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AP 655: Follow-Through Fallout || What to do when you no longer feel like following through

About Progress

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

You know that feeling—you set an exciting goal or decide to start a new habit, but soon after, your initial enthusiasm fizzles out. I like to call that 'Follow-Through Fallout.' It happens to the best of us, and it's completely normal! Today, I'll share my own journey through this phenomenon, the unexpected hurdles I faced, and the strategies I used to keep going. We'll explore why follow-through fallout occurs, break down the psychological factors behind it, and most importantly, discuss practical tips to overcome it. Whether you're working on New Year's resolutions or any personal goals, this episode is packed with insights to help you push past the slump and achieve what you set out to do. Do Something Workshop, episode on Momentum Sign up as a Supporter to get access to our private, premium, ad-free podcast, More Personal. Episodes air each Friday! Use code "FREEMONTH” to get your first month free–code expires February 1st. Access exclusive supporter benefits Sticky Habit Intensive Waitlist Full Show Notes This episode is sponsored by LMNT, get your free LMNT Sample Pack with any purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/Progress; and by AirDoctor, use code MONICA for up to $300 off air purifiers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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Two years ago, I decided it was finally time for my kids to learn how to ski. Now, I grew up in

0:49.6

Utah where the snow is very famous all over the world for being that powder, good kind of snow.

0:56.5

I didn't grow up skiing a ton, though, and that was because I was the fifth of seven kids,

1:01.5

and it's a pretty expensive pastime.

1:03.9

However, once I got to high school, they had this really cool thing going on.

1:08.5

I think actually Mayho started in junior high. But if you

1:11.4

were on an honor roll, you could get a $100 season pass to Park City. And I kept getting on that

1:18.0

honor roll because I was a you guessed it nerd alongside all my friends. So I had that seasonal pass

1:24.7

every year up until college. Then once I went to college, I realized how much

1:29.3

more expensive a season pass was, and I didn't ski until 16 years later, which brings us back to

1:36.5

two years ago when I was like, okay family, it is time for you to learn how to ski too. We had moved

1:43.1

from the Bay Area. We lived there for 13 years, and we moved back to Utah.

1:47.3

And for the first two years we lived here, we didn't go skiing.

1:50.1

There was just a lot going on in our lives.

1:51.9

But once we were finally moved into our home, which we had renovated for a year and a half,

1:55.8

and things were getting settled there, I thought, you know what we need? We need a winter sport, a time to bond,

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