{"title":"Change and Drawbacks — Arnold Bennett","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-drawbacks-bennett-t-shirt","title":"The Drawbacks — Bennett T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eBennett wrote one of the earliest self-help books in 1908 and refused to make it comfortable: “Any change,” he warned, “even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArnold Bennett, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (1908)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContext\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Live on 24 Hours a Day\u003c\/em\u003e (1908) was one of the earliest self-help manuals ever published. Bennett wasn’t selling motivation — he was describing how change actually works: uncomfortable, resistant, accompanied by friction even when it’s exactly what you wanted. He said it because people kept abandoning better habits the first time they hurt. They hurt because that’s what change does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It’s For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who made the right call and still felt worse before they felt better\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe one who needed permission to admit that better ≠ effortless\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe person mid-pivot, doing the hard thing nobody warned would still be hard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWear your admission.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHANGE arrives at the center, bracketed by two rules. “Any” sits above it — a quiet qualifier, the kind you almost miss. Below: the acknowledgment that better and uncomfortable are the same trip. The rules don’t decorate the design; they hold the clauses apart so each one lands on its own weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-drawbacks-bennett-heretics-journal\"\u003eThe Drawbacks Journal\u003c\/a\u003e — the same line, for working through the discomfort on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Tee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% combed and ring-spun cotton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFabric weight: 4.2 oz\/yd² (142 g\/m²)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetail fit, true to size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSide-seamed construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachine washable, cold water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuoteiac logo on the left sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eArnold Bennett, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 1867–1931, Staffordshire and London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNovelist, essayist, and journalist — one of the most commercially successful British writers of his era\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eHow to Live on 24 Hours a Day\u003c\/em\u003e (1908) was a productivity manual before the genre existed — it’s still in print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis fiction (\u003cem\u003eThe Old Wives’ Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, the Clayhanger series) is less remembered now than his nonfiction — the kind of irony he would have appreciated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSize Chart (Bella + Canvas)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eWidth (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eLength (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eM\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2XL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"XS","offer_id":42590599479390,"sku":"2223582_21593","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":42590599512158,"sku":"2223582_21594","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":42590599544926,"sku":"2223582_21595","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":42590599577694,"sku":"2223582_21596","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":42590599610462,"sku":"2223582_21597","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":42590599643230,"sku":"2223582_21598","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/The_Drawbacks_Bennett_TShirt_front.png?v=1782880254"},{"product_id":"the-drawbacks-bennett-heretics-journal","title":"The Drawbacks — Bennett Heretics Journal","description":"\u003cp\u003eBennett put the hardest truth in his 1908 time-management book plainly: “Any change,” he wrote, “even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.” This journal is for the part you do after you accept that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArnold Bennett, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (1908)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContext\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in 1908 as one of the earliest self-help manuals ever published, \u003cem\u003eHow to Live on 24 Hours a Day\u003c\/em\u003e treats time as the only currency that actually matters — and this line is its quiet warning: even the right move will feel wrong at some point along the way. The drawbacks aren’t a sign you chose badly. They’re the toll booth on every road worth taking. This journal is for what comes after you accept that — the actual thinking, the adjustments, the moments when you talk yourself back into the thing you already decided was worth doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo warm burnished rules frame CHANGE on the cover — one above, one below — the word given its own space between the setup and the consequence. \u003cem\u003eAny\u003c\/em\u003e sits in italic above the first rule; the rest of the argument runs below the second in roman type. Bennett’s point is that discomfort is the evidence of progress; the design holds the evidence apart from the conclusion so each one has room to land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe same line is on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-drawbacks-bennett-t-shirt\"\u003eThe Drawbacks Tee\u003c\/a\u003e — for when you want to wear it into the world instead of write through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Journal\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize — 5.5″ × 8.5″ (fits a bag, a shelf, a nightstand)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages — 80 lined, cream-colored pages — enough room to think, not so much that it intimidates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover — hardcover — feels substantial, holds its shape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosure — built-in elastic band keeps it shut; ribbon marker keeps your place\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInner pocket — expandable back pocket for receipts, index cards, the scrap of paper you wrote something important on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It’s For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople mid-pivot. Anyone doing the right thing and finding it harder than expected. The reader who needs to sit with an idea rather than perform it. Not a motivational journal — a thinking journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProgress doesn’t feel like progress yet. Write through it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eArnold Bennett, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish novelist and essayist (1867–1931)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eHow to Live on 24 Hours a Day\u003c\/em\u003e (1908) was one of the first productivity books ever written — a century before the genre had a name\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe wrote over 30 novels, managed a theatre, and ran a journal of his own for decades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis argument: most people waste the hours they’re actually awake. The book is a case for using them deliberately.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot a cheerleader. 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