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A mirror of deeds · Day 45 and after every seasonThe Wheel: what you really did these two weeks
We remember poorly what we were like. We remember moods, grievances, one good day. The Wheel brings you back to facts. Twelve qualities, and for each one simple question: was there a deed in the last two weeks — and which one. Not “what am I like”, but “what did I do”. The answer is in your own words. No scores.
- For each of the twelve qualities, one question: was there a deed in 14 days — and which one.
- You wrote down a deed — the sector is filled in. An empty sector is not a zero and not a verdict: simply no deed was found.
- Then you choose one quality for the next three months. And first of all — with your heart.
One question for each quality
The question is always the same: was there a deed in the last 14 days — and which one? A deed is something you did or held yourself back from doing: who, when, what. A caught thought counts too, if you remember where and when it was. “I became calmer” is no longer a deed but an impression.
If a deed comes to mind, you write it down as it was, in one or two sentences. If not, you leave it empty. An empty sector is not a zero and not a verdict. Simply, in these two weeks there was no such occasion. Or there was, and you did not notice it — and that is worth knowing too.
- “on Wednesday I didn’t answer the barb in the work chat”
- “told someone close ‘I forgot’, not ‘I didn’t have time’”
- “waited until my son finished his sentence, didn’t interrupt”
- “I have become calmer”
- “I feel that I am growing”
- “I seem to have been more patient than usual”
These are impressions. They may be true, but you cannot see behind them what exactly happened: who, when, what.
Where each quality shows in ordinary life — twelve examples
This is not a diagnosis but a hint where to look. When a quality is lacking, those nearby feel it first: at home, at work, in a shared deed.
| Quality | When it is lacking, things get harder for those nearby like this |
|---|---|
| Love and warm-heartedness | Conversations with you end exactly where the business ends. At home you are heard, but people do not come to you — and you are the last to be told what matters. |
| Devotion and faithfulness | What was promised is not done — and the person who counted on you silently rearranges their plans. |
| Striving | The year is over, a lot has been done, but there is nothing to say about where you have moved. It is hard for those nearby to understand where you are going and whether they can go with you. |
| Constancy | The fourth attempt at the same thing: sport, a language, your own business. Each time from zero — and those close to you stop believing in your undertakings. |
| Patience | The third reminder in two days. The person works under your pressure, not alongside you. |
| Courage and fearlessness | A hard conversation is postponed, a letter not sent, a mistake not named. The price of silence is paid by those the mistake affected. |
| Selflessness | In a shared deed you do exactly your part. The missing step is taken by someone else — at the cost of their evening. |
| Trust | Everything goes through you: in the evening you finish things for others, and they wait for your approval at every step. Everyone is tired. |
| Humaneness | Someone close to you carried something heavy for a week, and you learned about it from others. People come to you with requests, but not with trouble. |
| Honesty | A decision was made on the convenient version of events — and half a year later others pay for it along with you. |
| Gratitude | A background grudge against the world does not look like a problem. It looks like tiredness, poor sleep and irritation at people who have nothing to do with it. |
| Equilibrium | A quarrel at home out of nowhere. Around you everyone walks carefully, as if on thin ice. |
Fill in your own Wheel
Recall the last two weeks. Take your time: it all takes about twenty minutes. The entries stay only in this browser and are not sent anywhere. In the participant's account, too, only you see the Wheel — the circle leader does not see it.
A sector is filled in when a deed is written down. Tap a sector to open its line.
Choose one quality for a season
The Wheel is not there to be looked at. It is there to choose one quality for the next three months. There are four hints. We call them doors: you can enter through any of them.
Heart
Which of the twelve qualities is closest to you now? What draws you, what you think about more often. If you are drawn to a word of your own that is not among the twelve — say, generosity — you can take it too: the season will go through its root. We begin with this door.
An empty sector
A quality where no deed was found in two weeks. Not “the worst” — simply the place with the most room for a first step.
What life is asking for
Where ordinary life is asking the most of you right now: a child was born, your mother is ill, a new job, a hard year with a teenager.
