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Circle of Slices

Externalize what's pulling at you as sized wedges, then start with the biggest one — not because it's most important, but because it's taking the most room.

What's weighing on you right now?

Add everything currently pulling at you — big or small, yours to fix or not. You'll sort that part next.

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Add a slice above to start the circle.

    How to use it: add each thing pulling at your attention as its own slice, sized roughly by how much room it's taking — not how important it "should" be. When the circle fills in, look at the biggest wedge. That's where to start: naming it out loud, doing the smallest next step, or handing it to someone else. Handling the biggest slice (or even just clearly naming it) is often what shrinks the noise around everything else.

    Adapted from psychotherapist Eugenia Streletskaya's Circle of Slices practice. If the circle stays full no matter what you clear, or nothing here feels like it's actually yours to carry, that's worth bringing to support rather than sorting alone.

    Questions people ask

    Why size by how much room it's taking, not by importance?
    The two aren't the same — a small annoyance can occupy far more mental bandwidth than a genuinely important thing you've already made peace with. Sizing by room, not importance, is what makes the biggest slice worth starting with.
    Why start with the biggest slice instead of the most important one?
    Because it's the one taking up the most room right now — handling it, or even just naming it out loud, is often what shrinks the noise around everything else. It's a starting point, not a priority ranking.
    What if the biggest thing isn't something I can fix?
    Naming it out loud still counts as handling it in the sense this tool means. Not everything on the circle is yours to fix — some slices are just there to be acknowledged rather than solved.
    Where does my circle get saved?
    On this device only, in your browser's local storage. Nothing is uploaded — "Reset circle" clears it for good.
    What if the circle stays full no matter what I clear?
    That's worth bringing to support rather than sorting alone — if nothing here feels like it's actually yours to carry, or clearing slices doesn't lighten the load, this tool has reached its limit and a person is the better next step.

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