when you have been in survival mode, a five-year plan can become avoidance dressed as ambition your decision horizon has collapsed do not begin with reinvention begin by restoring participation the 30-day Return Protocol: STOP THE LEAK end one active source of damage CONTACT REALITY write down the facts, obligations, and available capacity REPAIR THE SYSTEM stabilize sleep, food, movement, and environment RETURN THROUGH WORK complete one action that leaves evidence every day REDUCE RELAPSE FRICTION prepare tomorrow before today ends the goal is not to repair your entire life in one month it is to stop disappearing from it you cannot recover the years you lost you can stop giving them more years Save the full Return Protocol below ↓