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Protocols, Not Planners

You've Saved 400 Productivity Videos. Here's the One Thing That Actually Works When You're Already Stuck.

RESET is 60 protocols — 60 seconds each — for the exact moment you can't start. Not another planner you'll abandon by Thursday. Open it only when you're stuck.

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The RESET deck: a protocol card and the same protocol on a phone lock screen
Can't Start: say the first action out loud, make it 10x smaller, set the timer. That's The Opening Move. — one of 60 protocols
Doomscroll & Distraction: kill the pings, phone out of arm's reach, one visible timer. That's The Focus Field. — one of 60 protocols
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Why Planners Fail You

It's Not a Discipline Problem. It's a Starting Problem.

The task isn't hard. Starting it is. That gap has a name, and it doesn't respond to willpower — it responds to a smaller first move.

"Getting started is the hardest part. Once your working memory is externalized, the first action is physical, and the number of decisions drops to one — the wall between you and the task gets a lot easier to step over."

Externalize
Get it out of your head and into your visual field
Make it physical
A body-first first move, not a mental one
Fewer decisions
One next action, not a to-do list

Every RESET protocol is built on these three principles — the same ones behind the videos you keep saving but never act on.

The Research Behind It

We Didn't Invent This. Researchers Spent Decades On It.

RESET isn't built on a trend or a viral video. Every design decision in the deck traces back to a finding from executive-function research — here are the three biggest ones.

Finding 01

Help works at the "point of performance"

Decades of executive-function research reach the same conclusion: this was never about not knowing what to do — it's about doing it in the moment. Support works best delivered at the exact place and time you're stuck. Researchers call it the point of performance.

In RESET: the deck lives on your phone and opens only in the stuck moment — not in a Sunday planning session.
Russell Barkley, PhD — 30+ years of research on executive function and self-regulation
Finding 02

If-then plans beat willpower

Hundreds of studies on "implementation intentions" show that pre-deciding when X happens, I do exactly Y reliably improves follow-through — and in several studies, the group that benefited most was the one whose brains struggle hardest with in-the-moment decisions.

In RESET: every protocol is an if-then plan — one trigger, one pre-written 60-second script. Zero decisions left for the stuck moment.
Gollwitzer, Gawrilow & colleagues — implementation-intention studies, incl. ADHD samples
Finding 03

The skills that hold up are small and physical

Validated adult-ADHD skills programs keep converging on the same moves: cut the task smaller, make time visible, change the environment. Not clever. Not new. Just the moves that survive testing.

In RESET: the same skill families, packaged for the 60 seconds you actually need them — and every card tells you why its move works.
Safren et al. — Mastering Your Adult ADHD (Oxford), studied in randomized trials

RESET is a self-help tool grounded in this research. It isn't therapy, treatment, or medical advice — it's what the findings look like when they're turned into something you can open at 11pm with one hand.

Sound Familiar?

You Have a Drawer Full of Planners You Stopped Using by Thursday

If you keep landing on pages like this, at least one of these probably hits a little too close to home:

The planner graveyard — a new one every January, used hard for nine days, then guilt every time you open the drawer and see it.
400 saved videos — every "morning routine" and "dopamine detox" hack bookmarked, none of them there in the moment you're actually frozen.
The same document, opened four times today — you know exactly what to do, you just can't get your hands to start doing it.
Nothing starts until the panic does — you wait for the deadline dread to hit because that's the only thing that has ever reliably moved you.

Here's what nobody tells you: None of that means you're lazy, undisciplined, or "bad at organization." Planners are discipline tests. You've been failing tests designed for a different brain — one that runs on setup, streaks, and maintenance. Yours runs on getting started.

And it was never a knowledge problem. You've read the books, saved the videos, highlighted all the pages of why. To anyone who says the advice is obvious — of course it is. So why haven't we been doing it? Because knowing isn't the hard part. The real challenge, as usual, is to implement — in the exact moment you're stuck.

There's a Better Way

A System Built for the Moment You're Already Stuck

RESET isn't a planner and it isn't a course. It's a deck of 60 short protocols you open only when you're stuck — no setup, no streaks to break, nothing to maintain. The books were right. You still didn't do it. RESET is what "implement" actually looks like: practical, step-by-step, no filler — one 60-second physical move to get unstuck, then it's out of your way.

