What this guide is for

The Choosing What Matters Now Guide supports the Decisions stage of the Foundations system.

Its purpose is to help you intentionally settle decisions that are currently open — and protect your attention from reopening them — so that forward movement becomes possible without constant second‑guessing.

This guide is not designed to push you into action.

It exists to help you decide with clarity, not pressure.

Where this fits in the Foundations system

Foundations Path
Orientation → Decisions → Focus → Execution → Closure

You are here: Decisions

The Decisions stage exists to help you:

• identify which decisions are actually open

• choose intentionally instead of reactively

• reduce mental load caused by unresolved choices

This stage is complete when decisions feel settled — not perfect.

When to use this guide

Use this guide when:

• you feel stuck because too many options remain open

• you keep revisiting the same questions without resolution

• progress feels blocked by indecision or distraction

• you want to move forward without reopening choices repeatedly

Do not use this guide when:

• you are still unclear about your situation (return to Orientation)

• you are looking for tactics, checklists, or execution steps

• decisions have already been made and simply need action

Decisions are not execution.

They are the condition that makes execution possible.

What this guide helps you do

Inside the Choosing What Matters Now Guide, you’ll find:

• a way to surface open decisions without overwhelm

• language for choosing intentionally

• a structure for protecting settled decisions

• relief from constant reconsideration

The goal is not speed.

The goal is commitment.

Access the guide

👉 Access the “Foundations: Choosing What Matters Now” Guide

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Returning to the system

Choosing What Matters Now is the Decisions & Focus stage of the Foundations system.

This guide helps you clarify a direction and intentionally settle it — so you’re no longer carrying open loops or revisiting the same questions.

Once a direction is chosen and protected, the next stage is Focus, which supports staying with that decision long enough for real progress to occur — without re-deciding.

To understand how all Foundations tools work together, return to the Foundations Overview.