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Still Rising — Your Second Curve Starter

A one-page summary of the RESET method and a simple 90-day starter plan, condensed from Still Rising.

The map and the method (from the Introduction)

The Four Pillars: Body, Mind, Relationships, Purpose. They hold each other up. Neglect one and the others start to sag.

RESET — five moves from drift to direction:

• Recognize — see and name what has actually shifted.
• Examine — look honestly at the causes instead of chasing one villain.
• Strengthen — rebuild the foundations, starting with the body that funds everything else.
• Engage — turn back toward the people and the inner life you’ve quietly drifted from.
• Transform — redesign the next chapter around meaning, not just momentum.

The 90-day starter plan (from Part VI, chapters 29–31)

Three phases of roughly a month each. Go slow, one thing at a time. A missed day is data, not a verdict. Check the box each week you show up.

Phase 1 · Awareness (Days 1–30) — Recognize and Examine · from chapter 29

Weeks: ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ — The rule: observe, don’t overhaul.

• Do the RESET scorecard once, now — your honest before-photo.
• Start the two-minute nightly log: sleep, energy, mood, symptoms.
• Book the checkup and bring your notes.
• Change nothing else on purpose.

Phase 2 · Rebuild (Days 31–60) — Strengthen and Engage · from chapter 30

Weeks: ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ — You layer: pick one, make it stick, add the next.

• Sleep anchor first — phone out of the bedroom, same bedtime window seven nights a week.
• Movement — a brisk walk most days; then two short strength sessions a week.
• One eating shift — for most men, protein at every meal.
• One relationship move, aimed at someone specific.
• One stress practice — such as five minutes of slow breathing before bed.

Phase 3 · Reinvent (Days 61–90) — Transform · from chapter 31

Weeks: ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

• Run two or three purpose experiments — contribution, mastery, connection, meaning — and notice which give energy.
• Sketch a direction, not a five-year plan.
• Keep what stuck. Drop what didn’t — without guilt.

The RESET scorecard (from the Toolkit)

Two quick reads, each scored 1 (needs real attention) to 10 (strong). Do this today, then again in 90 days.

Read	Day 1	Day 90
Body
Mind
Relationships
Purpose
The pillars, out of 40
Recognize — Am I honestly naming what’s changed?
Examine — Do I understand the causes, not just the symptoms?
Strengthen — Am I building my body and steadiness?
Engage — Am I turning toward the people who matter?
Transform — Am I designing the next chapter on purpose?
The moves, out of 50

After day 90 (from chapter 32)

Ninety days is a lap, not a summit: take what stuck and run it again. When you slip — not if, when — notice it early, name the one anchor that matters most (almost always sleep), and restart small, today. Re-run the scorecard every quarter or so, and ask: which of these went first?

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General information, not medical advice. Symptoms like fatigue, low libido, and low mood have many possible causes; let a professional help you sort them out. If you are struggling badly, or having thoughts of harming yourself, please turn to If You Need Help in Still Rising, or call a crisis line in your country now.

From Still Rising by Sage Voss. Free to read, print or save — no signup.