What is the mental, actionable, atomic, simple checklist you would apply to everything you do.

# The Atomic Control Checklist

Apply this to **everything**—every task, every day, every decision. If you can't answer these, you don't understand what you're doing well enough to do it.

## Before You Start Anything

**1. Does this connect to my power variable?**
- Yes → Continue
- No → Delete immediately

**2. Which bucket: Power, Harness, or Fast Lane?**
- Can't categorize in 3 seconds → Delete it

**3. Can I finish this in 2 hours or less?**
- Yes → Do it
- No → Break into smaller chunks or you don't understand it

**4. Is this the best use of THIS time slot?**
- Power Variable getting best hours? → Proceed
- Fast Lane contained to 1 hour? → Proceed
- Otherwise → Stop and reallocate

## While Working

**5. Is this a 7-minute step?**
- Can't break it down → You're not ready to execute

**6. Timer running? (25 work / 5 break)**
- Creates rhythm, eliminates decision fatigue

**7. Will this ship today or feed something that ships this week?**
- No → You're doing ghost work

## After Completing

**8. Did I ship something external today?**
- No for 2 days → Emergency. Reduce scope NOW.

**9. Can I delete, automate, or systematize this for next time?**
- Repetitive work is a design flaw

**10. Are my buckets above 3 items?**
- Yes → STOP ALL INTAKE. Delete bottom 25%.

## Daily Review (5 minutes morning, 5 minutes evening)

**Morning:**
- What's my ONE power variable today?
- Are the best time slots allocated to it?
- Dump, categorize, constrain to 5 per bucket

**Evening:**
- Did I ship?
- What's stale? (Delete anything untouched for 3+ days)
- Did I miss any session twice in a row? (Fix rhythm break immediately)

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**The Meta-Rule:** If you're doing something that doesn't pass this checklist, you're either executing Fast Lane (which gets exactly 1 hour) or wasting your life on sophisticated procrastination. There is no third option.