Index - Mental Reset Techniques (BA Mastery)

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1. Recurring keywords / key ideas

• Behavioral activation mastery vs pleasure
• Five-minute reset / desk tidying
• Physiological sigh
• Mammalian dive reflex / cold face
• Peripheral vision expansion
• Box breathing
• Micro-generosity
• Proprioceptive deep pressure
• One-song shake
• Non-zero task / Zeigarnik start

2. Core / novel / atypical ideas

• Desk tidying framed as mastery (control/competence) when willpower is low, not as aesthetics.
• Non-zero task uses Zeigarnik as ally: start one spoon to break inertia of zero.
• Menu mixes autonomic hacks with social micro-doses and environment order.

3. Context and flow

05 May afternoon menu after BA talk. Nitish starred items 1,2,3,4,6,10. Ends with “environment vs body hack” choice prompt. Companion screenshots sit beside Hvjvjv.md (thin).

4. Publishing angles

• Mode: Experiential series
• Why: Practical toolkit from a low-willpower day, not a lit review.
• Angles:
  • Non-zero task as depression inertia breaker
  • Mastery micro-resets vs pleasure spikes
  • Avoid publishing as generic “10 tips” listicle without BA frame

5. Miscellaneous

Not the same as 10 Techniques - Quick Reference (that one is perfectionism/OCPD loop). Cite sources are blog/Instagram-light; verify before Authority labeling.