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Monday 15 December 2025

What do you wish somebody had said to you in month one?

Say it now. Somebody is in month one. — asked by Esi

IlseMaastricht, NL

I would tell them to find one person to tell. Just one.

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Tarn Two flights of stairs is two flights of stairs. Take it.

TaviaPalermo, IT

Restarting after eight months away and braced for a judgement that has not come from anybody.

6

TorrinAberdeen, UK

Week one. I have the pen in the fridge and I have not touched it in four days.

6

Persis You are allowed to notice how far you have come.

GillyWorcester, UK

What I would tell myself: it becomes ordinary, and ordinary is the good outcome.

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TorinBelfast, NI

What I would change: I would have asked about a slower schedule on day one.

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BrynAberystwyth, UK

I would tell somebody starting to write two lines a day from the beginning. Just two.

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LilPreston, UK

I would tell them to find one person to tell. Just one.

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BramwellNottingham, UK

What I would change: I would have asked about a slower schedule on day one.

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Dilly Small and repeatable beats perfect and abandoned. Every time.

SindriReykjavík, IS

Week one and I have read the leaflet three times, which was two times too many.

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Tiernan That is a lovely thing to have noticed.

JontyOxford, UK

Week one and it is the not knowing whether this is normal that is hardest.

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