Zero Maintenance

No daily logging, no streaks, no "start over Monday." There's nothing to fall behind on, so there's no drawer to feel guilty about.

60 Seconds Each

Every protocol is timed to a single minute. Small enough that your brain will actually do it — and still count the win.

One Next Action

No list to prioritize. Each protocol hands you the single physical thing to do next, so the number of decisions drops to one.

Open Only When Stuck

You don't "keep up with" RESET. You reach for it in the frozen moment, get moving, and close it. That's the entire commitment.

What's Inside

Six Stuck States. Sixty Protocols. One Deck.

Every protocol lives in one of six categories: Can't Start, Doomscroll & Distraction, Too Many Tabs, Energy Crashes, Home & Admin Chaos, and Finishing & Follow-Through. You never hunt for the right one — you go to the state you're in.

Can't Start
When you can't begin
The Opening Move
The Ugly First Draft
The Body Double
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protocols
Doomscroll & Distraction
When the phone has you
The Focus Field
The Pattern Interrupt
The Urge Surf
10
protocols
Energy Crashes
When the tank is empty
The Lowered Bar
The Fuel Check
The Lowered Bar
10
protocols
Home & Admin Chaos
When the mess won't start
One Surface
The Ten-Item Toss
The One-Touch Rule
10
protocols
Too Many Tabs
When everything feels urgent at once
The Coin Flip
The Brain Dump
The One Line
10
protocols
Finishing & Follow-Through
When you stall at 90% done
The Last Ten
The Send Button
The Definition of Done
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See It In Full

Three Protocols, Start to Finish

Three of the sixty, exactly as they appear in the deck — one state, one physical first move, timed to a single minute.

Can't Start · 60 seconds

The Opening Move

The actual The Opening Move card from the deck
Protocol 01 of 60 — exactly as it appears in the deck
Category: Can't Start
Doomscroll & Distraction · 60 seconds

The Focus Field

The actual The Focus Field card from the deck
Protocol 20 of 60 — exactly as it appears in the deck
Category: Doomscroll & Distraction
Energy Crashes · The Lowered Bar

The Lowered Bar

The actual Lowered Bar card from the deck
Protocol 40 of 60 — exactly as it appears in the deck
Category: Energy Crashes
The RESET protocol deck laid out as color-coded cards by category
60 protocols
Why RESET Exists

Built for the Frozen Moment, Not the Planning One

Most tools for getting things done are built for the calm moment — the Sunday-night planning session when you're organized and hopeful. That's not the moment you actually need help. You need help when you're standing at the wall, the same document open for the fourth time, unable to make your hands start.

RESET was written for that exact moment. Every protocol assumes you're already stuck, already tired, already out of willpower — and hands you one small physical move anyway. Not another thing to keep up with. A thing to reach for.

The approach is simple: externalize what's in your head, make the first step physical, and cut the decision down to one. Sixty protocols, six categories, sixty seconds each.

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Stuck-State Categories
60s
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Inside the Deck

Color-coded by stuck-state, timed to the second, and small enough to keep on your phone. Print it, or open it on your lock screen the moment you freeze.

RESET deck cover page Tap-the-state contents page — the deck is fully hyperlinked The Opening Move protocol page The Five-Minute Lie protocol page One Surface protocol page

Five real pages from the deck you download — not mockups.

All 60 RESET protocols laid out in a color-coded grid
A RESET protocol shown on a phone lock screen
The RESET deck printed and stacked on a desk
What’s Inside

Real Moments. The Exact Protocols You’d Open.

You don’t read RESET front to back. You go straight to the moment you’re in. Every protocol is practical and step-by-step — no filler, just the move. Tap a moment below to see the protocols waiting there.

