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Friction
Something keeps getting in the way.
Is this a symptom or a meaningful problem?
Choose frictionNav / Ideas
What kind of choice are you navigating?
Start with what you have—not how confident you feel. Choose the narrowest route that can reduce your largest uncertainty.
Start where you are
What are you carrying?
Pick the closest fit. Each route gives you one question to answer through action.
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A slow hunch
An unfinished thought keeps returning.
What observations make it worth keeping?
Choose a slow hunch03
Several possibilities
More than one direction looks promising.
Which deserves scarce time and energy?
Choose several possibilities04
One promising idea
One possibility now stands out.
What must be true for it to matter?
Choose one promising idea05
Early evidence
Reality has answered part of the question.
What is the smallest effective action now?
Choose early evidence06
A result or surprise
What happened does not fit the old picture.
What did reality teach you?
Choose a result or surprise
These routes help you investigate. They do not decide what matters or prove that an idea is valuable.
Who needs to make the move?
Choose what you are carrying first. Your choice will stay with you through the next move.