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Background Load Check
A fast, repeatable check on continuous load — sensory, emotional, cognitive, physical, and the unresolved waits.
A keep-close version. Read it here, or screenshot this page to have it on your phone — print and PDF copies will appear once final files are attached.
A five-item scan for the load nobody sees. This is the quick version — a minute or two, on any day, to find out whether 'nothing' is actually something.
The five sources
- Sensory — light, noise, screens, clutterAnything running at a level you'd change if you noticed it
- Emotional — something quietly running
- Cognitive — loops the mind keeps alive
- Physical — discomfort, temperature, unmet basics
- Unresolved — a wait, an unknown, a decision parked
The cheapest one to lower right now
A sensory setting — lights, volume, a closed doorAn open loop — written down, out of my headA physical one — water, warmth, positionAn emotional one — one sentence to one personNothing right now — the check itself was enough today
One line for later, if today isn't the day
Noted, not solved
e.g. Call the bank tomorrow when the window is quieter
This check works precisely because it's small. Finding one thing to lower, most days, is a quieter life than solving everything occasionally.