1
It’s late and you still haven’t started the thing due tomorrow
Can’t Start 10 protocols
The task isn’t hard — beginning it is. These protocols hand you one physical first move so you don’t have to wait for the panic to start you.
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The Opening Move — open it, name it something real, type one ugly sentence
The Ugly First Draft — permission to make it bad on purpose so it can exist
The Body Double — text one person you're starting, get another human in the field
The Doorway — leave the stuck spot; the chair is a dead zone, take the task somewhere new
2
You’ve been scrolling for 40 minutes and you hate it
Doomscroll & Distraction 10 protocols
The scroll is a trance. These break it for the one second you need to stand up, put the phone down, and point yourself at the next action.
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The Focus Field — face-down, another room, one sip of water, next action out loud
The Urge Surf — 90 seconds of not acting on the itch; urges peak, then pass
The Pattern Interrupt — change your body position to change your brain’s state
One Tab Only — close everything but the single thing that matters right now
3
Everything feels urgent at once and you’re frozen
Too Many Tabs 10 protocols
Analysis paralysis: when every open loop screams equally loud, the answer isn’t to do more — it’s to pick one and quiet the rest for 60 seconds.
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The One Line — one task on a sticky note; the list, tabs, and phone go out of sight
Brain-Dump & Park — get it all out of working memory and onto paper
The Physical Queue — turn competing tasks into a physical pile; the stack decides the order
Two-Minute Triage — sort by what’s actually on fire versus what only feels like it
4
You’re running on empty and still have to function
Energy Crashes 10 protocols
On a zero-energy day, willpower is gone. These lower the bar on purpose so your brain will still say yes.
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The Lowered Bar — name the one must-do, then cut it in half twice
The Fuel Check — hungry, thirsty, tired, or touch-starved? Fix the first yes before the task
The Lowered Bar — the smallest version that still counts as a win
Horizontal Reset — a timed, guilt-free pause so the crash doesn’t become the whole day
5
The house and the pile are staring at you, and you can't tell where the mess starts
Home & Admin Chaos 10 protocols
Clutter and paperwork share a cause — no obvious first move. These give you a surface, a box, or one envelope.
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One Surface — 60-second timer, clear one surface, done when it beeps
The Ten-Item Toss — ten things away, no decisions bigger than that
The One-Touch Rule — whatever's in your hand goes to its real home, not the nearest surface
6
It's 90% done and somehow that last 10% has taken three weeks
Finishing & Follow-Through 10 protocols
Starting was never your only problem. These are for the send button, the last ten minutes, and the almost-done pile.
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The Last Ten — name the two or three tiny things actually left, then do just the first
The Send Button — thirty seconds of courage, scheduled so you can't negotiate
The Definition of Done — write what "finished" means before perfectionism redefines it
The Finish Line Timer — no new tasks until this one ends, stray ideas get parked
Peek Inside

Real Protocols From The Deck

No theory, no filler — just the card you open and the minute you follow.

The Opening Move — actual page from the deck
Can't Start The Opening Move
The Five-Minute Lie — actual page from the deck
Can't Start The Five-Minute Lie
One Surface — actual page from the deck
Home & Admin Chaos One Surface
How to use this deck — actual page from the deck
How It Works You Don't Read It. You Run It.
How the Deck Is Built
60 protocols, 60 seconds each
6 color-coded stuck-state categories
Timed, physical, one-decision steps
Print it or keep it on your phone
Instant download, yours for life
Plain PDF — no app, no account, no setup
From People With Brains Like Yours

"Embarrassingly Simple. That's Why It Works."

"I've bought three planners in two years and quit every one by week two. This is the first thing that doesn't need me to be consistent. I just open it when I'm stuck."

Sam R.

"The Opening Move got me to start a report I'd been avoiding for nine days. Sixty seconds. That was the whole trick."

Priya M.

"I've read all the habit books. Knowing was never my problem — doing at 4pm was. This is the only thing I've actually used in the moment."

Danielle K.

"Saved the deck to my lock screen. Ran One Surface on my kitchen table this morning before I could talk myself out of it."

Marcus T.

"It's embarrassingly small, and that's exactly why my brain believes it. No streaks, nothing to keep up with, no guilt when I disappear for a week."

Jess W.

"I didn't need more advice. I needed the next sixty seconds. That's what this is — practical, step-by-step, no filler."

T. Alvarez
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What's Inside:

  • 60 protocols — one for nearly every way you get stuck
  • 6 color-coded categories, so you never have to search
  • Every protocol timed to a single 60-second move
  • Physical, one-decision steps built for a stuck brain
  • A "why this works" line on every protocol — the research reason behind each move
  • Print it, or keep it on your phone for the frozen moment
  • Zero setup, zero streaks, nothing to keep up with
  • Instant download — it's yours for life
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A Few More From the Deck

Protocols for the Other Ways You Get Stuck

Same format every time: one state, one 60-second move.

