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Did I stop or modify anything that caused pain or made me feel unwell, and is this routine still appropriate for me?", "life_area": { "slug": "health-energy", "title": "Health & Energy" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "fit-life", "title": "Fit Life" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "health-energy", "title": "Health & Energy" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "fitness-strength", "title": "Fitness & Strength" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "topic-mapped", "classification_source": "legacy-zone-map", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "health-energy", "growth_zone_slug": "fit-life" } }, "evidence": { "status": "reviewed", "source_recorded": true, "source_url": "https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/flexibility-exercises/", "reviewed_at": "2026-08-18" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 80, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": true, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "source-reviewed", "source-linked", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description", "start-here-anchor" ], "selection_rank": 3, "selection_score": 1080, "selection_reason": "manual-start-here-anchor" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:weekly-theme-learning-sprints", "protocol_id": "brali:weekly-theme-learning-sprints", "slug": "weekly-theme-learning-sprints", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/weekly-theme-learning-sprints/", "title": "Spend Each Week Focused on a Single Theme", "description": "Spend each week focused on a single theme. 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What was the main friction, and what should I change for the next rep?", "life_area": { "slug": "learning-thinking", "title": "Learning & Thinking" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "skill-sprint", "title": "Skill Sprint" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "learning-thinking", "title": "Learning & Thinking" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "skill-learning", "title": "Skill Learning" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "topic-mapped", "classification_source": "legacy-zone-map", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "learning-thinking", "growth_zone_slug": "skill-sprint" } }, "evidence": { "status": "practical", "source_recorded": false, "source_url": null, "reviewed_at": "2026-08-18" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 50, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": false, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "trusted-practical", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description", "start-here-anchor", "gold-20-candidate" ], "selection_rank": 4, "selection_score": 1050, "selection_reason": "manual-start-here-anchor" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:active-listening-exercises", "protocol_id": "brali:active-listening-exercises", "slug": "active-listening-exercises", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/active-listening-exercises/", "title": "Do Active Listening Exercises", "description": "Practice active listening by summarizing and repeating back what the other person has said to confirm understanding.", "action": "In one conversation, wait until the other person finishes a thought, paraphrase the main point in your own words, invite correction, and ask one open question before offering advice or changing the topic.", "check_in": "Did I summarize before responding? 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Which idea became more useful after another person built on it, and what should the group test next?", "life_area": { "slug": "creativity-expression", "title": "Creativity & Expression" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "be-creative", "title": "Be Creative" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "creativity-expression", "title": "Creativity & Expression" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "idea-generation", "title": "Idea Generation" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "topic-mapped", "classification_source": "legacy-zone-map", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "creativity-expression", "growth_zone_slug": "be-creative" } }, "evidence": { "status": "practical", "source_recorded": false, "source_url": null, "reviewed_at": "2026-08-18" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 50, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": false, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "trusted-practical", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description", "start-here-anchor", "gold-20-candidate" ], "selection_rank": 6, "selection_score": 1050, "selection_reason": "manual-start-here-anchor" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:start-with-a-hypothesis", "protocol_id": "brali:start-with-a-hypothesis", "slug": "start-with-a-hypothesis", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/start-with-a-hypothesis/", "title": "When Faced with a Problem, Start by Making an Educated Guess About the Cause", "description": "When faced with a problem, start by making an educated guess about the cause. Write down your hypothesis and what you expect to happen if it’s true.", "action": "When a work problem is unclear, write one plausible explanation, state what you would expect to observe if it were true, run the smallest safe check that could change your mind, and update the hypothesis from the result.", "check_in": "What did I expect to observe, what actually happened, and what changed in my explanation after the test?", "life_area": { "slug": "work-money-strategy", "title": "Work, Money & Strategy" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "work", "title": "Work" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "learning-thinking", "title": "Learning & Thinking" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "problem-solving", "title": "Problem Solving" }, { "id": "critical-thinking", "title": "Critical Thinking" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "explicit", "classification_source": "record-fields", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "work-money-strategy", "growth_zone_slug": "work" } }, "evidence": { "status": "practical", "source_recorded": false, "source_url": null, "reviewed_at": "2026-08-18" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 50, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": false, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "trusted-practical", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description", "start-here-anchor", "gold-20-candidate" ], "selection_rank": 7, "selection_score": 1050, "selection_reason": "manual-start-here-anchor" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:woop-goal-planner", "protocol_id": "brali:woop-goal-planner", "slug": "woop-goal-planner", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/woop-goal-planner/", "title": "Use WOOP to Turn a Wish Into an If-Then Plan", "description": "Use a Wish, desired Outcome, likely internal Obstacle, and a concrete if-then Plan to make one meaningful goal easier to act on. Treat the method as a self-regulation tool, not a guarantee of goal achievement.", "action": "Choose one meaningful and reasonably feasible wish. Describe the outcome you want, identify an internal obstacle that could derail you, then write: If I notice this obstacle, then I will take this specific action. Try the plan in real life and revise it if the cue or response is not useful.", "check_in": "Did the obstacle actually appear, did my if-then response help me act, and what should I keep or change next time?", "life_area": { "slug": "focus-execution", "title": "Focus & Execution" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "future-builder", "title": "Future Builder" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "focus-action", "title": "Focus & Action" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "goals", "title": "Goals" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "topic-mapped", "classification_source": "legacy-zone-map", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "focus-execution", "growth_zone_slug": "future-builder" } }, "evidence": { "status": "reviewed", "source_recorded": true, "source_url": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.565202", "reviewed_at": "2026-08-18" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 80, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": true, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "source-reviewed", "source-linked", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description", "gold-20-candidate" ], "selection_rank": 8, "selection_score": 980, "selection_reason": "gold-20-retrieval-anchor" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:3-3-3-workday-planner", "protocol_id": "brali:3-3-3-workday-planner", "slug": "3-3-3-workday-planner", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/3-3-3-workday-planner/", "title": "Plan Your Workday in Three Simple Blocks", "description": "Split the day into a few broad work blocks and choose a small set of clear outcomes for each. Use three blocks and up to three tasks per block as a template, not a rule.", "action": "Divide the workday into up to three broad blocks. Give each block one to three clear outcomes that fit the time you actually have. Replan when meetings, urgent work, or delays change the day.", "check_in": "Did the blocks help me choose what mattered, and was any block overloaded, too vague, or too rigid?", "life_area": { "slug": "work-money-strategy", "title": "Work, Money & Strategy" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "work", "title": "Work" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "work-money", "title": "Work & Money" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "work-systems", "title": "Work Systems" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "topic-mapped", "classification_source": "legacy-zone-map", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "work-money-strategy", "growth_zone_slug": "work" } }, "evidence": { "status": "practical", "source_recorded": false, "source_url": null, "reviewed_at": "2026-08-18" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 50, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": false, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "trusted-practical", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description", "gold-20-candidate" ], "selection_rank": 9, "selection_score": 950, "selection_reason": "gold-20-retrieval-anchor" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:30-minute-deadline-sprints", "protocol_id": "brali:30-minute-deadline-sprints", "slug": "30-minute-deadline-sprints", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/30-minute-deadline-sprints/", "title": "Use a Short Timebox for a Rough First Pass", "description": "Give a low-risk task a shorter-than-usual timebox, define what a useful first pass must contain, and reduce scope instead of pretending you can preserve everything by working faster.", "action": "Pick a low-risk task where an imperfect first pass is useful. Set a short timebox, define the minimum useful output, and decide what you will leave for later. Stop or reassess when the timebox ends.", "check_in": "Did the timebox help me make useful scope decisions, and what should be improved before this work is actually finished or shared?", "life_area": { "slug": "creativity-expression", "title": "Creativity & Expression" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "be-creative", "title": "Be Creative" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "focus-action", "title": "Focus & Action" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "task-initiation", "title": "Task Initiation" }, { "id": "planning-prioritization", "title": "Planning & Prioritization" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "explicit", "classification_source": "reviewed-ontology-override", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "creativity-expression", "growth_zone_slug": "be-creative" } }, "evidence": { "status": "practical", "source_recorded": false, "source_url": null, "reviewed_at": "2026-08-18" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 50, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": false, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "trusted-practical", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description", "gold-20-candidate" ], "selection_rank": 10, "selection_score": 950, "selection_reason": "gold-20-retrieval-anchor" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:90-30-focus-rest-schedule", "protocol_id": "brali:90-30-focus-rest-schedule", "slug": "90-30-focus-rest-schedule", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/90-30-focus-rest-schedule/", "title": "Alternate