Practical guide

A Short End-of-Workday Routine

A lightweight seven-minute routine for reviewing, sorting, and defining tomorrow’s first action.

Minute one: capture

List all open loops.

Minutes two to four: sort

Mark tomorrow, later, waiting, or discard.

Minutes five and six: stage

Open the document or note needed for tomorrow’s first task.

Minute seven: close

Write the shutdown summary and close work channels.