Too Many Tabs — "The One Line"

Write down every open loop in your head. Circle exactly one. Turn the rest face-down. Do the first 60 seconds of the circled one.
Home & Admin Chaos — "One Surface"

Set a 60-second timer. Clear one surface — not the room, one surface. When it beeps, you're done. The visible win does the convincing.
Finishing & Follow-Through — "The Last Ten"

Name the last small thing between you and done. Do that one thing badly. Send it before you can re-open it. Done beats perfect.
Can't Start — "The Body Double"

Narrate the first step out loud as if someone's watching: "I'm opening the tab. I'm clicking the field." Your own voice becomes the accountability.
Doomscroll & Distraction — "The Urge Surf"

Say what the scroll is doing: "This is the avoid loop." Naming it breaks the trance for a second — long enough to stand up and reset.
Energy Crashes — "The Lowered Bar"

Decide the smallest version that still counts. Do only that. You're not being lazy — you're making a promise small enough that your brain won't break it.
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Download the deck and try a few protocols the next time you're stuck. If they don't help you get moving, email us within 30 days and we'll refund every cent — no scorecard, no hoops, no "did you really try it" interrogation. The whole point of RESET is to make starting easier, so the risk is on us.

Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

No — and that's the whole point. Planners are discipline tests: they assume you'll set them up, keep them current, and never miss a day. RESET assumes the opposite. There's nothing to maintain and nothing to fall behind on. You open it only in the moment you're already stuck, do one 60-second move, and close it.
No. RESET is for anyone who gets stuck starting things — whether you've been diagnosed, suspect it, or just know the feeling of opening the same document four times. It's built around how a brain that struggles to initiate actually works, not around a label. No diagnosis required, and nothing here is a medical claim or treatment.
Yes — and not the hand-wavy kind. The deck's design maps to three well-studied findings: help works best at the "point of performance" (the exact moment you're stuck, not the planning session before it), pre-decided if-then plans reliably beat in-the-moment willpower, and the skills that hold up in validated adult programs are small, physical, and environmental. Every protocol also carries its own "why this works" line, so you can see the reasoning on the card itself. To be clear: RESET is a self-help tool grounded in that research — it isn't therapy or a medical treatment.
That's the most common worry, and it's fair — you've abandoned tools before. But RESET isn't something you have to "use" on a schedule. There's no streak to keep, no daily check-in. It just sits on your phone until the next time you freeze. The bar to reach for it is one tap, and each protocol is 60 seconds. If it still doesn't help you, that's what the 30-day refund is for.
Saved videos are advice for later. RESET is a move for right now. When you're frozen, you don't need another explanation of executive function — you need the single physical thing to do next. Every protocol gives you that, in the moment, without a 12-minute watch first.
A 71-page, fully hyperlinked PDF deck: 60 protocols in 6 color-coded categories, a tappable contents page so you jump straight to the state you're in, a two-minute setup guide, and the research behind the deck. Each protocol is a short, timed, one-move script on a single phone screen. Print it, or keep it on your phone and open it the second you get stuck. Instant download, yours for life.
The 60 seconds isn't meant to finish the task — it's meant to start it. Getting started is the wall; once you're moving, momentum does the rest. The protocols keep the first step embarrassingly small on purpose, so your brain will actually do it and still count the win. And because every step is stamped with a visible time (0:00, 0:10, 0:20…), the minute stays concrete instead of dissolving into time blindness.
No. It's a one-time $27 purchase with lifetime access — no recurring charge, no upsell you have to cancel later. Pay once, download, done.
No. You never read RESET like a book. You go straight to the state you're in — Can't Start, Doomscroll & Distraction, Too Many Tabs, Energy Crashes, Home & Admin Chaos, or Finishing & Follow-Through — and open one protocol. That's it.
Yes. The deck is built to open on your phone in the frozen moment. If you want the protocols on your lock screen so the reset is already in your hand, you can add The Wall Pack — all 60 as phone wallpapers — for $9 at checkout.
RESET was written for exactly that person — the one with a drawer full of abandoned systems. The reason those didn't stick is that they asked you to maintain them. This one asks nothing between the moments you're stuck. There's simply nothing to fall off of.
No. RESET is a practical set of protocols, not a medical product, and it doesn't diagnose or treat anything. It works with how you're wired to make starting easier. If you're dealing with something that needs clinical support, a professional is the right call — RESET is a tool you can use alongside real life.
Simple: try it for 30 days, and if it doesn't help you get moving, email us for a full refund. No scorecard, no hoops. The risk is on us.

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