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Committed action

Small steps lead to big changes.

July 23, 2026

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Poster titled 'Behavioral Activation' contrasting depression and activation loops with small actions like opening blinds, showering, and stepping outside.
Small steps lead to big changes.
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A visual journey from inertia to sustained motivation, with stages: inertia, first motion, momentum builds, motivation arrives, and momentum sustains. Includes motivational quotes.
Start moving to let motivation catch up.
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Poster titled 'When Nothing Feels Worth Doing' with a guide for behavioral activation. It contrasts a 'Depression Loop' with an 'Activation Loop'. The depression loop includes staying in bed, doing less, feeling disconnected, getting less reward, and depression deepening. The activation loop suggests starting absurdly small with actions like sitting up, drinking water, and opening blinds, leading to contact with life, small rewards, energy growth, and life opening a little. Encouragements include 'Motivation often follows action' and 'Small is not silly. Small is the strategy.'
Break the depression loop with small, actionable steps.
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Poster titled 'When I Cannot Make Myself Start' with a steampunk theme. It features 'The Starting Machine' with three levers: 1. Make It Smaller, 2. Make It Stranger, 3. Do Only the Opening Motion. Each lever has instructions and examples for starting tasks. Bottom text emphasizes starting small.
Overcome inertia with small, strange, or simple steps.
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Posters for committed action — short visual prompts for noticing, naming, and choosing.

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