Source: practice.md
Living Practices
This file exists to keep the mission system alive. A system dies when it is admired more than it is used.
Daily practices
1. Morning orientation (4:40 AM · 3-5 minutes)
This is a reach check-in, not a generic productivity prompt. Before answering, read or recall:
- the core identity line
- the current campaign in `2026.md`
- active themes from the last 1-3 days of memory
- today's most likely lever-moving action
Prompt:
- What would make today aligned, not just productive?
- What is the one lever action that materially moves self, family, work, or truth?
- What would my family actually feel from how I live today?
- What version of drift, comfort, or pseudo-productivity am I refusing today?
2. Midday reset (12:30 PM · 1 minute)
This is a pattern interrupt, not a full review. Prompt:
- Am I still on the day I chose, or has novelty hijacked the wheel?
- What is the next concrete move that gets me back onto the mission?
3. Evening integrity check (8:30 PM · 2-5 minutes)
Use the day as evidence, not vibes. Prompt:
- Where did I keep my word today?
- Where did I negotiate against what I know matters?
- What did Jess, Huddy, Ava, or future-me actually feel from how I lived today?
- What needs to be tightened, forgiven, or carried into tomorrow?
Weekly practices
1. Weekly reach review (Sunday 4:45 PM · 20 minutes)
This is the weekly reach check-in that keeps the mission system alive. Use `scorecard.md`, `2026.md`, recent memory, and the past week's lived reality.
Answer:
- What got my best energy this week?
- What got my leftovers?
- Which pillar actually moved?
- Which pillar drifted quietly?
- Where did life feel true, and where did it feel managed, muted, or safe?
- What one thing will I cut, protect, or advance next week?
2. Mission distillation check
Ask:
- Are my projects still expressions of my mission, or have they become random motion?
- Where am I overcomplicating what should be simple?
- Which current effort creates something my family can actually feel?
3. Family can feel it review
Ask:
- What did Jess feel this week?
- What did Huddy feel?
- What did Ava feel?
- Did the people I love experience my presence, or just hear about my intentions?
- What is one adjustment that would make the next week more visible, warm, and real?
Monthly practices
1. Pillar audit
Score each pillar 1-10:
Then ask:
- What is strongest?
- What is being starved?
- What has become performative?
- What needs a real-world adjustment, not more reflection?
2. Problem quality review
A Dan Koe pull-through worth keeping:
- Am I solving better problems or just repeating old ones?
- Where has comfort made my problems smaller and duller?
- What meaningful tension needs to be invited back in?
3. Identity-to-calendar audit
Compare calendar against identity and pillars:
- Does my calendar reflect my gifts or my guilt?
- Am I spending time like an architect or like an over-responsible operator?
Useful exercises
Exercise 1: Anti-vision writing sprint
Write for 10 minutes:
- If I keep living the same way for 3 years, what quietly rots?
This sharpens urgency.
Exercise 2: Vision refresh
Write for 10 minutes:
- If everything went right in the next 3 years, what would be undeniably true in self, family, work, and truth?
Exercise 3: The family-feels-it test
For any project or goal, ask:
- How will this be felt, not just measured?
If it can't be felt, it may be vanity, abstraction, or delayed life.
Exercise 4: Past-self product test
Ask:
- What problem have I solved that my past self would have paid dearly to solve faster?
This is a business, writing, and mission prompt.
Exercise 5: Better problems review
Ask:
Rule
Do not let the system become another beautiful document. Use it to confront drift, choose better problems, and keep building a life that feels true from the inside and visible from the outside.