I'm messy and need to steady first.
Lower the intensity a little and give the body a buffer.
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Toolbox
Pick the easiest tool and get your state back.
Where are you stuck?
Choose the closest lane. This is not a quiz; it does not need to be exact.
I know the task, but cannot enter it.
Warm up the eyes and attention before touching the task.
My head is too full.
Pour out the loops and keep one small move.
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If choosing the order feels like extra work
These are not rigid protocols. They are common transition routes you can follow when choosing the next step feels like extra work.
Come back into the room within ninety seconds
For tight chests, fast thoughts, and moments when touching the task directly feels too sharp.
Turn a pile into one move
For moments when tasks, worry, and noise are tangled together and thinking harder makes the block louder.
Move from scattered into workable focus
For moments when you are seated, but your eyes and attention keep drifting away.
Three common starting points
If choosing takes too much effort, start here. Each entry gives you a landing point within a few minutes.
New Reset
Reset Card
When emotion spikes, mark the intensity, write the loudest thought, and generate a card you can follow.
For moments when emotion spikes, thoughts race, and returning to the task feels impossible. It helps you name the state, shrink it, and generate a reset card you can copy.
Open tool New Grounding
5-4-3-2-1 Grounding
Use sight, touch, sound, smell, and taste to bring attention back into the room.
For drifting, panic, blankness, or nights when your mind will not slow down. It uses the senses to pull attention back into the room and leaves you with a landing record.
Open tool New Unload
Thought Unload
Get the unfinished loops out of your head and sort them into now, later, and not-today.
For moments when unfinished loops, worries, and mental noise get tangled together. It sorts them into “do one step now / handle later / let go for today.”
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You can pick by problem, or treat them as a small control board for shifting state.
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Steady first
Reset Card
ResetWhen emotion spikes, mark the intensity, write the loudest thought, and generate a card you can follow.
Steady first5-4-3-2-1 Grounding
GroundingUse sight, touch, sound, smell, and taste to bring attention back into the room.
Clear the headThought Unload
UnloadGet the unfinished loops out of your head and sort them into now, later, and not-today.
Steady firstBreathing Rhythm
CalmFollow a breathing pace and slow the rhythm down first.
Rebuild focusPomodoro
FocusGive one task a quiet stretch, or hold an item sent over from another tool.
Clear the headTodo List
OrganizeWrite down the unfinished loops, pick one current item, and carry it into Pomodoro.
Rebuild focusMemory Lights
FocusWatch a short light sequence and tap it back to warm up working memory before a task.
Rebuild focusSchulte Grid
FocusFind the numbers in order and pull drifting eyes and attention back onto one track.
Rebuild focusReaction Trainer
ReactionWait for green, then tap. Good for waking up the eyes and hands before a task.
Rebuild focusStroop Conflict Drill
FocusFollow the current rule when words and colors conflict.
If you do not want to choose
Let the page carry you through one small sequence.
90-second noise drop
Use Reset Card for intensity and state; add grounding if your chest stays tight; then look at the original problem.
Before work
Do one breathing round, then Pomodoro. If sitting still is hard, use Schulte to pull the eyes back.
When the head is packed
Unload into buckets, then keep one smallest next move in the todo list.