Focused Work With Real Breaks", "description": "Use a protected focus block followed by a real break, then adjust the length to your task, energy, and schedule instead of treating 90/30 as a biological rule.", "action": "Choose one important task, protect a focus block from avoidable interruptions, then step away for a real break. Adjust both periods to your workload and energy rather than forcing a fixed 90/30 schedule.", "check_in": "Was the focus block long enough to make progress, did the break actually feel like a break, and what duration would fit the next cycle better?", "life_area": { "slug": "mind-resilience", "title": "Mind & Resilience" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "antifragility", "title": "Antifragility" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "focus-action", "title": "Focus & Action" }, { "id": "health-energy", "title": "Health & Energy" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "attention-focus", "title": "Attention & Focus" }, { "id": "recovery-energy", "title": "Recovery & Energy" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [ { "id": "antifragility", "title": "Antifragility" } ], "classification_status": "explicit", "classification_source": "reviewed-ontology-override", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "mind-resilience", "growth_zone_slug": "antifragility" } }, "evidence": { "status": "practical", "source_recorded": false, "source_url": null, "reviewed_at": "2026-08-18" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 50, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": false, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "trusted-practical", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description", "gold-20-candidate" ], "selection_rank": 11, "selection_score": 950, "selection_reason": "gold-20-retrieval-anchor" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:2-minute-desk-tidy-timer", "protocol_id": "brali:2-minute-desk-tidy-timer", "slug": "2-minute-desk-tidy-timer", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/2-minute-desk-tidy-timer/", "title": "Do a Short Desk Reset", "description": "Set a timer for 2 minutes and tidy up your workspace. 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Start by moving the last large dose earlier or reducing it; do not deliberately take caffeine late just to test your tolerance.", "check_in": "When was my last caffeine, roughly how much was it, and did sleep and next-day alertness look better, worse, or unchanged across several days?", "life_area": { "slug": "health-energy", "title": "Health & Energy" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "be-healthy", "title": "Be Healthy" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "health-energy", "title": "Health & Energy" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "sleep-circadian", "title": "Sleep & Circadian Rhythm" }, { "id": "health-basics", "title": "Everyday Health Basics" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "explicit", "classification_source": "reviewed-ontology-override", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "health-energy", "growth_zone_slug": "be-healthy" } }, "evidence": { "status": "reviewed", "source_recorded": true, "source_url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11985402/", "reviewed_at": "2026-09-06" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 80, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": true, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "source-reviewed", "source-linked", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description" ], "selection_rank": 35, "selection_score": 93, "selection_reason": "quality-ranked; life-area-bonus=8; topic-bonus=5" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:ai-idea-divergence-pass", "protocol_id": "brali:ai-idea-divergence-pass", "slug": "ai-idea-divergence-pass", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/ai-idea-divergence-pass/", "title": "Use AI to Widen the Idea Set Before You Choose", "description": "When you are stuck on the first obvious idea, use AI to generate alternatives across different assumptions or constraints. 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Do not use the exercise to deny an unpleasant feeling or to manufacture gratitude for something that is not good.", "check_in": "Did I actually stay with a positive experience for a moment, and did the practice feel useful, neutral, awkward, or forced?", "life_area": { "slug": "mind-resilience", "title": "Mind & Resilience" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "be-positive", "title": "Be Positive" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "mind-resilience", "title": "Mind & Resilience" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "mood-wellbeing", "title": "Mood & Wellbeing" }, { "id": "self-awareness", "title": "Self-Awareness" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "explicit", "classification_source": "record-fields", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "mind-resilience", "growth_zone_slug": "be-positive" } }, "evidence": { "status": "reviewed", "source_recorded": true, "source_url": "https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.70134", "reviewed_at": "2026-09-11" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 80, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": true, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "source-reviewed", "source-linked", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description" ], "selection_rank": 54, "selection_score": 84, "selection_reason": "quality-ranked; life-area-bonus=0; topic-bonus=4" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:visible-progress-monitoring", "protocol_id": "brali:visible-progress-monitoring", "slug": "visible-progress-monitoring", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/visible-progress-monitoring/", "title": "Make Goal Progress Visible Instead of Guessing", "description": "For a goal you are actively pursuing, choose one observable progress signal, record it at useful checkpoints, compare it with the target, and use the result to adjust the next action. Monitoring helps when it informs action; more tracking is not automatically better.", "action": "Choose one goal where feedback can still change what you do. Pick one observable indicator that is close to the real outcome or behavior you care about. Record it at checkpoints that match the task, compare