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The Seven-Day Start Plan

Make the first step clear before motivation gets a vote.

10–15 minutes to build the planFree · Two-page fillable PDF

Companion to How to Stay Disciplined When Motivation Is Gone.

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Example: after dinner, I will read for ten minutes. Finished means the phone is away and ten minutes of reading are done. I place the book on the table before dinner. If a late night interrupts the plan, I record the agreed smaller action and resume at the next opportunity.

01Write the standard

Finish the sentence with an action someone could observe.

02Prepare the start

Arrange the materials and the household responsibilities before testing your resolve.

03Keep the seven-day record

Kept means the full action; Adapted means the difficult-day action agreed above. Missed means neither. Leave an unplanned day blank.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

0 kept0 adapted0 missed0 days recorded
04Return after a miss

Use the record to change one practical detail. Do not add punishment work.