End Workday

• Daily note ## Today's Options: Mark completed items as - [x] in place. Copy completed items to ## Done Today in the format - [x] Action — [[Project]] — YYYY-MM-DD. Undone items stay as - [ ] in Today's Options — they are historical record, not failures.
• Project notes: For each accomplishment, find the relevant project (search by project name or categories: ["[[Projects]]"]) or [[Action Pool]]. Mark the corresponding action as complete (- [x] ... — YYYY-MM-DD), move to ## Completed section. Update project context if the accomplishment changes the project's state (e.g., new information, shifted priorities, new actions surfaced).
• New actions: If accomplishments reveal follow-up actions (next steps from a conversation, new items from completed work), add them to the appropriate project's action menu.
• Status changes: If a project's last action is now complete, prompt: "All actions for [[Project]] are done — is this project complete, or are there new actions?"
• Contradiction detection: Note accomplishments that cut against documented defense patterns — e.g., shipping something imperfect, engaging a usually-avoided task without resistance, acting decisively under ambiguity. Don't announce clinically — weave into acknowledgment: "You shipped that without over-polishing — nice." Flag internally for inclusion in the next morning's Observations section.

Use QMD (mcp__qmd__query with vec) if the user describes work that doesn't obviously map to an existing project.

Step 4: Day-specific evening routines

Read [[Day-Specific Routines]]. Filter for today's evening items. Present applicable items.

Step 5: Evening reflection

Guide through 4 prompts and write responses to ## Reflection in today's daily note. These are qualitative — separate from the factual debrief in Step 2:

• "What went well today?"
• "Where did you feel the most friction?"
• "What did you appreciate most about today?"
• "How best can you spend your evening?"

Pattern observation (Tier 1, optional): After the friction question, if the user's response maps to a pattern from the shadow-awareness rule, offer one brief observation in behavioral terms — "It sounds like the friction was around committing without full information." If the user engages, follow up conversationally (Tier 2 available during reflections). If not, let it go. Skip if the user is tired, energy/mood are low, or a pattern was already surfaced during the startup.

Step 6: Quick capture sweep

Ask: "Anything lingering that needs capturing?" If yes, capture to inbox or directly to the relevant project.

Step 7: Closure

Present the shutdown ritual:

"The day is reviewed, everything's captured. Good enough for today."

This phrase provides psychological closure (Zeigarnik effect) — the workday is officially done.

Step 8: Commit

Commit all vault changes made during the shutdown.