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Where it sat right, where it grated
A short look back at the day's work — naming, without judgement, what felt clean and what felt off.
Four short screens: bring the working day to mind, name one part that sat right, one that grated, and sit with the gap.
A brief, guided look back at a working day. You bring the day to mind, name one part of the work that felt clean or true to you, name one part that grated or felt against the grain, and then simply sit with the gap between them. It is for the quiet unease that builds when work and your own sense of what is right drift apart — a way to see that honestly rather than carry it unnamed.
At the close of a working day, when something about the work is sitting unspoken.
About 2 minutes.
Putting a vague, felt tension into words — affect labelling — tends to lower its charge, moving the sense of 'something's off' from a background hum to something you can look at plainly.
Right livelihood, in this tradition, is less a one-time verdict on the job than an ongoing honesty about how the work sits with you. The inventory is not for fixing today — only for seeing it clearly.
This is a reflective, self-inquiry practice, not advice about your job or career, and it makes no attempt to resolve anything for you. If the work is causing real distress, or the unease is heavy and persistent, that deserves more than two minutes — talk it through with someone you trust or a professional.
No. It offers no advice and reaches no verdict about your work. It only helps you name, plainly, how today's work sat with you — what felt clean and what grated. What you do with that is entirely yours.
It stays on your device. Nothing you type is sent anywhere or stored on a server — the inventory is for your eyes only.