September has arrived, we're both 50, the kids are getting older, summer is disappearing… and apparently we're supposed to use this moment to completely reset our lives.

But do we actually need a September Reset?

In this episode, we're talking about why September feels like a fresh start, whether it's genuinely different from January, and why we might just prefer the idea of a little seasonal shift rather than reinventing ourselves every five minutes.

We chat about:

• Turning 50 and why, actually, it might not be as depressing as we thought
• Teenagers, money and the shocking realisation that £25 doesn't buy a week's worth of food when you've spent it on Wingstop
• Why September feels like a natural time to sort your house, wardrobe, habits and life out
• The joy of new stationery, new notebooks and that back-to-school feeling
• Whether we really need to call everything a “reset”
• Hobbies, decorating, gardening and the things we keep saying we're going to do
• Social media outrage and why everyone seems to have an opinion these days
• Ed Sheeran, Sydney Sweeney and the latest internet pile-ons
• Why sometimes the best thing you can do is simply… not comment
• Getting older, having more freedom and realising we're actually quite excited about this next decade

And, as always, there's plenty of completely unnecessary chat, questionable advice and at least one conversation we probably shouldn't have left in.

Crisis Talks

And don't forget to join us for Crisis Talks, our shorter episode where we take one of the week's conversations and try to work out what we're actually going to do about it.

Because apparently we have a plan.

We're just not entirely sure what it is yet.

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