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Tide Mark Calendar
A one-page planning card for time blindness. Use it to make a start time real before the deadline feels real.
Use this when time is slippery and the work will not feel real until the last second. The goal is to create a visible start, not just a due date.
How to use it
- Pick one project, event, or deadline.
- Lock a start time before you decide how motivated you feel.
- Set alarms while you fill in the card so the plan exists outside your head.
Tide marks
- Project or quest: ___________
- Start time locked: __:__ on ____
- T-minus 60 alarm action: ___________
- T-minus 15 alarm action: ___________
Sandbar sprint
- Ten-minute preview done? ___________
- What I touched: ___________
- What happens when the alarm rings: ___________
Buddy buoy
- Ally ping time: ____
- Ally name: ___________
- Start note sent? ___________
- End note sent? ___________