That advice to start a new farm instead of fixing my old one was wrong

My friend Dana kept telling me to just delete my 300 hour save in Sun Haven and start fresh because I was bored with the layout. She said the magic would come back if I stopped trying to patch up my messy town. I tried it for about two weeks and honestly, I just felt worse. All those trees I planted in year one, the npc friendships I grinded out, gone for no real reason. I ended up reloading an old backup from my cloud save and just moved three buildings around instead. That small fix did more for my enjoyment than any fresh start ever did. Has anyone else found that pushing through a slump in a cozy game beats wiping the slate clean?