Things to
think with.
Small tools that sit beside the writing. Each one does one job, and what you type stays in your own browser.
Most of what I write here starts with noticing something and thinking it through. Some ideas turn out to be more useful as something you do than as something you read. When that happens, the idea ends up on this page.
Each tool is small on purpose. There are no accounts, and nothing you type is sent anywhere. The thinking behind each one is credited to the people it came from, with links, so you can go to the source.
The index
One tool so far
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The Curious Reset
For the thing you keep circling.
You write down what is stuck, look at it from another side, and choose one small test to run for a set number of days or weeks. When the time is up, you come back, check in, and read what actually happened.
It is for a decision, a habit, or a project that has stopped moving. It works best on one clear knot at a time.
- Quick reset
- Seven short steps. About ten minutes.
- Full reset
- Eleven steps, every lens. For a bigger decision.
- Your notes
- No account. Everything saves in your browser and nowhere else. You can save a backup file.
Where the ideas come from
The spine is Penny Zenker’s Reset Practice. Inside it are pieces from Seth Godin (is this a problem or a situation?), Daniel Miessler (try another frame, then write down what done looks like), Derek Sivers (useful questions, and borrowed ways to live), and Anne-Laure Le Cunff (a small pact you run before you judge it). The tool credits each idea where it appears and links to the source.
If you try one of these, I would like to hear what worked and what did not. A short note is plenty.
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