Today’s rule: You are no longer the decision-maker — your priorities are. Guilt thrives when the same person is both judge and defendant. That’s an unfair system. Today’s practice: Name three priorities that matter most right now. Seasonal priorities count. When guilt or uncertainty appears, use this sentence: I didn’t choose this. My priorities did. Optional: Use the Priority Filter Sheet to let priorities carry the weight instead of your emotions. If you never have to add anything back, you probably didn’t subtract enough. Over-correcting isn’t failure. It’s information.

Today’s rule:Feelings are information — not grounds for renegotiation. After a decision is made, emotions often arrive late and try to reopen it. That’s not intuition. That’s emotional re-litigation. Today’s practice:When emotion appears after a decision, quietly say: Noted. This does not reopen the decision. No fixing the feeling. No explaining it. No re-arguing the choice. Optional: Use the Emotional Closure Sheet if it helps you notice and decline renegotiation. You are not suppressing emotion. You are removing its authority.

Today’s rule:If a decision has already been made, it is no longer up for discussion. Most exhaustion doesn’t come from doing too much It comes from negotiating too much. Decisions that stay mentally open keep charging interest. Today’s practice (5–10 minutes): Identify three decisions you’ve already made but keep revisiting.Write them down. Mark them CLOSED. You are not forcing discipline. You are ending unnecessary debate. Optional: Use the Decision Closure Sheet if it helps to formalize the close. If resistance shows up, don’t interpret it. That’s just the negotiation habit making noise. Close it anyway.

Guilt doesn’t usually come from big failures. It comes from small, unexamined yeses. Most mental noise isn’t emotional depth. It’s undecided responsibility. From here forward, one rule: No task enters your system without a clear yes or no. Not “maybe.” Not “let me think about it.” Not “I’ll try.” Decisions quiet the mind. Ambiguity keeps it loud. If you want to comment, one sentence is enough: “Deciding faster changes how my brain feels.” That’s Day Three.

Yesterday was about seeing what’s actually on your list. Today is about assigning responsibility accurately. Guilt creates false ownership. It keeps tasks alive long after they stop being yours. Your only job today: Download the Task Ownership Sheet and assign each task one decision only: COMPLETE or RETURN. No justifying. No explaining. No replacement tasks. If you choose RETURN, you’re not avoiding responsibility — you’re correcting it. If you want to comment, one sentence is enough: “I see how many tasks I’ve been carrying that were never mine.” That’s Day Two.