whether you're managing your priorities or just reacting to everyone else's.
Don't let all your best stories be from decades ago. Create new memories with the people who gave you great old memories, because these are the days your kids will call "the good old days."
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