The Shutdown Ritual Card
Cal Newport's end-of-workday shutdown ritual from Deep Work, printed as four identical pocket-size cards on one page with dashed cut lines between them. Each card carries your closing moves as a checklist — capture open loops, check tomorrow's calendar, close every tab — plus the closing phrase you say out loud and a SHUTDOWN COMPLETE stamp. Script up to six steps and your phrase, then print, cut, and keep one at every desk you work from. Work ends when the ritual says it ends, not when the worry runs out.
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Best for: Ending the workday cleanly with a fixed ritual instead of letting work bleed into the evening.
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Books that pair with this printable.
Deep Work
Cal Newport
Depth is not the absence of distraction. It is the presence of a hard thing, protected long enough for your mind to change shape around it.
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