Each day this week has one small prompt matched to your corner. You do not have to do all of them. Pick the ones that land. Come back to the others later.
Corner One — The Exhausted Striver
Day 2
Notice the ask before you answer it.
Before you respond to the next request that lands outside your job description, pause. Ask yourself: is this mine to carry? You do not have to say no. Just notice the moment before you automatically say yes.
Day 3
Name one thing that cost you this week.
In your journal, in your head, in a message to a trusted person — name one thing from the past week that cost you energy that no one else seemed to notice or acknowledge. You do not need to do anything with it. Just name it.
Day 4
Use your script once.
Today, find one moment to use your pocket script: "I have given this enough for today." It does not have to be dramatic. It can be in your head. But try to say it — even silently — at least once.
Day 5
Rest without earning it.
Take 20 minutes today that are genuinely yours — not productive, not helpful to anyone else. Not as a reward for finishing something. Just rest. Notice how hard it is. That difficulty is the Cost of Entry operating in your own body.
Day 6
Find one person who sees the cost.
Think of one person in your life — colleague, friend, partner — who genuinely sees what you carry. If they exist: reach out this week. If they don't exist: notice that. Both are important information.
Day 7
Check-in day.
Tomorrow is your first formal check-in. Today: think about the one action you wrote on your commitment sheet. Did you do it? What happened? Hold that answer — you'll share it tomorrow.
Corner Two — The Anxious Ally
Day 2
Read something before you ask.
Find one article, chapter, or resource this week that answers a question you would normally ask a Corner One colleague. Read it first. Then decide if you still need to ask. This is the competence ladder in action — one rung at a time.
Day 3
Notice your airtime.
In your next team meeting, count how many times you speak versus how many times a quieter colleague speaks. No judgment — just counting. You are building your own awareness baseline.
Day 4
Use your script once — even in your head.
Find a moment today where you would normally ask for help without having done the work first. Say your script internally: "I have done the reading. My question is specific." Then do the reading before you ask.
Day 5
Apologise correctly — once.
If you got something wrong this week — said the wrong thing, assumed the wrong thing — use the Corner Two apology: "That was wrong. I see that now. I am sorry. Here is what I will do differently." No collapsing. No over-explaining. Just that.
Day 6
Ask with specificity.
If you do ask for help this week, frame it precisely: name what you have already tried, what specifically you are stuck on, and whether the person has capacity. This protects their time and signals that you have done the work.
Day 7
Check-in day.
Tomorrow is your first formal check-in. Today: think about the one action from your commitment sheet. Did you do it? What came up? Did the anxiety show up — and what did you do with it?
Corner Three — The Unconscious Default
Day 2
Count before you speak.
In your next meeting, wait until at least two other people have spoken before you contribute. This is not about being quiet — it is about creating space. Notice who fills it when you leave room.
Day 3
Notice who gets credited.
In a meeting this week, track whose ideas get picked up and attributed, and whose ideas get passed over or repeated later by someone else. Just track. No intervention required yet — just seeing.
Day 4
Use your script once.
In your next meeting, if someone is interrupted, try: "I noticed you were interrupted. Let's go back to you." If you cannot say it out loud yet, notice the moment when you could have said it. That noticing is still progress.
Day 5
Thank a quiet colleague.
After a meeting this week, find a colleague who said something useful and rarely gets acknowledged. Say: "I appreciated what you said about [X]. It landed." One sentence. That is it.
Day 6
Sit with the discomfort.
If you felt defensive at any point this week — reading this, in a meeting, in a conversation — do not dismiss it. Ask: what am I protecting? That question, without needing an immediate answer, is the work.
Day 7
Check-in day.
Tomorrow is your first formal check-in. Today: what did you notice this week that you had not noticed before? One specific moment. Hold it — you will share it tomorrow.
Corner Four — The In-Between
Day 2
Notice which world you led with today.
At the end of the day: which part of yourself did you bring to work most? Which part stayed hidden? This is not a judgment — it is a map. You are learning the terrain of your own position.
Day 3
Notice when you are asked to bridge.
Today, notice once when you are expected to translate or mediate between two groups. You do not have to stop doing it — just notice the moment, the ask (spoken or unspoken), and what it costs you.
Day 4
Use your script once.
Find a moment today to say — even internally: "I hold more than one world in this room. I am happy to contribute — but I want to choose when and how." Notice what it would feel like to say that out loud.
Day 5
Name your position to one person.
Find one person this week — someone you trust — and describe your corner to them in your own words. Not the framework's words. Your words. What does it actually feel like to hold this position?
Day 6
Protect one thing that is yours.
This week, identify one space, practice, or relationship that belongs entirely to one part of your identity — not the bridge, not the translator. Protect it. Do not offer it to the room.
Day 7
Check-in day.
Tomorrow is your first formal check-in. Today: what has this week clarified about your position? One sentence. You will share it tomorrow.