Rest
Check-in
Tired is not one thing.
Read down the page and stop at the one that lands. These are reflection categories, not a diagnosis — the point is to notice what your day was short of, then answer that instead of defaulting to sleep or a screen.
Physical quiet
Your body has been upright, carrying, driving, standing.
Lie flat on the floor for four minutes. Nothing else.
Mental quiet
You've been thinking, deciding, holding details all day.
Write down the three things you're afraid of forgetting, then close the notebook.
Less input
Too much sound, light, screen, conversation.
Ten minutes in a dim room with no audio. Genuinely none.
Less responsibility
Everyone has been asking you what happens next.
Hand over one decision tonight, even a small one: what's for dinner.
Alone time
You have been good company for other people for hours.
Take the long way home. Don't announce it.
Comfort
Not tired so much as raw.
Warm shower, old jumper, the same album you always play.
Sleep
The plain one. Sometimes it really is this.
Move the whole evening forward forty minutes. Skip the tidying.
Play
Flat, not tired. Nothing has been interesting for a while.
Something with your hands and no outcome for twenty minutes.