THREE-LINE EVENING

Long journals defeat their purpose for most people — they demand a daily commitment too big to sustain. Three lines is the minimum dose that actually carries the practice: short enough to do tired, long enough to land.

The structure: one line on what went well, one line on what went badly, one line on what you'd choose differently tomorrow. The discipline is the brevity. You don't get to over-explain. The compression forces honesty.

1. 1.Before bed, in a notebook (paper, not phone — the phone leads elsewhere).
2. 2.Line 1: 'Today went well when ___.' One specific moment. Not the day as a whole.
3. 3.Line 2: 'Today went badly when ___.' Same: specific moment, not category.
4. 4.Line 3: 'Tomorrow I'd choose differently if ___.' One concrete preparation, action, or reframe.
5. 5.Close the notebook. Don't reread. The point is the writing, not the archive.