The Deck / The Circuit Breaker in My Creative System
ALLIGATOR INDEX — my personal “finished goods” stamp.
Title: The Circuit Breaker in My Creative System
There’s a point in every project where the work is done, but the lane is still live. That’s when I’ve learned to drop an ALLIGATOR INDEX — my personal “finished goods” stamp.
The index marks the shift from creation mode to conversation mode. It stops the bleed, preserves the original energy, and clears space for clean, intentional next moves.
Without that anchor, my brain reads any new variable as a signal to start over. That reflex is costly — it burns time, scatters focus, and risks losing the thread we just built.
By locking the index, I give myself a visible cue that the work is safe, complete, and ready to route forward. It’s a circuit breaker that keeps the lights on without frying the board.
Tomorrow morning at 7 AM, this post — and its leaner PowerNotes twin — will drop on schedule. Both serve as proof: when you design a system that matches your wiring, your output becomes inevitable.
PowerNotes Version
🃏 Stay Human / Stay Tuned
The ALLIGATOR INDEX is my creative circuit breaker.
It locks the work, cuts the live feed, and keeps my energy from bleeding out.
Once it’s in place, I can move to conversation mode without losing the thread.
No overpopulation. No start-over reflex. Just clean output, routed forward.
Tomorrow 7 AM — this and the long-form will drop in sync.
— TJB / Creator Human
#PowerNotes #StayHuman
