🕯️Time Block Ritual Builder

for the one starting a "deep work" habit who keeps breaking it by day four

Goal

Build a same-time-same-place ritual that makes the daily time block automatic within seven days.

Source principle

Time block ritual: same time, same place, every day turns the block into a default rather than a daily negotiation. : from The One Thing by Gary Keller.

The plan

1. 📅
   Sun

   Pick the exact time and place for the block. Same every day.
2. ☕
   Sun

   Define a 2-min pre-ritual cue (e.g. coffee + phone in drawer).
3. ▶️
   Sun

   Define the first 5 min of the block. Always the same opening move.
4. 📆
   Sun

   Schedule 7 daily blocks on the calendar. Real slots.
5. ✅
   Mon-Fri

   Run the block. Log each completion with a single checkmark.
6. 🔄
   Mon-Fri

   If a day is missed: never miss twice. Show up smaller the next day.
7. 📊
   Sat

   Review the week's checkmarks. Count them. No judgment.
8. 🔒
   Sun

   Adjust time, keep the ritual. Lock the next 7 blocks.
9. 🗣️
   Sun

   Tell one person the ritual. Accountability, out loud.

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