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The direction sheet

One page for the sentence everything else hangs off.

By the MyDirection editorial team · Published August 16, 2026 · Updated August 16, 2026

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How to use it

Fill this in before you collect a single image. A board built without a direction sentence becomes a collection of pictures, and the obstacle line is the one that stops the sentence being a wish. Keep the finished sheet pinned to the board or folded behind it.

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One direction at a time. Two directions produce two half practices and an ambiguous daily step.

What you are building and why it matters, in your own words. If you cannot say it in a sentence, sit with it another day rather than papering over it with images.
Whose goal is this. If you can plan it eagerly and cannot bring yourself to act on it, that is worth knowing now.
Not the milestone day. The texture of a normal week in this life.
Concrete, not moral. Not "I lack discipline" but "I have no protected time before 6pm".
In the form when X happens, I will do Y. Then halve it, so it survives a bad day.
Every new direction costs something. Naming it makes it easier to keep paying.
  • I have written one direction, not several.
  • The obstacle is a situation rather than a character flaw.
  • The action has a trigger that happens every day whether I feel like it or not.
  • I have halved the action at least once.
  • I have set a monthly review date in my calendar.
Put it in your calendar now. You will not do it in March.

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Common questions

What is a direction sheet?

A single page that captures the sentence a vision board is built around, the obstacle genuinely in the way, and one daily action with a trigger attached.

Why write the obstacle down?

Pairing a desired future with the present obstacle, then attaching a plan to that obstacle, is associated with better follow-through than picturing the outcome alone.

What if I have more than one direction?

Pick one. Two directions produce an ambiguous daily step, and an ambiguous step is one you do not take.

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