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Resources
Printable companions to the tools on this site. These come from The Ballast Principle's free kit — no signup required, no catch. Print them, stick them on a wall, keep one on the nightstand.
The Ballast Kit
Eight one-page printables covering the core practices: a self-tracking log, four emergency cards, a storm plan, a 30-day onboarding checklist, and a life-design worksheet. Each one is designed to be genuinely useful on paper, away from a screen — which is often exactly when you need it.
The Steadiness Log
A five-question quarterly baseline to track how well you’re carrying things over time.
Download PDFThe Ballast Method card
Read. Check. Trim. Sail. — the four-beat method on one printable card.
Download PDFThe Life Design Audit worksheet
One honest hour on what you carry — and how much of it is actually yours.
Download PDFThe Night Protocol audio
A short guided track for the 3 AM wake-up — the audio companion to the Night Protocol card. Also available on the kit page.
Want the book behind all this?
Every tool and printable here draws on The Ballast Principle by Peter Bryce — the full argument for why some of your anxiety is worth listening to, and how to tell which part.
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