it with the target or previous checkpoint, and decide one adjustment. Prefer a small trace you will actually use over a dashboard full of decorative metrics.", "check_in": "What changed in the progress signal, and what is the one next action that follows from that information?", "life_area": { "slug": "focus-execution", "title": "Focus & Execution" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "do-it", "title": "Do It" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "focus-action", "title": "Focus & Action" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "goals", "title": "Goals" }, { "id": "planning-prioritization", "title": "Planning & Prioritization" }, { "id": "habits-consistency", "title": "Habits & Consistency" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "explicit", "classification_source": "record-fields", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "focus-execution", "growth_zone_slug": "do-it" } }, "evidence": { "status": "reviewed", "source_recorded": true, "source_url": "https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000025", "reviewed_at": "2026-09-11" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 80, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": true, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "source-reviewed", "source-linked", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description" ], "selection_rank": 55, "selection_score": 84, "selection_reason": "quality-ranked; life-area-bonus=0; topic-bonus=4" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:ai-code-scaffold-test-loop", "protocol_id": "brali:ai-code-scaffold-test-loop", "slug": "ai-code-scaffold-test-loop", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/ai-code-scaffold-test-loop/", "title": "Use AI to Scaffold Code, Then Make Tests Decide", "description": "Use AI to produce a first implementation for a bounded coding task, then inspect the diff, run tests, add missing edge cases, and reject code you cannot explain. A controlled experiment found faster completion on one coding task; it did not establish universal software quality gains.", "action": "Define the behavior and constraints first. Ask AI for a small implementation. Read the diff, run the existing test suite, add tests for edge cases and failure paths, and inspect security or data-handling implications. Keep only code you can explain and maintain.", "check_in": "Did AI shorten implementation time without increasing code I do not understand, test, or want to own?", "life_area": { "slug": "learning-thinking", "title": "Learning & Thinking" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "using-ai", "title": "Using AI" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "work-money", "title": "Work & Money" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "work-systems", "title": "Work Systems" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [ { "id": "ai-collaboration", "title": "AI Collaboration" }, { "id": "qa", "title": "Quality Assurance" } ], "classification_status": "explicit", "classification_source": "record-fields", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "learning-thinking", "growth_zone_slug": "using-ai" } }, "evidence": { "status": "reviewed", "source_recorded": true, "source_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.06590", "reviewed_at": "2026-09-15" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 80, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": true, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "source-reviewed", "source-linked", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description" ], "selection_rank": 56, "selection_score": 83, "selection_reason": "quality-ranked; life-area-bonus=0; topic-bonus=3" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:self-explain-what-you-learn", "protocol_id": "brali:self-explain-what-you-learn", "slug": "self-explain-what-you-learn", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/self-explain-what-you-learn/", "title": "Explain What You Just Learned in Your Own Words", "description": "After a meaningful chunk of digital learning, pause and explain the idea, relationship, or step in your own words, then compare with the source and correct gaps. Meta-analytic evidence supports self-explanation in digital learning, with meaningful variation across contexts and material types.", "action": "Study a manageable chunk, then look away from the explanation and produce a brief self-explanation: what the idea means, why a step follows, how it connects to what you already know, or when it would apply. Compare your explanation with the source, identify one gap or error, and revise it. Use the prompts that fit the material; do not turn every paragraph into a compulsory monologue.", "check_in": "Can I explain the idea accurately enough to reconstruct the key relationship or step, and what did I have to correct after checking the source?", "life_area": { "slug": "learning-thinking", "title": "Learning & Thinking" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "skill-sprint", "title": "Skill Sprint" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "learning-thinking", "title": "Learning & Thinking" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "skill-learning", "title": "Skill Learning" }, { "id": "metacognition", "title": "Metacognition" }, { "id": "memory", "title": "Memory" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "explicit", "classification_source": "record-fields", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "learning-thinking", "growth_zone_slug": "skill-sprint" } }, "evidence": { "status": "reviewed", "source_recorded": true, "source_url": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10001-x", "reviewed_at": "2026-09-15" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 80, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": true, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "source-reviewed", "source-linked", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description" ], "selection_rank": 57, "selection_score": 83, "selection_reason": "quality-ranked; life-area-bonus=0; topic-bonus=3" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:abdominal-breathing-stress-relief", "protocol_id": "brali:abdominal-breathing-stress-relief", "slug": "abdominal-breathing-stress-relief", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/abdominal-breathing-stress-relief/", "title": "Comfortable Diaphragmatic Breathing", "description": "Try