Human Survival
Field Guide.

A PRACTICAL NOTEBOOK / ONE SMALL EXPERIMENT PER DAY Seven Days in the Field

Repeat a day, skip a day, or choose only the practice that fits.

DAY 01 Notice the useful trick

Choose one recent, manageable exchange. Describe the event, your need and your first impulse. Name one useful capacity inside the impulse without making the impulse inevitable.

DAY 02 Make a bounded invitation

Ask for a specific amount of time, attention or help. Hear the answer and honor the agreed stopping point. Notice what the clearer agreement changes.

DAY 03 Untangle the exchange

Name one exchange as a gift, a request or an agreement. Check whether the other person understands it in the same way. Clarify an expectation before it becomes an invoice.

DAY 04 Keep a revision visible

Choose a small changed plan or opinion. Say what you thought before, what you think now and why. Leave any remaining uncertainty visible.

DAY 05 Protect without an extra injury

Prepare one limit and its practical next step. Remove the insult, prediction of motive or sentence whose main purpose is punishment.

DAY 06 Make one concrete repair

Correct your own part in something manageable. Return the item, send the missing information or acknowledge the mistaken statement. Leave the other person’s response open.

DAY 07 Share or release one responsibility

Explain the outcome and current state of a task. Agree with a willing person on who holds the next part, including a stopping point and real room to choose a method.

AFTERWARD

What happened? What did I add to the story? What did the other person actually choose? What would I repeat, revise or leave alone next time?