Most of our days are shaped by systems we didn’t design and rarely think about, until we feel worn down by them.

In this episode, Keith reflects on what it feels like to be human inside modern systems: work, healthcare, bureaucracy, and the quiet exhaustion that comes from navigating processes that weren’t built with full humanity in mind.

This isn’t about blame or fixing anything. It’s about recognising a particular kind of tiredness, and reminding ourselves that feeling drained by systems doesn’t mean we’ve failed, it means we’re human.

A calm, reflective pause in the middle of the week.

Some moments don’t arrive with significance attached. They don’t demand attention or announce themselves as important, they simply happen, quietly, while life carries on.

In this episode of Lighter Than You Started, Keith shares a small, ordinary moment that stayed with him longer than expected. Not because it changed anything, but because it softened something.

This is a story about interruption, recognition, and the understated ways we’re reminded that other people are living their lives alongside ours.

No advice. No conclusions. Just a moment, and the space to notice it.

This is the first full weekday episode of Lighter Than You Started, and the template for what weekdays sound like here.

In this episode, Keith reflects on the pressure Mondays carry, the quiet effort most of life requires, and why starting gently isn’t a lack of ambition but a realistic way to begin.

With a glance at the world, a human moment, a touch of wry humour, and a daily thought to carry with you, this episode sets the tone for the weeks ahead: no rushing, no fixing, no performance.

Just a steady voice, a familiar space, and the hope of ending the day a little lighter than it began.

Before the week begins, this episode gently explains the rhythm of Lighter Than You Started.

Rather than a schedule or a set of expectations, this is about familiarity and comfort. 

Mondays are for grounding. 
Tuesdays for stories. 
Wednesdays for the systems we live inside. 
Thursdays for perspective and absurdity. 
Fridays for what helped. 
Saturdays stay loose. 
Sundays slow everything down again.

This episode is a quiet reassurance that routine doesn’t cage us, it holds us. That predictability can be kind. And that this space is designed to feel familiar, not demanding.

Tomorrow, the first full weekday episode begins. Same voice. Same warmth. Same space.

Advice is everywhere, and it often means well. But advice doesn’t always fit, and it doesn’t always last.

In this episode of Lighter Than You Started, Keith reflects on why stories often help us more than strategies. Stories don’t tell us what to do. They don’t demand change. They simply remind us that we’re not alone.

With a short personal anecdote, gentle humour, and quiet honesty, this episode makes space for the idea that you don’t need to have life figured out to belong here. This is a place for humans, not for people with perfect answers.

No fixing. No instruction. Just a story, and the hope of ending the day a little lighter than it began.

In today’s episode of Lighter Than You Started, Keith gently explains what this space is, and what it most definitely isn’t.

This isn’t a news podcast, a self-help programme, or a place that demands urgency or transformation. 

It’s a pause. A few minutes of breathing room in a noisy world.

With warmth, quiet humour, and honest reflection, this episode sets expectations for the days ahead: no fixing, no shouting, no pressure to become someone else. Just thoughtful company, perspective, and the chance to end the day feeling a little lighter than it began.

If this feels like your kind of space, you’re very welcome here. And if it helps even a little, feel free to pass it on to someone else who might need it too.

Welcome to Lighter Than You Started.

At the beginning of a new year, there’s a lot of noise about reinvention, resolutions, and becoming someone else. This episode offers a gentler alternative.

In this first episode, Keith reflects on the pressure of January, the gap between headlines and real life, and why radical change isn’t always what we need. With quiet humour and honest observation, it’s a reminder that you don’t need fixing, just the possibility of ending the day a little lighter than you began.

This episode opens the door to what Lighter Than You Started is all about: thoughtful reflection, human moments, and calm company in a busy world.

If this helps even a little, you’re very welcome to stay, and to share it with someone else who might need it too.