Applied methods
These tools turn AEVITAS terminology into observable conduct. They are short by design: each produces a record, a selection, or a revision that can be tested in life.
Five working methods
Read, use, revise
Practice
Reduce the situation to what can be examined before deciding what to do.
Name what is verifiably present.
Separate what is given from what is assumed.
Identify the responses that remain genuinely available.
Estimate the cost to yourself and others.
Select a viable action proportionate to the condition and the standard.
Practice
Hold the sequence long enough to distinguish the first response from the selected one.
Conditions — What arrived?
Interval — What was the First Movement? Use the Second Movement to perceive, evaluate, and select.
Selected Output — Enact the selection, kinetically or statically.
Consequence — What followed, including what was outside your control?
Integration — What does the consequence change about the next Interval?
Practice
Create a concrete record without turning one result into a verdict on identity.
Conditions
First Movement
Interval / Second Movement
Selected Output
Consequence
Responsibility
Integration / Next revision
Practice
Place demand just beyond the current baseline, then protect the recovery that turns effort into adaptation.
Describe current capacity without idealization.
Choose a demand just beyond the present baseline.
Define the recovery required before beginning.
Record the effect rather than judging the self.
Repeat, reduce, or release the demand based on evidence.
Practice
Review the commitments and structures currently consuming finite attention.
Maintain — What still serves the chosen standard and requires continued attention?
Repair — What remains worth keeping but is no longer functioning as intended?
Revise — What must change because the conditions, evidence, or costs have changed?
Release — What no longer deserves maintenance, and what is required to end it responsibly?
Scope
These methods support reflection and conduct. They are not substitutes for medical, mental-health, legal, or crisis care.