What someone close noticed
If you asked someone close what they noticed, their words are a hint too. From the outside you can sometimes see what is invisible from the inside.
One open question, without grades or scores: “What have you noticed in me over these weeks?” Write down the answer in their words and keep it next to your entries. Do not argue and do not explain. Whom to ask, and whether to ask at all, is up to you.
One quality is taken. The hints do not vote and do not add up: you decide. If you want to take three at once, take one and write the other two down for the next season. A season lasts about three months (90 days), then two light weeks on the minimum. You can leave on any day. None of the twelve qualities cancels the market, health or chance: qualities change your part, not everything around you. How a season works.
A word of your own. If you lacked a quality that is not among the twelve — say, generosity — write down the word and one occasion in the two weeks. The participant's account has a separate line for this.
Why the Wheel has no scores
Character is not measured with a ruler
You can give yourself “three out of five” for patience — but what does that mean? A number reassures or frightens, but adds no deeds. The books the programme rests on compare inner growth to the growth of a hair: you cannot see it, even if you look every day. What can be seen is something else: what you did and what came of it.
Only deeds can be seen
A deed does not argue and does not flatter. You can reread it a year later and recognise yourself. The same books put it briefly: “The right direction is known by actions and by consequences.”
We do not compare people
Everyone has their own life and their own hard Tuesday. So there are no tables, no rankings and no “group averages”. Only you see your Wheel. The circle leader does not see it.
Entries — and a reread once a month
Instead of grades — a notebook. Every evening one line: what worked, where I went wrong. Reread it once a month. That shows what cannot be seen day by day: here I was different.
The design of the Wheel itself — twelve qualities, two weeks, Day 45, the sectors — is our working decision, not the words of the Russian ethical tradition. Short questionnaires along the way check the method itself: the answers go into an overall summary without names, and they are not shown to you as “growth”. The programme rests on the Russian ethical tradition; its books were written down in Russian about a century ago and are open to everyone. We name its books on Day 15 — the tradition itself advises this: first apply, then name. If you want to know right away, open the “Source” block.
When to look at the Wheel
- days 1–30The first month
Every day, one small deed in one quality. Twelve qualities, twice round. Try the first day.
- days 31–44Two weeks of simply looking
No new tasks. Every two days — a group of qualities of its own: notice what happened and write it down. At the end — a draft of the mirror.
Day by day
Days What to look at Question 31–32 What actually happened We learn to tell what happened from what I think about myself. “Interrupted my son at dinner” — that happened. “I am impatient” — that is already an opinion. 33–34 Love and devotion Did I see the person, not only the business I had with them? Did I carry what I promised through to the end? 35–36 Striving, constancy, patience Where was I really heading these days? Did I keep my rhythm? What did I let come in its own time, without hurrying it? 37–38 Courage, selflessness, trust Which small step did I take even though I was afraid? What did I do not for myself? What did I hand over to someone else — and not check? 39–40 Humaneness, honesty, gratitude, equilibrium Who near me was having a hard time — and did I notice? Where did I tell myself the convenient version? Whose work did I notice out loud? Did I hold a pause before answering? 41–44 A draft of the mirror For each of the twelve qualities: was there a deed in the last 14 days — and what was it. Where none was found, leave it empty. No scores. 45 The Wheel and the choice A mirror of the facts from 14 days — and one quality for the season. The first door is the heart: which quality is closest to you now? - day 45The first Wheel and the choice
A mirror for 14 days. Two weeks have passed since the first month: the first enthusiasm has settled, and you can see what has stayed in ordinary days. You choose one quality for a season.
- about three monthsA season of one quality
About three months (90 days), then two light weeks on the minimum. How a season works.
- after every seasonA new Wheel and a new choice
Another quality — or the same one, if it does not yet hold everywhere. Nobody hurries you.
Your past mirrors
Kept only in this browser, by date. There are no charts and no totals here: only what you wrote down and which quality you chose.