“Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.16 (George Long)

Exercise (20 min)#

1. Read your six daily scores. Average them. Write the number.
2. Identify the one practice from Days 1–6 that most steadied you. Keep it. Mark it with a star in the tracker.
3. Identify the one friction that pulled your scores down most often. Name it. Cut it tomorrow.
4. Write one sentence: “Next week I will ____.”
5. Set the Morning Shield for tomorrow: write the intention for Day 8 on a sticky note.

Journal Prompt#

What have I learned this week that the man I was seven days ago did not know?