One-Page View
Before / During / After Map
Seeing the full arc of an event, and protecting the space around it.
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.
Almost every demand has three phases — and planning only the middle one plans a third of the cost. This maps a real event end to end, so recovery gets reserved instead of hoped for.
The event
What and when
e.g. Nephew's birthday, Saturday afternoon
Before
- Dressing, packing, preparing
- Travel there
- The anticipation — the week of low-level bracing
During
- Social load — company, conversation
- Sensory load — noise, light, other people's movement
- Upright time
After
- Travel home
- Processing and follow-up messages
- Recovery — how much, and when
Where recovery gets reserved
If there's a wait or an unknown involved
Waiting is demand too. Giving it its own smaller form can shrink a week of background load.
The wait, and its decided form
e.g. Scan results — a written plan for either answer, so it stops running all week
Reserving recovery isn't pessimism — it's what makes the next real demand survivable. Whatever size you chose, that was the size that fits.