One action a day.
Each day names why it is today, what to do, and what finished looks like. No day ends in "think about it".
A Compass practice · Guardian edition
The Bearings.
You know where you stand. Now know what to do next.
Thirty days, one real action a day, for the woman who already tracks every dollar and still doesn’t feel safe. No lessons. No video. Just the next thing to do, and a way to know you’ve done it.
30Days
585Minutes total
4Review days
∞Yours to keep
The arc
Week 1What tracking can't tell you
Week 2In your own name
Week 3Decide one thing
Week 4The plan you trust
Who it's for
You are not short of information.
You reconcile weekly. You could tell me your grocery average. And you have not made a decision about the next five years, because a decision means assuming things and you do not assume.
That vigilance is why you have options at all. It is also why nothing moves. Watching and steering are different skills, and only one of them has ever been asked of you.
Thirty days of steering. Ten to forty minutes each, most of them around twenty.
How it works
Built to be done, not read.
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It waits for you.
Numbered by day, not dated. Miss a week and it is exactly where you left it. Tick a day off and the page remembers.
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Your notes stay yours.
Every note you write is stored in your own browser, never on a server. Print the whole practice if you would rather work on paper.
Where it hands you off. Several days end by telling you to put a numbered question to your attorney or your CPA. That is the point, not a gap — knowing exactly which question to ask, and of whom, is what turns an open-ended engagement into a short one.
All thirty days
Nothing is hidden behind the price.
Here is every day, in order. If the list alone is enough for you to go and do it, take it and go.
- Week 1 · What tracking can't tell you
- 01Put it on one page20 min
- 02Add the column you skipped15 min
- 03Write down what you can't find15 min
- 04Chase exactly one gap20 min
- 05The plans you stopped thinking about20 min
- 06What it would actually sell for25 min
- 07Read the week back10 min
- Week 2 · In your own name
- 08Take your own logins30 min
- 09The account map15 min
- 10The operable test20 min
- 11Pull all three reports20 min
- 12Read the report, not the score25 min
- 13The joint list20 min
- 14Pull one lever15 min
- Week 3 · Decide one thing
- 15Three months, three buckets40 min
- 16Your floor10 min
- 17Reliable income, not owed income20 min
- 18Run the biggest line properly30 min
- 19Name the decision you keep deferring20 min
- 20Whose debt is this30 min
- 21Protect one thing on purpose10 min
- Week 4 · The plan you trust
- 22The buffer, automated20 min
- 23Make a bad week survivable20 min
- 24Three goals, not eight20 min
- 25Size them to a bad month10 min
- 26First actions, in the calendar15 min
- 27Write the two emails30 min
- 28Send one5 min
- 29Set the rhythm15 min
- 30The one page20 min
Guardian edition
Thirty days, one at a time.
The practice, the notes, and every update from here on.
$29when it opens
- All 30 days, unlocked at once — work at your own pace
- A "done when" line for every day, so nothing stays open
- Four review days built in
- Space to write on each day, saved privately in your browser
- Prints clean if you would rather work on paper
- The questions to hand your attorney and your CPA, already numbered
- Yours to keep, with free updates
Opening shortly.
All thirty days are written and the practice is built. I'm reading it through once more before I put a price on it — and the people on this list hear first.
You’re on the list, friend.
I’ll write the day it opens. Until then, the thinking behind these thirty days is free to read in the Library.
Fourteen days, no questions. If The Bearings isn’t what you needed, email hello@herbecoming.world for a full refund.
Questions
Before you start.
How is this different from The Groundwork?
The Groundwork teaches — nine modules on how this all works. The Bearings only asks you to do. One action a day, no lessons, no video. If you already understand your situation and keep not acting on it, this is the one you want.
And the Money Story Workbook?
The Workbook names the pattern you run with money. The Bearings is what you do about it. They work in that order, but neither needs the other.
Why the Guardian edition first?
The Guardian is the woman who already tracks every dollar and still doesn't feel safe. She doesn't need to be told to look — she needs permission to decide. That's a different thirty days from someone who can't open the banking app, so each money story gets its own edition rather than one set of days pretending to fit everybody.
I don't know which one I am.
The Financial Compass quiz takes about ninety seconds and names it. It's free.
How long does a day take?
Between five and forty minutes, most around twenty. Four of the thirty are short review days on purpose. Total across the month is about 585 minutes.
What if I miss days?
Nothing breaks. It's dated by day number, not by calendar date, so it waits for you. Tick what you've done and carry on where you left off.
Is my writing private?
Everything you type stays in your own browser on your own device. It never reaches a server and I can't see it.
What if it isn't right for me?
Fourteen days, no questions. Email hello@herbecoming.world for a full refund.
Not sure which edition is yours?
The Financial Compass names your money story in about ninety seconds. It is free, and it tells you whether the Guardian edition is the one built for you.
Take the quiz →