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The ritual field card.

Choose one small repeatable act. Give it a cue, a gesture, a meaning and a review date. It is a useful ritual only as long as it helps you, not because you never miss it.

01 / NoticeCue

What real moment in your ordinary day will remind you?

02 / DoGesture

What visible action takes only a few minutes?

03 / CareMeaning

What connection, boundary or value does it protect?

04 / ReturnReview

When will you ask if the ritual still fits your life?

Five ordinary days later: choose a route.

□ Keep

It gives more than it takes. Leave it simple.

□ Revise

Keep the meaning. Change the timing or gesture.

□ Release

It no longer fits. Permission to stop is part of the plan.

Date reviewed: ____________________   One thing I learned: ____________________________________