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Sleep and Routine Supports — Review journal

Review an attempt at sleep and routine supports and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.

10 minutes · Journal prompts · Adults; supported use as appropriate

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Fictional example: Jordan works changing shifts and chooses a brief check-in after waking.

Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Routine planning must account for health, work, and access.

Before looking back

Choose one ordinary attempt or decide to review the fictional example instead. This journal has no scores, required disclosure, or expectation of progress.

Revisit the practice

Identify one feasible anchor in the day and a backup for disrupted schedules without prescribing sleep or medical treatment.

Notice context and impact

Record what actually happened, including an unhelpful or neutral outcome. Note resources, power differences, accessibility, and changed conditions rather than attributing everything to personal effort.

Choose a revision

What routine is flexible enough to survive a difficult day? Keep the approach, change one part, ask for support, or set it aside. A mismatch is useful information.

Prompts for this resource

  1. What I tried, or what happened in the fictional example:
  2. What I noticed before, during, and after; what remains uncertain:
  3. What helped, did not help, or was outside my control:
  4. What routine is flexible enough to survive a difficult day? My optional adjustment or support request:

Conceptual background

Substance Use Disorders — National Institutes of Health

Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.

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