A Gentle Stop

Sometimes the hardest part of work is not starting.
It’s stopping—without guilt.

A Gentle Stop is a single-page tool for ending a task cleanly, without needing to prove you “did enough.” It helps you name what you’re doing, acknowledge what has already counted, identify what won’t improve with more time today, and choose a clear stopping point.

This is not productivity advice.
It is boundary support.

Use it to:

• name what you’re doing without judgment
• recognize what has already been enough
• notice what won’t improve by pushing longer today
• choose a stop point (now, or after one last small action)
• name what stopping makes space for (rest, another task, tomorrow)

Stopping is not failure.
It is a decision.