a few slow, comfortable breaths while noticing the abdomen move. Keep the exercise easy, stop if it feels uncomfortable, and do not use it instead of medical care.", "action": "Sit or lie in a comfortable position, let the breath slow without forcing a count, notice the abdomen rise and fall, and stop after a few easy cycles or whenever you prefer.", "check_in": "Did the exercise feel comfortable and leave you ready for the next ordinary action? Stop if you feel dizzy, short of breath, distressed, or otherwise unwell.", "life_area": { "slug": "mind-resilience", "title": "Mind & Resilience" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "body-oriented", "title": "Body-Oriented" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "mind-resilience", "title": "Mind & Resilience" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "stress-regulation", "title": "Stress Regulation" } ], "methods": [ { "id": "body-oriented", "title": "Body-oriented Therapy-derived" } ], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "explicit", "classification_source": "reviewed-ontology-override", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "mind-resilience", "growth_zone_slug": "body-oriented" } }, "evidence": { "status": "reviewed", "source_recorded": true, "source_url": "https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/relaxation-techniques-what-you-need-to-know", "reviewed_at": "2026-08-20" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 80, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": true, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "source-reviewed", "source-linked", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description" ], "selection_rank": 58, "selection_score": 82, "selection_reason": "quality-ranked; life-area-bonus=0; topic-bonus=2" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:spaced-recall-coach", "protocol_id": "brali:spaced-recall-coach", "slug": "spaced-recall-coach", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/spaced-recall-coach/", "title": "Separate Review Sessions Instead of Cramming", "description": "For verbal material you need to recall later, divide repeated study across separate sessions instead of concentrating the same planned review into one sitting. Choose the gap in relation to the intended retention period, then check recall and adjust rather than following one universal schedule.", "action": "Choose one set of verbal material and decide how long you need to retain it. Split the planned repetitions across at least two sessions separated by time. Use a longer gap when the required retention period is longer, then check final recall and adjust the next schedule instead of treating one interval as universally optimal.", "check_in": "Did I separate the study episodes rather than cram them together, and did the chosen gap fit the period over which I needed to remember the material?", "life_area": { "slug": "learning-thinking", "title": "Learning & Thinking" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "cognitive-biases", "title": "Cognitive Biases" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "learning-thinking", "title": "Learning & Thinking" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "memory", "title": "Memory" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "explicit", "classification_source": "reviewed-ontology-override", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "learning-thinking", "growth_zone_slug": "cognitive-biases" } }, "evidence": { "status": "reviewed", "source_recorded": true, "source_url": "https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.132.3.354", "reviewed_at": "2026-08-22" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 80, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": true, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "source-reviewed", "source-linked", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description" ], "selection_rank": 59, "selection_score": 81, "selection_reason": "quality-ranked; life-area-bonus=0; topic-bonus=1" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:walking-meeting-assistant", "protocol_id": "brali:walking-meeting-assistant", "slug": "walking-meeting-assistant", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/walking-meeting-assistant/", "title": "Turn a Screen-Free Meeting Into a Walking Meeting", "description": "Use a walking meeting to replace part of a long sitting block when the conversation does not require a screen. Evidence supports the movement break, not a special meeting effect.", "action": "When a meeting is mostly listening and talking, replace some of that sitting with an easy walk if the route, weather, privacy and meeting format make it safe. Keep screen-heavy or safety-critical conversations seated. Capture decisions before you finish.", "check_in": "Did I replace a sitting block with walking without making the meeting worse? Was the route safe and the conversation easy enough to follow? Would I use this format again for this kind of meeting?", "life_area": { "slug": "health-energy", "title": "Health & Energy" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "be-healthy", "title": "Be Healthy" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "health-energy", "title": "Health & Energy" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "health-basics", "title": "Everyday Health Basics" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "topic-mapped", "classification_source": "legacy-zone-map", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "health-energy", "growth_zone_slug": "be-healthy" } }, "evidence": { "status": "reviewed", "source_recorded": true, "source_url": "https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwag079", "reviewed_at": "2026-09-08" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 80, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": true, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "source-reviewed", "source-linked", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description" ], "selection_rank": 60, "selection_score": 81, "selection_reason": "quality-ranked; life-area-bonus=0; topic-bonus=1" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:biomimicry-creative-problem-solving", "protocol_id": "brali:biomimicry-creative-problem-solving", "slug": "biomimicry-creative-problem-solving", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/biomimicry-creative-problem-solving/", "title": "Translate a Problem