RITUALS & HABITS
Pour. Turn. Begin.
The small tools we actually use to stop running our days on autopilot.
THE PRACTICES
Six small tools for your hours.
Two of these are yours to keep. The rest live in the Compass, our members' field guide.
The First Hour Ritual: Pour. Turn. Begin.
A small, repeatable way to walk into your day on purpose instead of falling into it. Pour something. Turn toward the day instead of reaching for your phone first. Begin, however small that beginning is.
Tomorrow, before you touch your phone, pour whatever you pour and just sit with it for ten seconds first.
Give An Hour
Once you've started noticing your own hours, the next question is what happens when you spend one on someone else. Roughly an hour of actually showing up for a person, not a stopwatch, just real attention.
Think of one person who could use an hour of you this week. Then give it to them.
The Hour Audit
MembershipA flashlight for where your week actually goes. (Members only. Full exercise in the Compass.)
Unlock in the CompassThe Restart Hour
MembershipWhat to do the moment you notice you've drifted. (Members only. Full exercise in the Compass.)
Unlock in the CompassThe Someday List + The 60
MembershipTurning your somedays into things that actually happen. (Members only. Full exercise in the Compass.)
Unlock in the CompassThe First Hour Compass
MembershipThe six-part reflection that pulls all of it together. (Members only. Full exercise in the Compass.)
Unlock in the CompassTHIS WEEK'S HOUR
The one we keep coming back to
Pour. Turn. Begin.
Before the day asks anything of you, take one minute that's yours. Pour something warm. Turn toward the room instead of the screen. Then begin, small counts.
Tomorrow morning, leave your phone in the other room until your cup is empty.
THE COMPASS
Want the rest of the Compass?
The full field guide, including the Hour Audit, the Someday List, and the Restart Hour, is part of our membership.
