Week 3 : Starting Small And Building Momentum

lindapope
Nov 26, 2025
3 min read

This week I focused on something simple but powerful, self belief and positive thinking. I reminded myself that change doesn’t always happen in big, dramatic moments, sometimes it comes from small decisions that slowly build confidence and momentum.

After last week’s honest look at myself — my habits, my excuses, and the changes I want to make — this week I looked at my strengths and my brilliance and it felt like the first whisper of forward motion.

I'm not perfect but I am a decent person with some reallly great traits and that's enough.

My Word Cloud - Building Confidence & Self Belief

In order to make any changes I first have to believe that I can make those changes and that I can sustain them. For my balanced life reset to work I have to take the excuses I've been making and turn them into positive choices.

"No one will like me" needs to become "I'm a likeable person"

"I"m tired and ill" needs to become "I'm capable and resourceful"

"I'm shy" needs to beome "I'm worthy"

Every excuse, every reason not to try, needs to replaced with a why I should try and a why I will make a success of this reset. Building my word cloud took several hours but it was worth it. Now, when a doubt appears I can look at it and remind myself of the exceptional person that is Linda.

🌿 Small Wins That Mattered

With my new, positive thinking and self belief I forged ahead with my goals for the week and, I think, I made pretty good progress.

Health & Routine

Cooked from scratch three times - nothing fancy but tasty and healthy
Walked 10,000 steps on Wednesday - a genuine achievement

Business & Creativity

Finalised my business name and created my logo
Practised a new design and developed a marketing campaign idea for early December
Set up my Instagram and X accounts and posted my first content -
Designed a weekly social media calendar - a structure I deperately need

Social Life

Joined two new social groups and attended a lunch and a games afternoon. Both experiences were genuinely enjoyable — not awkward, not stressful — just good moments with good people. I've even got more social events in the diary

For someone rebuilding confidence, all these wins have been meaningful. They may not match the goals I actually set but they are definately steps in the right diretion.

🐶My Unexpected But Very Cute Change:

I rescued a dog

This wasn’t part of the plan…but it might be the best decision I’ve made in years.

He's already starting to bring exactly what I hoped for:

routine
fresh air & exercise and
companionship

He's a small reminder that life can surprise you in the best ways if you're open to change.

I'll be introducing my dog Prince in a post later this week.

✨ Reflections

This week taught for me that being positive is an active choice and takes effort.

Every time I heard that internal negative voice, I stopped myself and replaced it with something kinder and truer. It felt uncomfortable at first, but I can already see it slowly reshaping my mindset.

Other things I realised:

I’m capable of far more than I often allow myself to believe
Social media and blogging is harder work that I exected — it is constantly on my mind and has been quite tressful
I didn’t stick to every goal I set last week, but rather than ignore that (or worse, use it as an excuse to give up) I want to explore why and how I can improve
Progress requires structure, patience, and flexibility

Momentum isn’t created by perfection. It’s created by honesty, effort, and repeated small steps.