into a Nature-Inspired Design Principle", "description": "Describe the function a solution must perform, inspect a biological example, extract a transferable principle and test one safe application without copying the organism literally.", "action": "State what the solution must do without naming the current solution. Choose a biological example from a reliable description. Separate the observed structure or process from the metaphor. Write one transferable principle, generate several applications and test the smallest reversible option within safety and operational constraints.", "check_in": "What function did I study, what principle did I extract, and what did the small test reveal about its usefulness or limit?", "life_area": { "slug": "creativity-expression", "title": "Creativity & Expression" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "be-creative", "title": "Be Creative" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "creativity-expression", "title": "Creativity & Expression" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "creative-problem-solving", "title": "Creative Problem Solving" }, { "id": "idea-generation", "title": "Idea Generation" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "explicit", "classification_source": "reviewed-ontology-override", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "creativity-expression", "growth_zone_slug": "be-creative" } }, "evidence": { "status": "practical", "source_recorded": false, "source_url": null, "reviewed_at": "2026-08-22" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 50, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": false, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "trusted-practical", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description" ], "selection_rank": 61, "selection_score": 69, "selection_reason": "quality-ranked; life-area-bonus=14; topic-bonus=5" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:ancestral-torch-resilience-tracker", "protocol_id": "brali:ancestral-torch-resilience-tracker", "slug": "ancestral-torch-resilience-tracker", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/ancestral-torch-resilience-tracker/", "title": "Short Resilience Reminder", "description": "Create a short phrase that acknowledges difficulty without pretending it is easy, then points back to one action you can still control.", "action": "Write one sentence in the form: This is difficult, and the next thing I can control is ___. Keep it specific to the current situation.", "check_in": "Did the phrase lead to a concrete action, or did it become empty motivation that you repeated without changing anything?", "life_area": { "slug": "communication-relationships", "title": "Communication & Relationships" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "phrases", "title": "Phrases" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "mind-resilience", "title": "Mind & Resilience" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "stress-regulation", "title": "Stress Regulation" }, { "id": "psychological-flexibility", "title": "Psychological Flexibility" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "explicit", "classification_source": "reviewed-ontology-override", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "communication-relationships", "growth_zone_slug": "phrases" } }, "evidence": { "status": "practical", "source_recorded": false, "source_url": null, "reviewed_at": "2026-08-20" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 50, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": false, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "trusted-practical", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description" ], "selection_rank": 62, "selection_score": 66, "selection_reason": "quality-ranked; life-area-bonus=10; topic-bonus=6" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:bold-brainstorm-kickoff", "protocol_id": "brali:bold-brainstorm-kickoff", "slug": "bold-brainstorm-kickoff", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/bold-brainstorm-kickoff/", "title": "Use an Extreme Seed, Then Return to Reality", "description": "Start an idea session with a deliberately unrealistic seed, explore its consequences without defending it and then translate useful fragments back into real constraints.", "action": "State the real problem. Choose an extreme seed that changes one constraint, customer, resource or rule. During a short generation round, list consequences and variants without arguing with the seed. Remove the seed, restore actual constraints and choose one feasible fragment to test or develop.", "check_in": "Which useful fragment came from the extreme seed, and what real constraint or next test made it actionable?", "life_area": { "slug": "creativity-expression", "title": "Creativity & Expression" }, "growth_zone": { "slug": "be-creative", "title": "Be Creative" }, "ontology": { "domains": [ { "id": "creativity-expression", "title": "Creativity & Expression" } ], "topics": [ { "id": "creative-problem-solving", "title": "Creative Problem Solving" }, { "id": "idea-generation", "title": "Idea Generation" } ], "methods": [], "lenses": [], "classification_status": "explicit", "classification_source": "reviewed-ontology-override", "legacy": { "life_area_slug": "creativity-expression", "growth_zone_slug": "be-creative" } }, "evidence": { "status": "practical", "source_recorded": false, "source_url": null, "reviewed_at": "2026-08-22" }, "sensitive": false, "quality_score": 50, "quality_checks": { "trusted_state": true, "required_identity": true, "required_content": true, "valid_life_area": true, "sensitive_boundary": true, "topic_mapped": true, "has_check_in": true, "source_linked": false, "action_quality": true, "description_quality": true }, "strengths": [ "trusted-practical", "topic-mapped", "has-check-in", "clear-action", "clear-description" ], "selection_rank": 63, "selection_score": 66, "selection_reason": "quality-ranked; life-area-bonus=12; topic-bonus=4" }, { "canonical_id": "brali:protocol:automatic-paycheck-to-savings", "protocol_id": "brali:automatic-paycheck-to-savings", "slug": "automatic-paycheck-to-savings", "url": "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/automatic-paycheck-to-savings/", "title": "Automatic Savings Rule", "description": "If essential obligations are covered, automate a modest transfer to savings and review whether the amount remains comfortable. 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