A private thirty-night starter for building an evening transition one step at a time. Choose one to three small steps that help mark the end of the day, tick them on the nights you do them, and watch thirty stones fill as the screen settles. When the record shows the transition is holding, the weekly review offers one more step. It records which steps you ticked and nothing about how you slept.
Start with the smallest useful record
Anyone who knows roughly when they would like to be in bed, finds the last hour of the evening slips away, and would like a short routine they can build up gently. Begin with what happened or what you expect, in ordinary words. Do not turn a difficult day, a worry or an estimate into a score about the person. The purpose of the record is to preserve something that can be read back later, when memory and the current feeling may tell a tidier story.
Write only what this decision needs. A small record can be complete. A blank day can remain blank. If the act of recording is becoming another demand, make the record smaller, pause it or use paper instead.
What the tool does
One self-contained HTML file, a quick start, an evidence record and a checksum manifest. No install, account or subscription. The tool works offline and makes no network requests. The publisher receives no copy of what you enter. Records stay in this browser, but browser storage is not encrypted or protected from other people using the same browser profile. Pay once for this version and reuse the downloaded file indefinitely. Future major versions and continuing support are not included unless they are stated separately. Twenty-four small steps for the end of the evening in five groups, from the room to letting go, and a short list of eight to start from. Room for thirty steps of your own, in your own words, placed where they belong in the evening. The screen acknowledges or computes only from the information entered. It does not infer a diagnosis, read hidden meaning into free text or compare the user with other people.
The useful questions are: What did I put into the record? What did the tool calculate or read back? Which part is still an assumption? What is the next small decision? Keep those answers separate so that a gentle presentation is not mistaken for a clinical or predictive claim.
What exactly am I recording?
Keeps the entry bounded and observable.
What does the retained record actually show?
Separates evidence from the story remembered afterwards.
What can this record not tell me?
Keeps the product boundary visible.
Will I continue, reshape, pause or stop?
Turns review into a proportionate choice.
Privacy and portability
The packaged tool runs locally in a modern browser and makes no network requests, so the publisher receives no copy of what you enter. There is no account, subscription or automatic synchronisation. Working data stays in that browser on that device unless you export it. Clearing browser site data can clear the record, so export a backup before changing browser, computer or storage settings.
Local storage is a privacy boundary, not a guarantee that a shared or managed device is private. Browser storage and exported backups are not encrypted or password-protected by the tool. Do not enter confidential, regulated or third-party information unless you have authority and the device is appropriate. The tool does not send a message, contact another person or obtain consent on your behalf.
Pay once means you may keep reusing the version you downloaded without a subscription. Future major versions and continuing support are separate unless they are explicitly included.
Limits and when to use another route
This is a personal record of steps you chose and ticked. It is not medical advice, it is not aimed at any sleep problem, and it does not say that ticking steps improves sleep or mood. It records nothing about how you slept. If nights are hard for weeks, or you are worried about your sleep, it is worth talking to your GP. If the nights feel unbearable, Samaritans are there day and night on 116 123. Research and guidance are transferred only at the narrow level described in the source acknowledgement. A study of one action does not prove a month-long programme works; a model can explain a design choice without validating the product; and a private record cannot replace the records held by a clinician, employer, bank or other responsible service.
If the situation involves immediate risk, safeguarding, serious distress, regulated advice or a consequence outside the tool's scope, use the relevant human or professional route. Recheck time-sensitive guidance before relying on it.
Frequently asked questions
No. Heron is a fictional collection host. The tool records, acknowledges or computes only the bounded function described on this page.
No. It does not assess, diagnose or treat a condition and does not replace professional care.
The tool needs no account and makes no network requests, so the publisher receives no copy. Browser storage and exported backups are not encrypted or protected from another user of the same browser profile.
No. Export a backup if you want to move or preserve the record.
You may reuse the downloaded version without a subscription. Future major versions and continuing support are separate unless explicitly included.
No. Use the questions on paper if that is enough. The download is for people who benefit from a retained local record.
Use the smallest useful tool
The method above does not require a purchase. If a retained local record would reduce repeated setup, review this tool after its tested release.