The "I Will Start Monday" Lie

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You know that voice that says, "I'll start Monday"?

In today's episode of Living Life Unbinged, we're calling out one of the sneakiest lies we tell ourselves, the promise of a fresh start that never seems to come. Thursday afternoon hits, you've made some choices you weren't proud of, and suddenly the entire week feels like a write-off. So you decide: Monday will be different. You'll have the groceries, the plan, the perfect mindset.

But we both know what happens by Wednesday.

Here's the truth: that "I'll start Monday" promise isn't hope. It's permission to keep doing what you know isn't serving you. Every time you say it, you reinforce the belief that change requires perfect conditions, a new week, a clean slate, the magic of Monday. But God's mercies don't work on a seven-day reset schedule.

✨ In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why "I'll start Monday" is a form of self-sabotage, not self-compassion
• How all-or-nothing thinking keeps you stuck in cycles
• The truth about God's mercies being new every morning (not just every Monday)
• Why perfect streaks aren't how healing actually happens
• What the "next bite reset" is and how to use it
• How to notice the "I'll start later" pattern without judgment
• Why your fresh start is available right now, in this very moment

Anchored in Lamentations 3:22-23, this episode reminds us that His compassions never fail. They are new every morning, and every moment. Not Monday, not tomorrow, but now.

Your breakthrough isn't waiting for a calendar change. It's waiting for you to say yes to the next bite, the next choice, the next moment. 🩷

Make it a great day!

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Transcript

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All right, friend, I'm gonna call something out today, and I need you to stay with me because this one might sting just a little. But I say it with all the love in my heart, okay? We're talking about the I will start Monday lie. You know exactly what I'm talking about. It's Thursday afternoon, you've had a rough couple days, maybe you've made some choices you weren't proud of. Instead of just making the next meal a good one, you decide the whole week is a wash, a write-off, and you will start fresh on Monday. I know I've been there way too many times to count, but when Monday comes, you're pumped, you're ready, you've got a plan, you've got your groceries, you've got your mindset right. And by Wednesday, something happens and you're right back in the same cycle, already telling yourself you'll start again next Monday. I lived in this loop for so many years, years, and I finally had to get honest with myself about what was really going on. Because I'll start Monday sounds like optimism, like hope for a fresh start. But what it really means most of the time is permission to keep doing what we know isn't right and what we know isn't serving us. It's our way of letting ourselves off the hook today by making a promise about a future version of ourselves that hasn't shown up yet. And here's the sneaky thing. Every time we do this, we reinforce the idea that we can't change right now. We reinforce the idea that change requires perfect conditions. It requires a new week, a clean slate, a Monday, and we start to believe that's just how it works. But it's not. That's the lie. Lamentations 3, 22 through 23 says, Because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning, every single morning, every morning, not every Monday, not every start of the month, not after a perfect week, every single morning. And honestly, every single moment, God's mercies are new. His grace doesn't operate on a seven-day reset schedule. It is available to you right now. Right now, in this moment, after whatever happened yesterday or an hour ago or five minutes ago. That means your fresh start is always right now. Not Monday. Not Monday, it's now. I want to teach you something I call the next bite reset. It's exactly what it sounds like. The moment you realize you've gone off track, whether it's been five minutes or five days, the reset happens at the very next bite. Not the next meal, not tomorrow, not Monday, but the next bite. You make a better choice, say it out loud. I start now. My reset is now, right now, and then you mean it. That practice sounds so small, but it is genuinely transformational because it dismantles the all or nothing thinking that keeps so many of us stuck. It tears it apart. All or nothing thinking says if I can't do it perfectly, I might as well not do it at all. But healing doesn't happen in perfect streaks. It happens in all of the good decisions made in real, imperfect moments. Every good choice counts. Even the one you make right after a bad one, especially that one. Your action step this week, I want you to notice, just notice, every time the I'll start Monday or I'll start later shows up. Don't judge it, just observe it, and then gently say to yourself, no, I start now and make the next choice a good one. That's it. Notice it, redirect. You're building a pattern one moment at a time, one thought at a time, one choice at a time. Make sure to go back and listen to past episodes for encouragement, send it to a friend, and also write in the show notes is a free guide to food boundaries and breaking free from the food addiction vicious cycle.